Winners Of The Inaugural The Guardian Oil And Gas Awards

Energy firms, bank and individuals have been honoured at the maiden edition of The Guardian Oil and Gas Awards, for their remarkable contribution to the growth and development of the industry and Nigeria’s economy.

At the event themed “The Guardian/ACAL OIL and Gas Roundtable and Awards”, which brought together industry leaders from across the country, 15 organisations and individuals were honoured for driving and advancing the course of the oil and gas sector.

Winners of The Guardian Oil And Gas Awards

  • Oil and Gas Human Capital Development and Training Company of the Year Award – Prime Atlantic Limited
  • Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Distribution Company of the Year Award – Petrocam Training Nigeria
  • Best Gas Company of the Year – Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG)
  • Oil and Gas Fabrication Company of the Year Award – Nigerdock
  • Oil and Gas Logistics Company of the Year Award – Lagos Deep Offshore Services (LADOL)
  • Best Bank in Support of the Oil and Gas Sector – Access Bank
  • Lubricant Oil Company of the Year Award – Eterna Plc.
  • Joint Venture (JV) Company of the Year Award – Mobile Producing Nigerian Limited
  • Sole Risk/Independent Company of the Year Award – Seplat Petroleum Development Company
  • Marginal Field Company of the Year Award – Midstream Oil and Gas Company
  • Oil and Gas Safety Company of the Year Award (upstream) – Chevron Nigeria Limited
  • Oil and Gas Health Safety Company of the Year Award (downstream) – Nipco Plc.
  • Oil and Gas Environmental Friendly Company of the Year Award (upstream) – Total Exploration and Production Company Limited
  • Oil and Gas Environmental Friendly Company of the Year Award (downstream) – Northwest Petroleum and Gas Company
  • Oil and Gas Sustainability Company of the Year Award – Total Plc.
  • Oil and Gas Local Content Compliant Company of the Year Award (downstream) – Nipco Plc.
  • Oil and Gas Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Sustainability Company of the Year (upstream) – Aiteo Group
  • Oil and Gas Company of the Year (upstream) – Exonmobil
  • Oil and Gas Company of the Year Award (upstream indigenous) – Aiteo
  • Oil and Gas Company of the Year Award (downstream) – Eterna Plc.
  • Marginal Field Company of the Year Award – Midwestern Oil and Gas Company
  • Oil and Gas Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Year (upstream) Award – Paul Mcgrath of Exxonmobil Nigeria Limited
  • Oil and Gas CEO of the Year (downstream indigenous) – Benedict Peters of the Aiteo Group
  • Oil and Gas CEO of the Year Award (downstream) – Mahmud Tukur of Eterna Plc.

Chairman, Editorial Board of The Guardian, Professor Wale Omole, who represented the Chairman/Publisher, Lady Maiden Alex-Ibru stated:

“We are happy that you made it here, we would continue to work together. I congratulate you on things you have done and wish you more success.”

Bolatito Aderemi-Ibitola Wins 2018 ART X Prize

Bolatito Aderemi-Ibitola, has won the ART X Prize in a competition organised in partnership with Access Bank in Lagos.

Bolatito Aderemi-Ibitola emerged as the winner after live presentations to the judges, alongside a shortlist that also included two other artists – Ayo Akinwande and Williams Chechet as finalists. Bolatito is a trans-disciplinary artist working primarily in time based art, interactivity and performance.

Bolatito Aderemi-Ibitola emerged from many applicants screened by a jury of five renowned artists comprising pioneering artist, Professor Bruce Onobrakpeya; Turner Prize nominee Yinka Shonibare MBE;  Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Sokari Douglas-Camp; and gallerist and curator, Oliver Enwonwu.

In the words of Bolatito Aderemi-Ibitola:

“The work I proposed for the competition is an interactive display that people can come up to the screen, interact with it. It’s like the screen is moving as the individual moves so it creates a beautiful dance effect. As of now, the screen is about 15ft but depending on how the project develops it could be more.”

According to the Director of ART X Lagos, Tokini Peterside:

“We are delighted to have the privilege to support the prize-winner, Bolatito Aderemi-Ibitola, at this pivotal stage in her career. This will propel her towards a successful future within the African and global art industry.

