Tag: Agip
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Reps summon AGIP over failure to pay $80m owed indigenous contractor
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition has summoned AGIP Oil Company to appear before it on June 26, over alleged N80 million owed to De Cooon Services Ltd. Rep. Michael Etaba, Chairman of the Committee expressed displeasure
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Shell, Total, AGIP under fire over $85 billion tax claims
The House of Representatives ad hoc Committee on structure and accountability of Joint Venture (JV) Business and Production Sharing Contracts (PSCS) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd. has summoned Total Upstream over tax claims of 85 billion dollars.
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Niger Delta militants resurrect, claim responsibility for bombing oil facilities in Rivers
Niger Delta militants resurrect, claim responsibility for bombing oil facilities in Rivers
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Niger Delta Waste Disposal: Reps Cttee walks out AGIP, Panicean CEOs for dishonouring invitation
An Ad-hoc Committee of the House of Representatives yesterday walked out the Chief Executives Officers of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company NAOC and the Panocean Oil Company Limited respectively for failing to honor their invitation to an investigative hearing by the Committee. The House Ad-hoc Committee set up by the House at plenary this year…
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House C’ttee summons NNPC, Oando, Agip others over alleged contract scam
The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Upstream on Wednesday summoned NNPC, Oando, Agip and other multinational companies over alleged irregularities in a contract awarded to a Nigerian company, Decoon Service limited. The House Committee in session issued the summon at an investigative hearing following the failure of the organisations to honour invitation earlier sent…
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Ijaw youths agitate over $13.5bn Zabazaba Deepwater Project
Ijaw youths under the aegis of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), worldwide have expressed concerned over delays in the signing of the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the $13.5 billion Zabazaba Deepwater Project. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports spokesman of the Council, Daniel Dasimaka, in a statement, expressed displeasure of the IYC on Thursday in Yenagoa, capital…
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Gunmen free abducted Agip’s staff in Bayelsa
An oil worker abducted during a Joint investigative Visit (JIV) on April 19 at an oilfield operated by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Kalaba community has regained freedom. Community sources in Kalaba and Ayambele in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa said that the victim was dropped off by his abductors on Friday near…
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FG vs Agip: Court fixes May 28 for $55m debt recovery suit
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday adjourned until May 28 hearing of a 55 million dollars debt recovery suit by the Federal Government against Agip Oil Company Ltd. The government had filed several suits seeking to recover about 12 billion dollars in missing crude oil revenue from some international oil companies. The federal…
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Senate to probe N3.4b NNPC/Agip security account
The Senate on Tuesday mandated its Committee on Public Accounts to investigate the rationale behind a security account allegedly operated by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Nigerian Agip Oil Company. This followed the adoption of a motion moved by Sen. Dino Melaye (Kogi-APC). Moving the motion, Melaye said there was the need for…
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Bayelsa Govt. drags Agip to court, demands N1.6trn compensation for 2013 oil spill
The Bayelsa State Government has dragged Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt over an oil spillage from the company’s SBM Sirius, in Brass Local Government Area of the state. The government filed an originating summon through the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Kemeasuode Wodu. According to…