The Nigerian Navy has conducted a search and rescue simulation exercise aimed at reducing the rate of boat mishap casualties recorded with the nation’s maritime domain.

The exercise, which held at the Naval Shipyard Limited in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was informed by the increasing rate of boat mishaps in the country.

It was organised in line with the directive from the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, with 10 other government agencies, including the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) as participants.… Read the rest

Shell Nigeria has started supply of crude oil to Nigeria’s Port-Harcourt refinery ahead of commencement of refining operations later this quarter.

The spokesperson for the company Bamidele Odugbesan relayed this information in an interview with Reuters where he stated that deliveries were made to the company this week.

• He stated, “Future supplies from Bonny oil and gas terminal would be guided by the demand for the product,”

In a separate statement, Shell’s Bonny oil terminal manager said a total said a total of 475,000 barrels of oil was delivered to the Port-Harcourt refinery around January.… Read the rest