Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has successfully closed a landmark $2.5 billion private equity placement, marking what is believed to be Africa's largest publicly disclosed primary equity private placement by value. In a statement released on Thursday, the company said the offering, which was oversubscribed by 3.7 times relative to the initial offer size, represents …
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reversed its recent dollar-pricing policy, resuming the sale of petrol in naira and setting a new ex-depot gantry price of ₦1,215 per litre. The decision, announced on Wednesday, provides a measure of relief to marketers and consumers by eliminating foreign exchange exposure that had complicated planning and squeezed margins for local …
Thirty one companies have emerged winners in the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission's (NUPRC) 2025 Licensing Round, with frontier basins capturing unprecedented investor attention for the first time in the nation's oil and gas history. The keenly contested bidding process, which concluded at the Transcorp Event Center in Abuja on Tuesday, saw 143 companies submit …
NUPRC targets 300,000 bpd production boost as 143 companies submit 200 bids for 37 oil and gas assets The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has stated that the ongoing 2025 licensing round could add about 500 million barrels to the nation's hydrocarbon reserves, marking a significant step toward achieving the government's target of …
As floods ravage different parts of Lagos following torrential rainfall in recent weeks, residents are grappling with another growing menace—heaps of refuse littering streets, roadsides, markets, clogged drainage channels, and waterlogged communities, raising fears of a public health and environmental crisis. For over two decades, Lagos was regarded as one of Africa's cleanest cities, as …
In a major diplomatic move to combat rising continental tensions, Nigeria and Ghana have agreed to jointly spearhead a campaign against Afrophobic protests across Africa. The agreement was reached during a bilateral meeting between Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, and Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, on Friday, …
The Commission charges new PPL licence winners to drive Nigeria's 3 million bpd production target The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has charged the latest recipients of Petroleum Prospecting Licences (PPLs) to develop the assets quickly or face the risk of forfeiture under the "drill or drop" provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act …
The last hymn had barely faded from her mind as Miss Chinwe Okorie stepped out of the commercial tricycle that Sunday evening of June 28, 2026. The young graduate, who works with an insurance company in Lagos, had spent the day worshipping at church, grateful for the refreshing rainfall that had cooled the city's sweltering …
In a bid to safeguard the future of Nigeria’s energy sector, the minister of power, Joseph Tegbe, has cautioned industry stakeholders against engaging in actions that might lead to regulatory conflicts, warning that such could undermine the newly decentralized electricity market. Speaking on Tuesday, July 14, at a workshop in Abuja, Tegbe stressed that the …
The Nigerian government has concluded the evacuation of its citizens from South Africa, following a wave of anti-immigrant violence and threats against foreign nationals. An Air Peace aircraft carrying 308 Nigerian returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday morning. The flight, which departed Oliver Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, at 6.30 am, …
