-NNPC plans oil exploration activities in Nasarawa state.-The move is part of the presidential directive for oil exploration in the lake chad basin and its environs.The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says the corporation will soon begin crude oil exploration in Nasarawa state as part of its search for oil in the nation’s inland basins.The disclosure was made by the Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, during a v...

Contrary to claims by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that it was importing Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK), popularly called kerosene, to augment local production, statistics obtained from its website, yesterday, indicated it had stopped importation of the product.NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, had, in a telephone interview with Daily Sun, on Monday, said the corporation was still fulfilling its obligation by i...

A truck belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation, laden with over 40,000 litres of petrol, on Saturday night fell on a Mercedes Benz car and killed the occupant.The tanker, with registration number XKN 222 SA and NNPC emblem,was said to be heading to Owerri, the Imo State capital before it lost control and fell in front of the Navy School of Finance and Logistics, Owerrinta in Abia State. It was learnt that the tanker fell on a blue...