For the first time in years, Nigeria's Niger Delta seems to be looking up.

British firm Solo Oil will spend $10.7 million to fund a buyout agreed upon with Aminex for a 12.5 per cent interest in the Likonde-1 well in Southern Tanzania.

A Chinese energy firm has chosen Kenya as its entry point into East Africa, where it expects to invest millions of dollars in the next three years.

Several normal Nigerians would have been totally crestfallen when they read on Tuesday the story of how the Venezuelan Ambassador to this country, at a moment of truth, brushed aside protocol to pass a vital message to Nigeria about how

Now that the power rationing that gripped the country forcing some areas to go without electricity for more than 10 hours is over, the government must start preparing long term strategies that would make the country insulate itself from this

EVERYONE says they support private power producers. No one is actually prepared to sign any of them up. And as it becomes increasingly clear that Eskom is not capable of funding the new power stations SA urgently needs, nor even

EBONYI State government has approved the registration of Ebonyi State Power Generating Company as well as the appointment of Engr E. N. Uduma as the General Manager of the State Electricity Company.

Nigeria Has Been Urged to Gear Up for the Post oil era if the country wants to continue to remain relevant in the scheme of things globally.

THE Bauchi State office of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is to set up committee at community levels to provide security against vandalization of solar panels and other installations mounted in various parts of the state by the agency.

The Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) has warned of more load-shedding when South Africa's Eskom cuts down supplies by 100mw next month.

TULLOW Oil, the company with whom Heritage shares two blocks in Uganda on a 50/50 basis, has stated that it has the right to buy its partner's interests.

LEADERS of Moyo and Adjumani districts have urged presidents Yoweri Museveni and Salva Kiir of Southern Sudan to consider building Nimule hydro power since the Nyagak power plant is taking long.

Two hundred and sixty six projects worth over N10.2b will be commissioned by the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESPOPADEC), the state's commissioner for Special Duties (DESPOPADEC), Mrs Orezi Osievo, has said.

A GTZ Energy Coordination Office (ECO) which hosts a new, recently merged Ethio-German Energy programme was launched on Wednesday at CMC Road around Gurd Sholla in Addis Ababa.

KenolKobil Ltd has won the Kenyan government tender to deliver crude oil and diesel in the month of January 2010.

Tanzania has closed its offshore anchoring slots for tankers believed to be misusing the facility for dubious sale of oil on the high seas.

Managing Director, Fan Milk Plc, Jens Mollen-bach, has appealed to the Federal Government to improve on power supply, and lamented operating cost in terms of power generation, which he described as quite demanding.

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has petitioned the Minister of Petroleum Resources over the proposed retrenchment of over 70 per cent Nigerian employees by management of Conocophillips Nigeria Limited.

A Nigerian oil vessel, christened "African Prince", has been jointly seized by the Ghanaian Air Force and Navy in Tema.

The 6000 megawatts of electricity promised by President Umaru Yar'adua at the end of the year is inadequate for the country, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) elder in Kaduna State has said.