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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 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 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 …

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 …

KEY POINTS South African households and businesses are bracing for steeper power bills after Eskom and the country’s energy regulator signed off on a deal that will push tariffs higher …

KEY POINTS Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery is teaming up with some of the country’s biggest petroleum marketers to launch a free fuel delivery scheme, a move designed to slash logistics …

KEY POINTS Nigeria’s economy, long powered by non-oil sectors, saw the balance shift slightly in the second quarter of 2025 as crude oil output rebounded sharply, lifting the petroleum industry’s …