NMDPRA
21 Oct
The controversy involving the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and other parties, which erupted in June 2024, appears to have subsided, with Dangote clarifying that no new legal actions have been initiated. Anthony Chiejina, Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer of Dangote clarified in a statement issued on October 21, 2024, that no fresh…
18 Oct
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has visited the site of the tragic petrol tanker explosion in Majiya Town, Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Accompanied by officials from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), the Minister extended the Federal Government’s heartfelt condolences to the people…
16 Oct
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has expressed profound grief over the tragic petrol tanker explosion that claimed over 100 lives in Majiya town, Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The explosion, which also left many injured, has shocked the nation. In a statement released on Wednesday by Nneamaka Okafor, Special Adviser…
15 Oct
The Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has unveiled plans to streamline operations regulations in the industry into a single document. The proposed 2024 Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Operations Regulations will enable the Authority to reduce the complexities of navigating and implementing numerous regulations in the petroleum industry. The Managing Director of…
9 Oct
The Nigerian Mainstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has warned filling station owners operating in Kogi State to desist from under-dispensing petrol to consumers, assuring that the agency will not hesitate to sanction any offender. The Coordinator of NMDPRA in Kogi State, Godwin Ogbe, issued the warning in his office in Lokoja, the Kogi…
4 Oct
Nigeria is poised to witness a surge in gas demand, with an estimated yearly growth rate of 16.6 per cent.
3 Oct
The relationship between Dangote Refinery, the world’s largest single-train refinery, the potential saviour of Nigeria’s longstanding fuel crisis and the dysfunctional Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)
27 Sep
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has pitched the investment opportunities and the transformative impacts of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) as key decision-makers gathered in the U.S.
26 Sep
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has pitched the investment opportunities and the transformative impacts of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) as key decision-makers gathered in the US. Addressing delegates at the 2024 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) International Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, held at the New Orleans, Louisiana, NMDPRA, in…
17 Sep
The statement of defiance above was made during the agitation for crude oil allocation by Aliko Dangote for his $20 billion ultra-modern refinery, with a capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, reputed to be the biggest of its kind in the world.
16 Sep
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has said Dangote Refinery is still in its pre-commissioning phase and has yet to receive a full operational licence. Head of Public Affairs at NMDPRA, George Ene-Ita, clarified that the refinery is currently undergoing a phased process, with only two out of four priority sections approved…
16 Sep
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has halted the importation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) as the Nigerian Midstream Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) discontinued the issuance of import allocation amid the loading of PMS from Dangote Refinery.
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Prof. Akeem Lasisi, Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Health Sciences (FUHSI), Ila-Orangun, Osun, has said that 330 students of the institution have benefitted from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund(NELFUND). Lasisi disclosed this while delivering his speech at the 3rd matriculation ceremony of the university on Tuesday in Ila-Orangun. ”Till date, 145 males and 185 females have…
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The Nigeria’s Under-17 Female Football Team, Flamingoes, will depart for South Africa on Wednesday for the first leg of their FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. The Flamingoes are playing a qualifying fixture against South Africa’s U-17 girls, known as Bantwana. This is contained in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) website, on Tuesday in Abuja. According…