The Managing Director, Total Exploration and Production Limited, Mr Mike Sangster, says the company targets to achieve a net zero carbon emission in production as a responsible energy major company by 2050.Sangster said this at the virtual Nigeria Energy Industry Transformation Summit (NEITS), organised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), on Tuesday.The theme of the summit is “Challenging global energy landscape: Strategies for industry sustainability”.“At the group level, Total’s ambition is to become the responsible energy major and to get to Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050.“This consists of three major steps: Net Zero on Operations by 2050 or…
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Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp has praised his Bayern Munich counterpart Hansi Flick following the Germans’ UEFA Champions League victory on Sunday which completed a treble-winning season. Bayern Munich beat Paris St-Germain (PSG) 1-0 in Lisbon to add the UEFA Champions League trophy to their German league and Cup double. “It is a bit difficult to write more history in just eight months,” Klopp, whose team won the 2019 UEFA Champions League crown and this year’s English Premier League (EPL) title, said. “Bayern Munich have a sensational squad. They have world class players in all positions, all at just the right…
Kano State Government says it has earmarked N489.25 million to sponsor 29,126 candidates of the Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) in the State. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Sanusi Kiru, made this known in a statement signed by Aliyu Yusuf, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the ministry, on Monday in Kano. According to the statement, the SSCE examinations include: National Examination Council (NECO) and National Board for Arabic and Islam Studies (NBAIS). The statement said that the decision followed approval of the release of student’s qualifying examination results by the government. “This followed the submissions to the State Executive Council…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), on Monday released Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), report for in the second quarter of 2020 (Q2 2020), showing 17.83 per cent contribution by the Information, Communication and Technology sector.A statement signed by Dr Femi Adeluyi, Technical Assistant, Information Technology, said the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, expressed delight to hear of the growth of Information Communications Technology’s (ICT) contribution to Nigeria’s GDP.According to the NBS, Nigeria’s GDP decreased by minus six to10 per cent, year-on-year, in real terms in the second quarter of 2020.The decrease was largely attributable to…
Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Monday said that a student writing the ongoing West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) examination in the state had tested positive for COVID-19. Emmanuel who made the disclosure in a media chat in Uyo, did not mentioned the name of the student and the school involved. The governor said the student had asymptomatic situation, adding that he took normal precautions to avoid spread. He however said the state government had begun random testing of students for the virus in secondary schools across the state. “We have tested over 100 students and it is only…
The Kingdom of Norway has urged the Federal government to make the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), an independent body to build a strong hold for anti-corruption fight.Mr Jens-Petter Kjemprud, outgoing Ambassador of Norway to Nigeria, gave the advice during a chat with newsmen in Abuja on Monday.Kjemprud said it was necessary for the commission to have independence, its members nominated on professional basis and be protected from political leadership.He said the anti-corruption fight anywhere was usually a long one and should not be done in a hurry because it took a longer process.“Anti-corruption fight is a long fight…
The University of Ilorin Faculty of Law says it has concluded arrangements to hold the first `National Disability Rights Moot Competition’ in the form of an ECOWAS moot court. Dr. Azubike Onuora-Oguno, the Senior Programme Manager of Disability Law Advocacy Project (DLAP) said this in a statement on Monday. A Moot court is a mock court whereby law students argue imaginary cases for practiceOnuora-Oguno explained that the programme would be drawn around a series of challenges being faced by persons living with one form of disability or the other. According to him, it is part of efforts targeted at broadening…
Some students of higher institutions in Ekiti on Monday called on the Federal Government to reopen schools, especially the tertiary institutions across the country. Some of the students told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ikole Ekiti that if the Federal Government could reopen the higher institutions, it would help them to catch up with the academic session. Bolaji Oni, a 300-level Student of Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), appealed to the Federal Government to take quick steps in reopening schools to enable them do their research and academic works. Oni said that sitting at home in the last…
UEFA president, Aleksander Ceferin, has no issue with sovereign wealth funds and state-linked money coming into football as long as the game’s financial regulations are observed. The issue was highlighted earlier this year when the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, PIF, was part of an investment group that made a bid to buy Premier League club Newcastle United. The offer was withdrawn last month after the Premier League started to carry out a lengthy examination of the proposed takeover as part of its “owners’ and directors’ test”, which evaluates the suitability of ownership groups. The consortium blamed the length of the…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is renewed and better positioned to support the technological and economic development of the country, the Southeast Area Director, Mr Ahmed Ikaka, has said.Ikaka said this in Enugu on Monday during a courtesy visit to the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Lasisi Adegboye.He said that the reforms in the scheme had led to the creation of six area offices in the country with the South East area office located in Enugu State.On the recent expansion of the NYSC directorate, Ikaka said that the move was a deliberate attempt to decentralise…