Venezuela Energy Week’s London Showcase Highlights Competitive New Fiscal Framework for Upstream Investment

Venezuela Energy Week’s London Showcase Highlights Competitive New Fiscal Framework for Upstream Investment

LONDON, United Kingdom, July 31, 2026/APO Group/ — Industry leaders at the Venezuela Energy Week London Industry Showcase on Thursday highlighted Venezuela’s newly implemented hydrocarbons framework as a major step toward restoring the country’s competitiveness as an upstream investment destination, pointing to simplified fiscal terms, greater operational flexibility and rising production as key drivers of…

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Ex-Wife Files Restraining Order Against GOP Congressman Max Miller After Domestic Abuse Allegations

The ex-wife of Republican Ohio Rep. Max Miller filed a restraining order against the congressman Thursday after accusing him of domestic violence. Emily Moreno, the daughter of Republican Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno, alleged that Miller physically grabbed one of her attorneys, Andrew Zashin, during a recent court hearing and also used a profane slur to…

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UK’s 2050 Electricity System: Modelled, Costed, Legislated—but It Doesn’t Work

UK’s 2050 Electricity System: Modelled, Costed, Legislated—but It Doesn’t Work

Britain’s 2050 electricity system has been modelled, costed and legislated around. Nobody has tested whether it runs. It doesn’t. RICHARD LYON From today’s generating fleet to the one the Committee’s 2050 pathway describes, technology by technology. ON 23 JUNE Britain’s grid came far closer to failing than most people realise, and on Kathryn Porter’s account published last…

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Police to arraign 13 over building materials theft at Lagos airport

Police to arraign 13 over building materials theft at Lagos airport

The Airport Police Command said it would arraign 13 suspects arrested for stealing building materials from construction sites at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The command disclosed this in a Friday statement by Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Mohammed Adeola. The suspects were identified as Ibrahim Hassan, Haruna Yaya, Ali Muhammed, Walid…

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Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Campaigns Against Perenco Threaten Energy Development in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Campaigns Against Perenco Threaten Energy Development in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 31, 2026/APO Group/ — Fresh criticism of Perenco’s operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has once again brought one of Africa’s biggest energy development challenges the fore: NGO-led smear campaigns. While framed as a challenge to one company’s environmental performance, the campaign reflects a broader pattern of NGO-led…

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