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KEY POINTS Nigeria’s households caught a rare break in August as the average cost of refilling cooking gas cylinders plunged, offering relief to millions grappling with stubbornly high living expenses. …

KEY POINTS Nigeria’s largest refinery project, owned by billionaire Aliko Dangote, is facing mounting criticism from labor unions after reports surfaced that all Nigerian staff at the facility were abruptly …

KEY POINTS The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has received N318.05 billion between January and August 2025 to finance frontier oil exploration, according to documents from the September meeting of …

Angola’s solar energy drive expands with seven new plants, boosting electrification and cutting diesel use across the country

KEY POINTS The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) has pledged $16 million to accelerate mini-grid deployment across Africa, marking another push to close the continent’s chronic power …

KEY POINTS The Kano-Jigawa branch of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, has praised the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals for helping revive ailing companies by easing energy costs and ensuring …

KEY POINTS The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has detained four individuals accused of carrying out illegal mining operations that damaged land around Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, …

KEY POINTS Nigerian energy executive Ahonsi Unuigbe has taken on a new leadership role as chairman of Marconi.NG EPC Limited, the company that operates West Africa’s biggest and most sophisticated …

Exxon and Petrobras are challenging the $4.6 billion Saipem7 merger, warning it could limit competition in Brazil’s offshore subsea services sector

Iran says oil exports to China will continue despite looming UN sanctions, dismissing fresh pressure as ineffective after years of U.S. restrictions