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FG Pledges Support For Mo Abudu’s ‘Naija Creates project’
FG Pledges Support For Mo Abudu’s ‘Naija Creates project’
FG pledges support for Mo Abudu’s ‘Naija Creates project’. Vice President Kashim Shettima has pledged support for the Naija Creates project.
Mr Shettima offered his support during a courtesy visit by the Chief Executive Officer of Ebony Life Group, Mo Abudu, to the presidential villa, Abuja, on Tuesday.
The vice president, who assured that his office would support the project in all its ramifications, added that all hands must be on deck for the nation’s economy to be transformed.
According to him, Naija Creates, an enterprise championed by Ms Abudu, has the potential to be Nigeria’s flagship cultural diplomacy initiative.
He added that the project would project the country through tourism, arts, music, fashion, and others on the global stage.
He commended Ms Abudu for her efforts and contributions to the development of the entertainment industry in Nigeria.
The vice president noted that there were a lot of positives about the country that should be exported to the international community.
Mr Shettima described the Naija Creates project as an avenue to promote the President Bola Tinubu administration’s economic diversification agenda.
The vice president said the programme should be Nigeria’s collective effort to showcase the country’s potential in the creative sector.
He also invited Ms Abudu to join the federal government’s Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) team and deploy her expertise to help actualise the administration’s goals in the technology and creative sectors.
Earlier, Ms Abudu said Naija Creates was an initiative that would help export and celebrate excellence in Nigeria’s creative sector, comprising film, arts, food, music, and fashion, among others.
She explained that through the project, a safe space would be provided to kickstart the process of exporting to the global stage the numerous creative talents in Nigeria.
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Ms Abudu solicited the support and partnership of the federal government, through its agencies and collaborators, to ensure the actualisation of the initiative.
She said in the summer of 2025, the Naija Creates initiative would debut in the United Kingdom, showcasing the various talents in food, music, film, fashion, and the arts.
NNPC Ltd. HSE Chief Sets Tone For Industry-Wide Safety Standards
NNPC Ltd.’s Chief Health, Safety and Environment Officer, Tonye Alagba, has urged Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) personnel across the company to strengthen collaboration and build a unified HSE team.
Alagba, who made the call at the recent First Quarter 2026 HSE Council Meeting held in Abuja from 15th to 17th April, 2026, called for collective responsibility, strict compliance, and proactive prevention of HSE violations across all business units.
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NNPC Ltd. values strict HSE adherence across all its businesses and operations. The HSE Council Meeting signals the company’s broader intent to raise the bar for safety culture across Nigeria’s energy sector.
NNPC, SNEPCo, NCDMB Donate Geosciences Centre To UNILAG
NNPC Limited, in partnership with Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), and the University of Lagos (UNILAG), commissioned and donated the newly built UNILAG Geosciences Centre of Excellence to the University on Friday.
Purposely built to strengthen geosciences education and research in Nigeria, the Centre was inaugurated by the Chief Upstream Investment Officer of NNPC Upstream Investment Management Services Ltd. (NUIMS), Olanrewaju Igandan, alongside the Managing Director of SNEPCo, Ronald Adams; Director of Capacity Building (NCDMB), Abayomi Bamidele; Lagos State Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Tolani Sule; and the Vice-Chancellor of UNILAG, Professor Folasade Ogunsola.
The Centre boasts of a 250-seat auditorium, geoscience and instrumentation laboratories, a rock preparation workshop, hydrogeology, mineralogy, environmental geology, sedimentary and palaeoenvironmental sciences laboratories, a seismic interpretation room, a modern library, a digital museum, and collaborative spaces for students and researchers. It is also supported by a 600 kVA transformer, a 40 kVA solar power facility, and a field investigation coaster bus.
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By connecting academia, industry, and government under one roof, the Centre provides Nigerian students and researchers with hands-on access to modern energy tools, reduces the oil and gas industry’s reliance on international markets for testing and training, and builds the in-country expertise Nigeria’s energy sector needs.
NNPC Limited remains committed to driving capacity building, supporting national development, and working with partners to secure a stronger energy future for Nigeria.
NNPC: Ministers Chart Course Gor West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP)
The Committee of Ministers for the West African Gas Pipeline Project met in Abuja on Friday, reaffirming its central role in West Africa’s regional energy agenda.
The meeting brought together ministers and high-level representatives from Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and Ghana, alongside officials from ECOWAS, the West African Gas Pipeline Authority (WAGPA) and West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo).
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, who opened the meeting, reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to the long-term sustainability and expansion of the pipeline, adding that since its inception, the WAGP has transported over 613 million MMBtu of natural gas, with Nigeria accounting for more than 68 per cent of total volumes supplied to Benin, Togo, and Ghana.
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On his part, NNPC Limited’s Executive Vice President, Gas, Power & New Energy, Olalekan Ogunleye, emphasised the company’s active stewardship of Nigeria’s gas export commitments and its broader role in shaping regional energy cooperation across West Africa.
With gas throughput reaching approximately 80 million MMBtu in 2025, a 22 per cent rise on prior years, and discussions advancing on expanding pipeline capacity utilisation by 45 per cent in 2026, NNPC Limited remains at the centre of efforts to grow a credible, commercially viable regional gas market.
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