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Translate FG, oil, gas stakeholders tackle accidents, as DPR flags off SeRAS in Lagos On Kindly Share This Story: THE Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has flagged off the Oil and Gas Search, Rescue and Surveillance, SeRAS, Command and Control Centre, targeted at improving safety and operational efficiency in the petroleum industry. Director, DPR, Mr. Sarki Auwalu, who flagged off the programme in Lagos, Monday, disclosed that it was being implemented in collaboration with Omni-Blu Aviation Services Limited, in order to increase safety and revenue generation. He not...

Mr. Peter Kibo, Assistant Corp Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corp, representing Corp Marshal FRSC, (left); Mr. Nick Odinuwe, Chairman Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN); Elder Chinedu Okoronkwo, President Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN); Engr. Sarki Auwalu, Director/CEO, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR); Mr. Ademola Adeyemi-Bero Chairman, Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG) and Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, Lagos State Co-ordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) representing  the Director-General, NEMA at the flag-off ...

Minister frowns at indiscriminate dumping of refuse in FCT On By Chris Ochayi The Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has frowned at indiscriminate dumping of refuse and the littering of streets, roads and waterways with garbage in the nation’s capital. Dr. Aliyu spoke at a one-day training organised by a Non Governmental Organisation, NGO, Initiative for Advancement of Waste Management in Africa (WASTE Africa) or litter pickers in Abuja recently. She noted that the FCT was faced with the challenges of waste management owing to frequency of house...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Monday flagged off the Oil and Gas Search, Rescue and Surveillance (SeRAS) Command and Control Centre in Lagos

NEMA) on Monday as a BRT bus conveying them went up in flames. Ibrahim Farinloye, the Acting Coordinator of NEMA, South-west corridor, said the accident occurred around 11 a.m., at the Idiroko area of the state. The BRT bus belonging to Primero limited was conveying passengers from Ikorodu to another part of the state. Mr Farinloye explained that the initial bus that conveyed the passengers developed a mechanical fault and broke down before another BRT, which later caught fire, assisted the stranded passengers. “A BRT bus from Ikorodu terminal en route TBS terminal, Lagos Island suddenly ca...