American Petroleum Institute Denies Issuing BOSIET Certification To OPEANS Nigeria LTD

  An American Petroleum Institute (API) has firmly denied granting any certification or approval to Opeans Nigeria Limited for conducting the Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET). Opeans Nigeria Limited, a training provider with centers in Port Harcourt and Warri, had previously claimed to have received API certification, which caused excitement among its Executive Director, Ben Nwoye, and the company’s stakeholders. However, API has set the record straight, asserting that it has not accredited or approved any trainings conducted by Opeans Nigeria Limited. As a leading standard-setting organization…

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The Tragedy Of Our Independence

By Sunny Awhefeada The notable Kenyan writer, Ngugi wa Thiong’o dedicated his novel A Grain of Wheat to “the peasants who fought the British yet who now see all that they fought for being put on one side.” African independence didn’t meet the aspirations of the people. It did come with betrayals of tragic proportions. The decades of nationalism from around 1920 to the late 1950s were not just about the struggle for freedom, but were years of hope anchored on Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah’s admonition, “seek you first the political…

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Education: Efekemorae Celebrates Teachers

  The Chairman, National Youth Council of Nigeria, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Comrade Emmanuel Efekemorae has celebrated teachers for their efforts towards shaping the minds of our children. Speaking to make this year’s Teachers Day Celebrations, Efekemorae stated that a good teacher is like a candle, it consumes itself to light the way for others. “There is no contention about the positive contributions of teachers to human capital development in nation building. “Teachers nuture engineers, politicians, filmmakers, writers, astronauts, architects, lawyers, doctors, entrepreneurs and many more. It means without…

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