Abakaliki residents, businesses decry three-month power outage
…A housewife, Sylvia Onwe, said many families now suffer food wastage because they cannot preserve their food Residents and business operators in parts of Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, have raised concerns over the three-month-long power outage that has…
NNPC Refinery Casual Staff Go Unpaid for 120 Days
Support staff at NNPC’s Warri refinery, a 125,000Barrels Oil Per Stream Day BPSD facility, have not been paid for four months, Africa Oil+Gas Report (AOGR) has learnt. Dafe Ighomitedo, the workers’ representative Reverend told AOGR that they last…
Seek cheaper financing – NCDMB urges African oil producers
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has tasked oil producing nations, especially in Africa, to introduce dedicated fund schemes at single digit interest rates which local service companies and manufacturers could access in order…
Okorie: When you buy a transformer, NEPA is supposed to pay you, but they hide this policy
In a fiery interview on Voice Tv Friday, August 15, 2025, Chief Princewill Okorie, Executive Director of the Electricity Consumer Advocate Center (ECAC), sharply criticized the recent statement by the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) — now…
NNPC secures Appeal Court victory against Ararume’s N5b suit
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) said it secured Appeal Court victory to avoid its former board chairman, Senator Ifeanyi Ararume’s N5 billion damages suit. A statement by the state-owned oil firm reads in parts: “On August 8, 2025,…
Nigeria’s Electricity Grid Hits Record-Breaking Milestones In 2025
According to reports on Tuesday, Nigeria’s national power grid has achieved historic performance levels in 2025, recording unprecedented peaks in electricity generation and transmission, according to recent data from the National Control Centre. On March…
India Buys Nigerian Crude as Dangote Refinery Turns to US Oil
India’s state-owned refiners are ramping up purchases of Nigerian crude even as Nigeria’s flagship Dangote Petroleum Refinery increasingly sources its feedstock from the United States – a twist that industry insiders are calling an “oil trade irony.”…
NERC/EERC: Who has the power, and who pays?
By ABDULMALIK ISHOLA AND DAVID SEGUN-PETER There is nothing more Nigerian than a good “reform.” In the 2000s alone, Nigeria experienced reforms in policing, pensions, local government administration, and taxation—to mention a few. Occasionally, we even…
Electricity Privatisation Not Adding Value To People, Don Tells FG
Professor Hosea Mande of Kaduna State University has called for a reversal of electricity privatization, stating that since 2013, the sector has failed to provide any significant value to the needs of the people. He urged trade unions and stakeholders to…
NCDMB Raises Bayelsa Media Awards Prize To 1million Naira
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has announced an increase in the prize money for its sponsored categories in the Bayelsa Media Awards (BMA) to N1M along with a new laptop for individual winners. This decision aims to enhance…