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Month: December 2025

Nigeria under review as US plans new travel restrictions

Nigeria may be affected by a new round of United States travel restrictions as the Trump administration moves to widen its travel-ban list from 19 countries to more than 30. Nigeria is already classified by the administration as a “country…

2025 Licensing Round: NUPRC sets financial baseline for participants despite lower entry bar

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has stressed that only financially solid companies will qualify for the 2025 Licensing Round, even though the approved signature-bonus range has been set at a comparatively low $3 million to $7 million. The…

Shell expands gas network to connect new industrial customers in Ogun State

Shell Nigeria Gas Limited (SNG) is expanding its gas distribution footprint in Ogun State with a new agreement to supply gas to SG Industrial FZE, a major steel producer in the Guandong industrial zone. The deal adds to SNG’s growing…

Heirs Energies, partners sign deals on OML 17 flare gas commercialization

Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and Heirs Energies have formalized Gas Flare Commercialization Agreements for OML 17 under both the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialization Program (NGFCP) and approved Non-NGFCP frameworks. The agreements moves the project from…

Macron Vows to Assist Nigeria After Wave of Student Kidnappings

French President Emmanuel Macron says France will increase support to Nigeria as the country battles a surge in jihadist and criminal violence. Macron said President Bola Tinubu asked for broader cooperation, and he pledged to work more closely with Nigerian…

ECOWAS troops deployed after failed coup in Benin

Fourteen Beninois military personnel have been arrested and stabilization force from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) deployed in Cotonou following failed coup attempt to oust the country’s president on Sunday. The coup attempt in Benin comes after…

NCDMB takes home Ease of Doing Business Award for straight 4th year

Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board has strengthened its position as a national leader in public sector efficiency, securing the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council’s Transparency and Efficiency Champion Award for the fourth year in a row….

Stakeholders commend NCDMB on Local Content growth initiatives

Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board received strong commendations from government leaders, lawmakers, and industry figures as it unveiled a fresh set of initiatives, accomplished tasks and confirmation that Nigerian Content has reached 61 percent in the…

PNC 2025: NCDMB lists rapid progress as Nigerian Content hits 61%

Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has at the 14th Practical Nigerian Content Forum hosted in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State, announced a new wave of achievements aimed at boosting local capacity across the oil and gas industry….

Komolafe confirmed Chairman as AFRIPERF anchors in Nigeria

The African Petroleum Regulators Forum has adopted Nigeria as its headquarters and elected the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Engineer Gbenga Komolafe, as its substantive chairman. Komolafe served in an interim capacity before the confirmation. The…