We look forward to unveiling Bolatito’s ambitious project at ART X Lagos 2018 in November. The project will introduce her to our international audience, collectors and curators from renowned institutions around the world.”

Group Managing Director of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe, said:

“At Access Bank, beyond our vast collection of established artists, we believe that we are also responsible for empowering emerging artists. This is why we continue to support the ART X Prize – to celebrate the ingenuity of Nigeria’s emerging art talent.”

Winners Of 2018 Lagos State Schools Governor’s Quiz Competition

Lagos State Senior Model College, Kankon has emerged winner of the Star Prize of the Season IX of the Lagos State Schools Governor’s Quiz Competition after overcoming Epe Senior Grammar School.

In the Junior and Primary School Category, Idimu Junior High School, Alimosho and Military Nursery/Primary School, Yaba also defeated Community Junior High School, Debojo and Araromi Primary School, Gbagada to win the Junior Secondary and Primary Schools categories respectively.

Speaking at the event, Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Idiat Oluranti Adebule announced that Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode approved cash rewards of ₦100,000 to all participating students to motivate them and their colleagues, with the Teachers and Schools receiving between ₦100,000 to ₦250,000.

Adebule said the Lagos State Schools Governor’s Quiz Competition was designed to develop the mind of the pupils by creating healthy rivalry among school children in public and private Primary, Junior and Senior Secondary Schools across the State.

She noted that the competition has broadened the horizon of school children resulting in a noticeable improvement in the results of terminal examinations like BECE, NECO and WAEC.

According to Adebule, the standard of the Lagos State Schools Governor’s Quiz Competition has also contributed to the relative ease with which Lagos schools win other Quiz Competitions.

Dr. Idiat Oluranti Adebule stated:

“My amiable and brilliant pupils and children, I am happy to acknowledge your overt display of knowledge in all facets of life – Science & Technology, Business Studies, Humanities, Art & Craft and Current Affairs.

Public School Students have in the last one month won the PZ Cussons Chemistry and NNPC National Science Quiz Competitions. Tadese Fatai of Abibat Mogaji Senior School, Iloro won the star prize at the PZ Cussons while the NNPC National Science Quiz Competition State’s Final was won by Ezeunala Ekene Franklin of Meiran Community High School, Meiran.”

Adebule, therefore, advised all children of the State in public or private schools to devote more time to their academic pursuit, invest their youthful energy and intellect to create job opportunities rather that roam the streets and embrace social vices like internet fraud, hooliganism, rape, examination malpractice, alcoholism and drug abuse.

Enilolobo Elijah & Aderoju Precious Win 2018 Lagos State Essay Competition

Enilolobo Elijah of Vetland Junior Grammar School, Ifako-Ijaiye and Aderoju Precious of Angus Memorial High School, Somolu have emerged as the overall winners in the Junior and Senior categories respectively in the 2018 Lagos State Essay Competition.

The competition, which took place at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium in Alausa with the topic – “Lagos: A State of Excellence Indeed” – drew participants from all public schools in the State and produced 96 competitors who participated in the finals from the six Education Districts.

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Dorcas Olayemi Amusan-Fagborun Awarded Member Of The Order Of The British Empire (MBE) [2018]

60-year-old Dorcas Olayemi Amusan-Fagborun has been honored with the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) as a community heroine in Bradford community.

Dorcas Olayemi Amusan-Fagborun is the chief executive of Peacemakers International, which supports survivors of domestic violence and abuse.

She has lived in Bradford since 1991, with all her children educated in the city, and was nominated for her services to community cohesion and women and girls’ rights.

Mrs. Dorcas Olayemi Amusan-Fagborun has used her own personal hardship to inspire others and bring a voice to those who would otherwise be silent.

She is a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM) and her experience has provided the basis for much of her campaigning, culminating in the formation of the Bradford-based Peacemakers International charity.

Across the past 40 years, Mrs. Olayemi Amusan-Fagborun has worked to champion the interests of African and ethnic minority communities in Bradford and beyond. Her influence is said to have been pivotal in Bradford becoming the UK’s second ‘City of FGM Zero Tolerance’.

