By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri Mr Ekperikpe Ekpo, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), has assured Borno residents of steady gas supply for transmission of electricity by the state’s emergency power plant. The minister made this known to…
THE Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to strike out a suit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, describing it as “incompetent.” The NNPCL, in a notice of preliminary objection…
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has refuted claims that it has halted the importation of refined petroleum products, describing the reports as a “misrepresentation and misinterpretation of facts.” The reports, which circulated online on Tuesday, suggested that NNPCL’s…
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has denied rumours of a new increase in Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) prices across its retail outlets. Olufemi Soneye, NNPCL’s spokesperson, clarified in an interview with Daily Post on Tuesday that he is unaware…
IN the case of Registered Trustees of Citizens Awareness against Corruption and Social Vices Initiative (CASCASVI) v. Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) Suit No: FHC/B/CS/172/2022, the Federal High Court sitting in Benin has ordered CASCASVI to proceed to apply…
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded an immediate reversal of the latest increase in the price of petrol. The organisation urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to immediately reverse the…
There is an African Proverb that says: When the desirable is not available, the available becomes the desirable. The fuel situation in Nigeria today has not only made this African proverb appropriate, but aptly suitable in our own circumstances. Also…
THE Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, has lost his 25-year-old daughter, Fatima Kyari. Fatima’s death was disclosed in a condolence message posted by a former aide of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad,…
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) , declared on Saturday in Abuja that production of 3 million barrels of crude oil per day is achievable from the 1.7million it is, presently. Making the declaration at stakeholders engagement session NNPCL…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, says it is illegal for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, to determine the price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, for the Dangote Refinery after deregulation. Falana, who said this…
