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‘Claims on Sylva Demand of $20m from NCDMB Boss, Spurious’
The Management of the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has refuted the claim that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva demanded $20 million from the Board for the purpose of funding Bayelsa…
NCDMB Calls for Admission into Nigerian Oil and Gas Technology Hackathon Programme
In its determination to unearth scalable solutions to some of the biggest challenges confronting the nation’s oil and gas industry, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) in partnership with Learners Support…
Nigerian Senate Passes 2020 Revised Budget Based On $28/bbl Oil
The Nigerian Senate yesterday passed the sum N10.805 trillion (or $29.92 billion) as revised budget for the 2020 fiscal year.The Coronavirus pandemic and a sharp fall in global oil prices prompted the Nigerian government to alter its…
Sylva Tasks New NCDMB Council on Advancing Local Content Growth
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has tasked new the Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on strengthening local content growth in the nation’s oil and gas…
FG Inaugurates New NCDMB Governing Board
…Targets 70% Nigerian Content in oil industry by 2027
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated the new Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board…
Oko Poly Manufactures Solar-Powered Automatic Corona Disinfection Machine
The Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambran State has produced a solar-powered automatic Coronavirus disinfection machine.
The facility, designed by engineers from the polytechnic, will be used to control the spread of the pandemic…
Building an African regional content
Dr. Arron Tchouka Singhe is an oil & gas expert, and key advisor to African countries on policies and strategies to maximize the benefits of exploitation of their petroleum resources.He currently serves at Chief Oil Sector Officer at…
Angola’s Local Content Opportunities Remain Huge Despite Downturn – Experts
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that with an economic recession expected at -1.4% by this year by Angola, the country would be expected to be less hit than its immediate neighbours or than the rest of African oil-producing…
Senate Kicks off Amendment of Nigeria’s Local Content Law Act
The Senate on Tuesday began the amendment of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act 2010 sequel to the consideration of a bill seeking to boost local content as well as strengthen the nation’s economy.
The…
NCDMB set to Spur O&G Innovation with BrentPlus
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Friday launched BrentPlus.
BruntPlus is a series of initiatives under the Board’s Nigerian Oil and Gas Technology (NOGTECH) programme that will stimulate innovations in…
Wabote Commends NLNG, Sylva As Train 7 EPC Contract Is Signed
…Says 7 years FID jinx has been broken
The Executive Secretary Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has hailed the outstanding roles played by the Minister of State for Petroleum…
NCDMB Holds Innovation Spotlight Webinar for Nigeria’s O&G Industry
As part of the efforts geared towards ensuring that Nigerian oil and gas industry is adequately equipped to navigate the challenges and uncertainties thrown up by the Coronavirus, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board…
FG Decry Illegal Use Of Manpower Supply Permits In O&G Industry
The Federal Government has condemned the illegal use of the Statutory Oil and Gas Industry Service Permits by manpower supply companies in the engagement of expatriates in the country’s oil and gas industry.
The Statutory Oil and Gas…
E/Guinea Tightens Grip On Local Content
…Henceforth, after 3yrs, oil firms can no longer employ expatriates
Equatorial Guinea has taken new measures to boost local content in the oil and gas industry. One of such steps is that it is henceforth limited…
COVID-19: NCDMB Donates N70m to PTF
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has made a donation of N70m to the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Coronavirus Virus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr Simbi Kesiye Wabote made…
NCDMB, Rungas Hold Inaugural Board Meeting
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Thursday participated in the inaugural Board of Directors meeting of Rungas Prime Industries Limited, in furtherance of the partnership to establish a 400,000 units per day…
Executive Secretary Congratulates Staff On The 10th Year Anniversary
… urges staff to brace for post-COVID-19 changes
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has felicitated with management and staff of the Board and the…
COVID-19: NCDMB cuts interest rate on NCI Fund loans, extends tenor
In a step further to enable businesses survive the hard time thrown up by the Coronavirus outbreak, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB has rolled out fresh palliatives in the interest of beneficiaries of its…
Train 7: NCDMB Approves Key Documents, Clears Project for Take-Off
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has approved the Nigerian Content Compliance Certificate (NCCC) and Approved Vendors Lists (AVLs) for the Nigeria LNG Train 7 Project.
The approval gives NLNG the final…
NCDMB Enjoins NLNG To Engage Project100 Coys For Train 7
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has asked the Nigeria LNG Ltd (NLNG) to evaluate the capabilities of the beneficiaries of Project 100 programme and engage them in the execution of its Train 7 project and other…