A destroyed refinery By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited( NNPCL) says it has destroyed 134 illegal refineries in the last few weeks. Also, the company said 63 illegal pipeline connections were uncovered during the the weeks . The corporation, In a visual report, stated that at about 2 am on Sunday, a joint team of security agents discovered a large wooden boat illicitly loading stolen crude oil from Barge AGS01 within the OML 18 operating area, noted intelligence report a large wooden wooden boat was caught receiving crude oil from the barge. According to the state-owned oil firm, while the barge was towed away with a tugboat in custody, five speedboats used in towing the large wooden boat to the illegal loading site were also detained and the particulars of the tugboats and barge used for the operation were reportedly seized for further investigation. It further said that two large boats, which involve
By Akinola Ajibade
The Federal Government has approved N1.4 billion for the supply of more equipment for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to boost electricity supply across the country.
This follows the collapse of the national grid, which threw the country into darkness for the fourth time in recent times
News Mirror reports that the development came four days after the April 9 collapse of the electricity transmission system also known as national grid, operated by the TCN. the collapse was the third time in 24 days, and the fourth collapse in the year 2022.
The Minister of Power, Mr. Abubakar Aliyu, made the approval known when he briefed State House Correspondents on the outcome of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council ( FEC,) presided by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said: “I presented two memos from the ministry of power for the Transmission Company of Nigeria.
“The first one was a variation of the sum of a contract for 132/33 KV substation at Kafanchan, Kaduna State, with a KV line base extension at Jos substation, in Plateau State. This is in the sum of N132, 705, 861.42.”
The minister said the second approval he got was for the supply of handling equipment and operational vehicles also for the Transmission Company of Nigeria at the cost of N1.3 billion.
“The second memo was for the supply of handling equipment, haulage, and operational vehicles for the TCN at N1,338,159,080.88.
“They are heavy lifting equipment that the TCN requires for doing its work in the store and on the field while changing equipment and moving transformers.
“The council graciously approved,” he said.
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, announced that the council approved some fees for seeds production in the country.
According to him, the council approved N400,000 per variety for private seed companies and N100,000 per variety for research institutions.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, also disclosed that the council approved an augmentation of N317.7 million for Pategi Water Supply project phase 11 in Kwara.
He said the project was initially awarded in 2018 by the Buhari administration at the cost of N3.2 billion with a completion period of 74 months.
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