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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has declared that the on-going National Identity Number, NIN, registration will provide the country the

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has urged the Muslim Ummah to stress messages of love, peace and national unity as the Holy Month of Ramadan begins across the Islamic world. Lawan advised them to remember the Holy Month as a period of fasting, sober reflection, self-discipline and sacrifice. The Senate President, in a statement on Monday by his media aide, Ola Awoniyi, wished the Muslim Ummah a blissful Ramadan. Lawan said, “I urge us to remember our dear country in our prayers as we seek to overcome the challenges we are facing as a nation. “This’s in the realisation that All...

Non-compliance with safety guidelines leading cause of gas explosions, says DPR Non-compliance with safety guidelines leading cause of gas explosions, says DPR Share The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has stated that non-compliance with safety guidelines by retail outlets is a major cause of gas explosions and fire accidents in the country. This was even as it insisted that gas dealers in the black market were particularly culpable and should be held accountable for the incidents. In a statement issued at the end of the zonal annual general meeting of oil and gas stakeholders tagged...

Punch Newspapers Sections Dennis Naku, Port Harcourt The Department of Petroleum Resources has launched an investigation into the explosion that occurred at a gas refilling station in Rumuodomaya, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on Saturday in which one person was feared dead and several others injured. The DPR said its officials were at the scene of the incident and had commenced investigation to unravel the cause of the explosion. The Zonal Controller of the DPR, Port Harcourt Zonal office, Bassey Nkanga, confirmed the incident, and said, “We are there at the site. We are...

DPR gets app to end hoarding of petroleum products by marketers On By Davies Iheamnachor The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has introduced a computer application to monitor how petroleum products in all the filling stations within the country operate. This was just as the body also closed down a filling station for selling adulterated petroleum products and seven gas stations for illegal operations. The Zonal Controller, DPR, Port Harcourt Zonal Office, Bassey Nkanga, who unveiled the application, Downstream Remote Monitoring System, DRMS, weekend a two-day stakeholders’ meeting i...