Timipre Sylva

18 days to Bayelsa guber poll: INEC removes APC candidate, Sylva’s name from contestants’ list

Following court’s judgment, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has removed the names of Timipre Sylva and his running mate, Joshua Maciver, of...

Nigeria boasts of 36bn barrels of crude oil reserves, 200 trn cubic feet of gas as NNPC commits to country’s energy sector success 

“With its strategic presence at the event, Nigeria is set to consolidate its position as one of Africa’s top oil and gas producers”...

BREAKING: At last, Nigerian Senate passes Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB)

After a decade-long log-rolling and politicisation of the bill, the Senate on Thursday passed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The bill had gotten...

FG signs multilateral agreement on Brass Petroleum Products Terminal to halt illegal refining in Niger Delta

In a concerted effort to curb illegal refining and stabilize petroleum products pricing in the Niger Delta, the Federal Government has signed agreement...

CEO wants import waiver, tax relief for indigenous fabrication companies

  The Federal Government has been urged to grant import waiver and tax relief to indigenous fabrication companies to enable them support the...

Fuel Price: Buhari administration exterminates corruption-ridden fuel subsidy regime, pools resources for infrastructure development

It is no longer news that the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), announced a...

Mele M Kyari, GMD NNPC

COVID-19: NNPC GMD, Kyari, tasks stakeholders on strategies for petroleum industry growth

  The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has thrown the gauntlet at stakeholders to evolve innovative...

Oil Minister, Sylva, congratulates nine-member NNPC board

  Following the reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Minister of State for Petroleum and Alternate Chairman of...

Two Of A Kind: How Timipre Silva And Mele Kyari Are Changing The Oil & Gas Industry

  The two are from diverse backgrounds but seem driven by the same passion- the desire to make things better. Timipre Silva, Minister...

Cheaper petrol of N97 per litre coming, says Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister

  As part of initiatives to give Nigerians cheaper petrol, the Federal Government says it is considering providing alternative petrol lower than the...

FG declares 2020 Nigeria’s gas year, to mop up old gas cylinders from circulation

As the Federal Government declares 2020 as the year of gas for the nation, it also plans to replace old gas cylinders with new ones....

Update: Court Orders Buhari To Renew Shell’s License For 20 years

  The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, ordered President Muhammadu Buhari, in his capacity as the Minister of Petroleum Resources, to...