In her words:

“I have a philosophy that nobody will come to me crying and go back crying. I cannot withstand injustice and it does not matter whom it happens to or who the perpetrator is. Seeing many people suffering unjustly, to me, is disheartening.

FGM is very difficult for survivors, and the community, to talk about. Survivors don’t want to talk about it because there is no specialist support.

The practising community is a big community in the UK, making it not easy to eradicate.

Many parents thought they could do it for their children secretly because of taboos attached to it. Many people still see it as an attack on their culture by the Western World.

[On the award], it’s good for the whole of the city, not just me as an individual.

I will continue to make sure that people I come across reach their full potential regardless of their race or ethnicity.”

Bradford’s community heroes who have dedicated their lives to helping others are among those recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

The recipients form a diverse group consisting of people rewarded for their tireless charity and humanitarian work, their commitment to business, politics, and education, and their role in West Yorkshire’s emergency services.

The honors system recognises people who have made significant contributions to public life and excelled in serving and helping British society.

Others receiving the MBE honors in the list include:

  • Professor Vincent Gaffney, of the landscape archaeology department of the University of Bradford, who is recognised for his services to scientific research.
  • Chief Superintendent Maboob Hussain, for his services to West Yorkshire Police and his charity work.
  • Two public officials serving Calderdale: Councillor Timothy Swift, rewarded for this services to local government and regeneration; and Dominic Furby, a former assistant district commander with West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, who was praised for his charity work.

3 Nigerians Receive Queen Elizabeth’s Young Leaders Award [2018]

Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom has presented to Hauwa Ojeifo, Isaac Ezirim and Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph with a Queen’s Young Leaders Award at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London in honour of the work they are doing to transform lives in their communities (in Nigeria).

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LASPOTECH Wins Inaugural NSChE Engineering Quiz Competition

The Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), Ikorodu, has won the maiden edition of the engineering quiz competition organized for higher institutions in Lagos and Ogun states by the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (NSChE).

The Engineering Quiz Competition, which is a requirement from the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) for its different divisions to hold annual quiz, was organized to strengthen the study of engineering in the Nigeria, had four schools in participation. They include: University of Lagos (UNILAG); Lagos State University (LASU), Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) and Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH).

Although the Engineering Quiz Competition was organized by NSChE for tertiary institutions in Ogun and Lagos states, it is expected that it would soon be a nationwide event that would be organized regionally before the grand finale.

Kamilu Oyedeko, chairman of the Lagos/Ogun states chapter remarked that the aim of the competition is to produce competent future engineers for the country, by encouraging the students to be well grounded in the fundamentals of the profession while still at school.

While stating that chemical engineers are the catalysts for industrial growth in any nation, Oyedeko advised well-established professionals and operators of industries to support initiatives aimed at grooming budding engineers in the country.

According to Kamilu Oyedeko:

“This programme has advanced their knowledge of the field and provided a platform for participants to exchange ideas. We have seen from this event that the students have gone far in familiarizing with the basic knowledge of chemical engineering from the way the competition was keenly contended. The first place winner emerged with just a little point ahead of the second place winner.

We are highly impressed by their performances and have discovered how far they have been able to retain what they have learnt in their various institutions. Once you are good in the fundamentals of the profession, you will definitely go far in life. We appeal to the authorities to give opportunities to more chemical engineers at all levels to make meaningful contributions to the development of the country.”

Olusegun Shodeyibi, chairman of the intercollegiate quiz competition stated:

“We tested them in the core areas of: chemical reactions, process control, separation process, thermodynamics, environmental engineering, unit generation, system control, among others and they have really impressed everybody. This is one of the processes of grooming highly skilled engineers for Nigeria since it has been observed that chemical engineering is at its infancy stage here in the country. We have issues in the economy and most of the companies are not doing well, however, it is a challenge for the professionals to wake up.

The impact of the competition is that it will help them to improve on themselves. Some of them are in their National Diploma class and others in level four in the university and so the programme will promote better understanding of their studies so that they can become more experienced when they graduate from the university. I urge you all to work hard toward becoming job creators and entrepreneurs rather than job seekers.”