January 22, 2026GenerationNewsPowerSolarSpecial ProjectSustainabilityTechnology

CCECC Nigeria emerges preferred bidder for Nigeria’s first 7MW floating solar power project at UNILAG

Precious Ademisoye The Nigerian subsidiary of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has emerged as the preferred bidder for the 7-megawatt floating solar power project at the University of Lagos, a development described as Nigeria’s first floating solar power station.…

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January 12, 2026Energy TransitionGreen FinanceNewsRenewablesSolarSpecial ReportSustainabilityTechnology

FG inaugurates ₦40bn Third Mainland bridge CCTV centre, powered by 240 solar panels for 24/7 surveillance

  Oredola Adeola The Federal Government has inaugurated the Third Mainland Bridge CCTV Monitoring Centre, a ₦40 billion facility powered by 240 solar panels, designed to provide round-the-clock surveillance of the bridge, including both its superstructure and underwater sections. Engr.…

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December 17, 2025FinanceGreen FinanceNewsPowerSolarSpecial ProjectSustainabilityTechnology

50 businesses funded, 80 supported, 230,000 connected in six years — All On’s energy impact report

… transforms over one million lives in Nigeria through clean energy access    Oredola Adeola  All On has revealed that between 2018 and 2024, it invested in more than 50 businesses and, through grants and technical assistance, supported over 80…

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December 2, 2025AdvertorialDocumentaryEnergy TransitionNewsRenewablesSolarSpecial ProjectSustainabilityTechnology

NewsDirect honours Engr. (Dr.) Adedeji Ashiru with ‘Exemplary Leadership in Public Service’ award

  … under his watch, modern irrigation, solar-powered dot landscape of Ogun, Lagos, Oyo, Osun States Adeshewa Precious Engr. (Dr.) Adedeji Ashiru, the Managing Director/CEO of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority (OORBDA), has been recognized with the prestigious Award…

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November 27, 2025AdvertorialLocal ContentNewsOil & GasSustainabilityTechnologyUpstream

NNPC/Heirs Energies JV doubles gas output to 135MMscf/d with rigless breakthrough

…up from 70MMscf/d in 2021 …. drives combined output of TransAfam, FIPL & Geometric power plants from 100MW to 350MW   Oredola Adeola   The NNPC/Heirs Energies OML 17 Joint Venture has boosted its gas production to a peak of…

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November 21, 2025Local ContentNewsOil & GasPowerSustainabilityTechnology

NNPC/Seplat JV commissions  power system/underground cabling project at NOGAPS Odukpani

  … transfers infrastructure to NCDMB   Oredola Adeola The NNPC/Seplat Joint Venture commissioned and formally handed over a fully integrated Power System and Underground Cabling Project to the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) at the Nigerian Oil…

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November 17, 2025Local ContentNewsOil & GasSpecial ReportSustainabilityTechnologyUpstream

“Collaboration is a must”: PETAN urges Africa to embrace Nigeria’s local content model

Oredola Adeola The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) has urged stronger public–private supplier collaboration across Africa’s oil and gas industry. Noting that Nigeria’s NOGICD Act, implemented by the NCDMB, has delivered impressive results, raising in-country value retention and local…

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November 15, 2025AdvertorialDocumentaryGreen FinanceImpactLocal ContentNewsOil & GasSpecial ProjectSustainabilityTechnology

16-year-old, OAU student wins NCDMB’s 9th National Undergraduate Essay competition, gets ₦1m prize

… as FUTA’s Sonuga Opeyemi, UniUyo’s Precious Amarachi clinch 2nd, 3rd respectively   Oredola Adeola The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has announced 16-year-old Akande Oyinkansola Josephine of Obafemi Awolowo University as the overall winner of the 9th…

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November 12, 2025NewsOil & GasSpecial ReportSustainabilityTechnologyUpstream

NUPRC sets December 1 launch for 2025 licensing round 

… makes commitment to address project delays, funding issues … as 2025 licensing round, targets gas-rich blocks, investment boost Oredola Adeola The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has announced it will launch the 2025 Licensing Round on December 1,…

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November 12, 2025DocumentaryNewsOil & GasSpecial ReportSustainabilityTechnologyUpstream

TotalEnergies urges Shell, Chevron other IOCs to adopt shared services for FPSOs to cut costs, boost efficiency

… says joint use of offshore assets can curb reliance on other countries Oredola Adeola TotalEnergies has called on international oil companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria’s deepwater sector to adopt shared service frameworks, particularly for FPSO operations, as a strategy…

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