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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

KEY POINTS Nigeria’s two most powerful oil sector unions have come out swinging against the Federal Government’s proposal to reduce its holdings in joint venture oil assets, warning that the …

KEY POINTS TotalEnergies plan to offload part of its onshore oil business in Nigeria has collapsed after regulators pulled their approval, dealing a blow to the French major’s push to …

KEY POINTS Workers at Chevron Nigeria Limited’s onshore and Escravos facilities staged a peaceful protest this week, urging the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, to step in after repeated …