Reporter
215 stories
Energy
As Nigeria’s domestic refining landscape accelerates toward self-sufficiency, key industry stakeholders have cautioned that expanding physical processing plants alone will not insulate the nation from fuel supply vulnerabilities. Speaking at the ongoing 2026 Nigeria Oil Refining Summit (NORS) in Lagos, representatives from both the Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG) and the Crude Oil Refinery-Owners Association ...
Energy
The Crude Oil Refinery-Owners Association of Nigeria (CORAN) has called for reforms to make it easier for local refineries to access crude oil at commercially viable prices, saying Nigeria cannot get the full benefit of its growing refining capacity if refineries continue to struggle to secure feedstock. Chairman of CORAN and host of the 3rd ...
Energy
Nigeria’s drive to move motorists from petrol to compressed natural gas (CNG) is expanding, but access remains uneven across the country, while motorists outside government-subsidised conversion schemes can face bills of up to ₦1.1 million to convert their vehicles. More than 176 CNG refuelling stations are currently operational across 24 states and the Federal Capital ...
SPONSORED
Join a growing newsroom. Browse open roles across editorial, digital, production, marketing and operations, and apply online in minutes.
Energy
Transcorp Energy and Husk Power are set to develop 30MW of interconnected solar mini-grids across five locations in the Federal Capital Territory under the Rural Electrification Agency-coordinated Utility-Enabled Projects programme. The projects, supported by the World Bank, are designed to connect renewable power generation to existing electricity distribution infrastructure to improve electricity supply in underserved ...
Energy
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has restored a 60MVA power transformer at the Kukwaba 132/33kV Transmission Substation following emergency maintenance. TCN in a statement on Friday said the transformer was opened and isolated at 1:35pm on Thursday, September 24, to enable its maintenance crew replace a faulty blue-phase circuit breaker pole on the 33kV ...
News
Lagos State has laid more than 3,000 kilometres of fibre-optic infrastructure across the state between 2019 and 2025, with the government working towards a 6,000-kilometre unified fibre network, Deputy Governor Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat has said. Hamzat disclosed this while delivering a keynote address at PodFest 2026, where he spoke about the Lagos State Government’s ...
Energy
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has commenced work on defining measurable conditions for the transition of the country’s domestic gas market towards a more commercial, willing-buyer, willing-seller framework. The move is aimed at establishing when the domestic gas market will be sufficiently developed for transactions to operate with greater reliance on ...
Energy
...as multiple levies erase profits For some tricycle drivers in Lagos, the introduction of cheaper Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) has brought down the cost of fuelling their vehicles but the relief from lower fuel expenditure does not necessarily mean an easier working life. Behind the fuel savings is another set of pressures: the cost of ...
Energy
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has ordered petroleum retail outlets nationwide to immediately calibrate and verify their dispensing pumps and totalizers following reported cases of under-dispensing of petroleum products. The regulator warned that outlets found giving consumers less product than the quantity paid for could face sanctions, including revocation of their ...
Energy
Nigeria’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supply became more dependent on imports in August as domestic receipts fell by 32 per cent while imported volumes increased by 44 per cent, according to the latest data from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The regulator’s August 2026 Fact Sheet showed that daily domestic LPG ...
Energy
Nigeria’s major gas pipeline projects are progressing at different stages, with the Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben (OB3) pipeline reaching 96 per cent completion while the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) pipeline stands at 88 per cent, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has reported. The figures are contained in the regulator’s August 2026 Fact Sheet on developments in ...
Energy
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is cutting the daily fuel bills of some Lagos drivers by thousands of naira, but long queues at refuelling stations are taking away hours they would otherwise spend working, according to drivers interviewed by NewsDirect. The drivers, using CNG at stations in Agidingbi and Agege, described a trade-off between cheaper fuel ...
Energy
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has threatened to revoke the licenses of petrol stations under-dispensing products to motorists. The Authority, in a directive to retail outlet operators, said it had observed incidents of under-dispensing of petroleum products at filling stations across the country. It described the practice as a serious breach ...
Energy
President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has disclosed plans to invest more than $10 billion in Africa’s power sector over the next three to four years, saying reliable electricity is essential to the continent’s economic growth and industrialisation. Dangote made the disclosure in an interview with Al Jazeera published on Monday, September 21, 2026, where ...
Energy
Nigeria is still keeping imported petrol in its supply chain despite the sharp increase in domestic refining, with the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) approving 830,000 metric tonnes of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) imports for the fourth quarter of 2026. The approval, issued on September 18, covers six oil marketing companies comprising ...
Money market
Nigeria’s push to expand electricity access beyond the national grid has received a fresh financing boost, with a $300 million investment vehicle now moving into commercial operations to fund distributed renewable energy projects. The Nigeria Distributed Renewable Energy Fund, co-managed by the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and Africa50, reached its commercial launch milestone on ...
Energy
The Republic of Congo is seeking to strengthen its local content framework to create greater opportunities for indigenous companies and ensure that its oil and gas resources deliver more benefits to its citizens. Congo’s Minister of Hydrocarbons, H.E. Stève Simplice Onanga, said the country was looking to Nigeria’s experience in developing local capacity as it ...
Energy
Edible oil tanker drivers have threatened to withdraw their services from Tuesday, September 22, over an alleged interference in their operations by the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG). The National Union of Edible Oil Tanker Drivers of Nigeria (NUEOTDN) said it would commence the ...
Energy
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is repairing four transmission towers vandalised along the Afam/IPP–Elelenwo 132kV Double-Circuit Transmission Line in Rivers State, in what the company described as the fifth vandalism attack on the line in recent times. The affected towers, T50, T51, T52 and T53, were discovered to have been vandalised on August 6, ...
Energy
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) and the Akwa Ibom State Government are working to resolve outstanding community issues that have stalled the completion of a 330kV transmission line along the Ikot Ekpene–Ikot Abasi axis of the state for about two decades. The intervention is expected to clear the way for the contractor to ...
