NCDMB Archives | Ibe Kachikwu

11th September 2021

Nigeria: Sylva Inaugurates the Nigerian Content Research & Development Fund

On Thursday, Timipre Sylva, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Dr Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, launched the Nigerian Content Research...

28th December 2020

Nigeria: NCDMB Grants $50,000 to Winners of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Technology Hackathon

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has reaffirmed its commitment towards the growth of local content with innovations to help address the problems in the Nigerian oil and...

28th August 2020

Waltersmith’s Modular Refinery in Nigeria to be Commissioned in September

Waltersmith Petroman Oil Limited will commence operations in the 5,000 bpd modular refinery in Nigeria by September 2020. This was made known by the Chief Executive Officer, Chikezie Nwosu, on...

15th August 2020

Nigeria Should Achieve 70% local content by 2027 – Buhari to NCDMB

During the virtual commission of the 17-storey Nigerian Content Tower and Headquarters of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) in Yenegoa, Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari urged the...

24th June 2020

Nigeria: NNPC Announces Oil Exploration in Bida Basin, as NCDMB Launches BrentPlus

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has announced that the corporation had commenced the exploration of oil in the Bida basin, which comprises eight...