Nigerians consumed less of Dangote Refinery’s petrol daily, according to November 2025 industrial data recently released by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA. NMDPRA in its Fact Sheet for November said out of the 52.9 million litres per day of petrol consumed by Nigerians, only 19.5 million litres per day were supplied…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sealed the corporate headquarters of Ikeja Electric for allegedly leaving 19 residential units without electricity for about 30 months. The commission disclosed in a statement on Thursday that this occurred despite the complainant, who owns the 19 units, paying all charges requested by Ikeja Electric and fulfilling…
The NNPC/Heirs Energies OML 17 Joint Venture today advanced Nigeria’s gas commercialisation and environmental stewardship agenda with the symbolic signing of Gas Flare Commercialisation Agreements under the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme (NGFCP) and approved Non-NGFCP frameworks. The ceremony marks a significant transition from regulatory approvals to structured commercial execution, enabling flare gas volumes across…
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Felix Ogbe, on Tuesday said the Board has tightened its certification process to stop middlemen and dubious operators from accessing Nigerian Content compliance documents. Speaking at the Practical Nigerian Content Forum in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Ogbe said the move aligns with the Presidential Directive…
As the 2025 licensing round gets underway, the Federal Government has reduced the signature bonus from $10m to $3m and $7m. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission disclosed this in an update on its website. According to the commission, this was part of the government’s efforts to reduce entry barriers. “Interested in one of the…
The house of representatives public account committee has summoned Bayo Ojulari, the group chief executive officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. The committee issued the summons on Monday following Ojulari’s failure to appear before the panel. In a letter read by Bamidele Salam, the committee’s chairman, Ojulari cited a meeting at…
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says it has released $185.12 million and N14.9 billion to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited from the frontier exploration fund. A report had suggested that the funds were being withheld by the commission. But in a statement on, Eniola Akinkuotu, the commission’s spokesperson, denied that the…
Shell Nigeria Gas Limited (SNG) is expanding its operations in Ogun State with an agreement to provide gas to SG Industrial FZE, a steel company in the Guangdong industrial zone. This is part of the milestones support the Federal Government’s Decade of Gas initiative and the broader gas development agenda. The agreement adds to a…
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) has successfully restored additional 450MW of generation capacity to the national grid following the completion of scheduled maintenance on the Geregu NIPP plant. A statement by Emmanuel Ojor, Head Corporate Communications and External Relations saysthe four-week extended minor inspection, undertaken by Siemens Energy, was executed to enhance the…
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has stopped the monthly salaries of the engineers sacked in September during its face-off with the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria. In a bid to address this, PENGASSAN said it is engaging the Dangote Group to resolve the matter amicably instead of resorting to another industrial action….
