The NAACP and BET today announced that humanitarians, global leaders, and co-founders of Archewell Foundation, Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will receive the prestigious President’s Award during The “53rd NAACP Image Awards,” which airs on Sunday, 27 February at 19:00 WAT / 20:00 CAT on …
Read More »DesignEuropa Awards finalists and Lifetime Achievement Award winner announced
Eight finalist designs were shortlisted, representing the best of European industrial and product design The John Deere 8 Series tractors, a popular brand for tractors in the U.S., finalist in the Industry category Lifetime Achievement Award winner is André Ricard, renowned for the torch design of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics …
Read More »Space Foundation Signs MOU with UAE’s Al Suwaidi Private Office & Group
Space Foundation, a 501(c)(3) global space advocate for 37 years, recently announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Al Suwaidi Private Office & Group of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to explore a partnership and companion programming that will offer educational …
Read More »NNPC Secures $1.16m US Grant for 1,350MW Abuja Power Plant
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) have concluded arrangement to sign a $1.16 million grant as part funding for the NNPC-Abuja Independent Power Project (IPP) modelled to generate 1,350 megawatts of electricity to alleviate the power challenge …
Read More »Trouble brewing off South Africa’s coast
In response to the announcement that French oil giant Total has just made a significant oil and gas discovery 175 km off the southern coast of South Africa, Greenpeace Africa’s Senior Climate and Energy Campaign Manager, Melita Steele, has said: “Greenpeace Africa strongly condemns Total’s reckless oil exploration off the …
Read More »Access Power and FMO launch second edition of Solar ‘Shark Tank’ Competition for Innovative Solar Projects
FMO the Dutch development bank, and Access Power, a leading developer, owner and operator of power projects in emerging markets, today announced the launch of the 2018 FMO Access Power Solar ‘Shark Tank’ Competition following the competition’s successful first installment in 2016 at the ‘Making Solar Bankable’ conference. The initiative …
Read More »FG Retires NNPC Group Executive Directors
FG Retires NNPC Group Executive Directors The Federal Government has approved the retirement of all eight Group Executive Directors of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) with immediate effect. …
Read More »Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu Takes over as GMD of NNPC
Newly appointed Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu has assumed duty as the Chief Executive of the Corporation at a brief handover ceremony held at the NNPC Towers, Abuja on Tuesday. Until his appointment, Dr. Kachikwu was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel …
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