The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) yesterday announced the review of over 215 gas utilization projects across Nigeria, identifying 70 high-impact initiatives with a combined potential demand of 15 billion standard cubic feet of gas per day (bscf/d) and the capacity to attract more than $20 billion in…
Monday Okpebholo, governor of Edo state, has revoked the certificate of occupancy (C-of-O) previously granted to the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA). The revocation comes after growing public discontent and objections from Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin, over the demolition of the Central Hospital in Benin City to make way for the…
Seplat Energy Plc, leading Nigerian independent energy company, has held the 2025 Annual Media Training Programme in Abuja, in line with the company’s commitment to media excellence, entrepreneurship and economic well-being. A press statement Mr. Stanley Opara, Manager Corporate communications, says the training programme, which had in attendance 50 journalists, brought together media professionals in…
The Chairman, Advisory Board of of OTL, Africa, Downstream Energy Week, Otunba Adetunji Oyebanji, says Energy sustainability is not just about preserving resources, but it is also building an industry that is competitive, responsible, and adaptable to a rapidly changing global environment. Otunba Oyebanji stated this at the opening session of the 19th OTL Africa…
This year’s edition of the Africa Downstream Energy Week, tagged “OTL 2025” is expected to feature ministerial and regulatory panels involving five West African countries, with over 60 speakers across ten strategic sessions addressing issues around investment, finance, technology, corporate realignment and sustainability. The Chairman of the Advisory Board, Otunba Adetunji Oyebanji, made this known…
When the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) unveiled a N28 billion bailout for electricity distribution companies last month, the announcement landed with both optimism and fatigue. The funds are earmarked to procure and install meters for customers in tariff Bands A and B, at no cost to consumers. The move is part of the broader…
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, said investor confidence is back in Nigeria’s oil sector. The Minister commended the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC for changing the narrative in upstream activities by restoring confidence in line with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), 2021, which he said is evident in…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its two-week warning strike. Chris Piwuna, president of ASUU, addressed the press on Wednesday after an overnight national executive council (NEC) meeting that ended at 4:00 am. ASUU had embarked on a warning strike on October 13 over its dissatisfaction with the federal government’s response to…
DESPITE the appeal by the minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Honourable Ekperikpe Ekpo, urging marketers, distributors, and all stakeholders along the LPG (cooking gas) value chain to desist from hoarding the product and refrain from exploiting consumers for profit, the product’s scarcity persist in Lagos, Abuja, Delta States, others. Besides, for the few available…
Shehu MohammedThe Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced that it has upgraded its printing facility to deliver an average of 15,000 driver’s licences daily, with a target to clear all existing backlogs before the second week of November 2025. The Corps Marshal,…
