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NNPCL GCEO Mele Kyari Receives Outstanding Employer of The Year 2022 Award from TUC

The NNPCL has won an Outstanding Employer of the Year award (2022) from the Trade Union Congress (TUC).     The Trade Union...

Alleged $2.4bn illegal crude oil sale to China: What you need to know about the subtle, close-knit plot to fleece Nigeria of millions of dollars of its crude oil through blackmail, intimidation

The prosecution of the petitioners which started in 2019 suffered setbacks due to a series of adjournments caused by the absence of the...

Investment drive: NNPC, Norway’s Golar sign agreement to build floating LNG plant in Nigeria

As part of its foreign investment drive, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Golar...

NNPCL intervenes in PENGASSAN-Mobil industrial crisis, 14-day-old strike called off

Following the intervention of the leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL), the 14-day-old industrial action embarked upon by PENGASSAN has...

AKK gas pipeline project 70% complete, commences operation September, says Kyari

Within the third quarter of this year, the $2.8 billion Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project is expected to begin supplying gas along that...

Judicial meddlesomeness in NNPCL’s board’s chairmanship: Threat to company’s stability, corporate governance, investment drive

By Dele Akinsola The judicial pronouncement of a Federal High Court in Abuja, “annulling’ ‘a presidential nomination and appointment of the non-executive Chairman...

Court judgment restoring Ararume as NNPCL’s non-Executive Chairman, usurpation of President’s powers, recipe for anarchy — CACSG

The Coalition of Arewa Civil Society Group (CACSG) has criticized a judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja, restoring Senator Ifeanyi Ararume...

Appointment, remuneration, tenures of NNPC Ltd GCEO, CFO are in order — NUPENG, PENGASSAN

Following the controversy trailing the appointments, remuneration and tenures of the Group Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Nigerian...

NNPCL Board: Court nullifies Ararume’s removal by Pres. Buhari as Chairman, reinstates him

A damning judgment against President Muhammadu Buhari’s order, removing Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Ararume as non-executive Board Chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company...

NNPCL And Appropriateness Of The Transitions Within

by Engr Opeyemi Omolade The defunct Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has undergone a series of transitions from its old order to become...

Alleged N20bn paid to “ghost consultants’’: It’s cheap blackmail, false, baseless report — NNPCL

Contrary to an online media platform’s report, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) says it is not true that it paid the...

Barely 58 days to go,  Minister resigns from Buhari’s cabinet

With less than 58 days to the end of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, a minister of cabinet rank has thrown in the...

NNPC targets 50bn barrels of hydrocarbon reserves as Buhari flags off oil well in Nasarawa

President Muhammed Buhari on Tuesday flagged off the official commencement of the first exploration and oil drilling activities in Nasarawa State. Speaking at...

Another crisis rocks Seplat Energy as it terminates consultancy agreement with ex-chairman

An end is not in sight yet to the crisis rocking Seplat Energy as its Board of Directors unanimously terminated the consultancy agreement...

More troubles for Seplat Energy Plc CEO, Roger Brown, as group demands his prosecution in court

A human rights and good governance advocacy group – Make A Difference Initiative (MADI) – has called on the Federal Government to prosecute...