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Lagos infrastructure driving national industrialization and job creation, __Gov Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its pivotal role in driving Nigeria’s industrial transformation and job creation through strategic infrastructure investments and a supportive business environment. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Nigeria Oil Refining Summit (NORS) 2026 on…
Dangote canvasses dom-refining ecosystem
Chiarman of Dangote Industries Limited, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has urged the government to create the commercial, regulatory and infrastructure conditions required to make domestic refining sustainably competitive. In his remarks at the Nigeria Oil Refining Summit in Lagos, Dangote cautioned…
FG woos long-term capital, pledges regulatory certainty for refiners
Federal government has declared that it is implementing policies that drive fundamental shift in Nigeria’s petroleum industry from crude export dependence to an integrated resource value chain that captures greater value from domestic production. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources…
IPPG demands bankable crude market to sustain Nigeria’s refining drive
The Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG) has urged Nigerian petroleum industry stakeholders to shift the prevailing refining debate from installed capacity and regulatory mandates to the more fundamental task of building a commercially viable and reliable crude supply system, warning…
Petroleum licensing: Time to end politics, embrace global best practices
Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria’s increasingly aggressive use of petroleum licensing rounds to attract investment, expand exploration and raise oil and gas production risks producing the opposite of the desired outcome if the management of license awards continues to leave critical commercial…
NCDMB deepens China ties, imports manufacturing capacity, technology transfer
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has intensified efforts to attract Chinese investment, manufacturing capacity and technology into Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, engaging more than 100 Chinese Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in Chengdu, China. The engagement formed…
Can Nigeria keep oil block speculators out without driving investors away?
[Sola Adebawo] Nigeria’s licensing system should make it harder to win acreage without the capacity to develop it. But there is a line the country must not cross: requirements designed to screen out unserious bidders should not become so costly…
NCDMB launches LearnFest for understanding Local Content processes
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has inaugurated the LearnFest Lecture Series, a continuous learning platform designed to strengthen the capacity of its staff and oil and gas industry stakeholders to effectively understand and implement Nigerian Content policies…
Africa’s refining moment and Nigeria’s inflection point
[Kunle O Stevenson] Africa stands at a defining moment in the evolution of its energy economy. For decades, the continent has exported crude while importing a substantial share of the refined petroleum products needed to power its transport systems, industries,…
FG restates Nigeria’s commitment to Africa’s local capacity building
The Federal Government has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to sharing its oil and gas industry experience with other African countries, particularly through the African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO), as a high-level delegation from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) begins an…
