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KEY POINTS Nigeria flared about 76.92 billion standard cubic feet of natural gas between January and May 2026, according to data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission. The figures …

KEY POINTS The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has revealed that Dangote Petroleum Refinery relied significantly on imported gasoline blendstock to support its fuel production between January …

Nigeria spent $1.39bn importing foreign crude in Q1 2026, a 309% surge, even as the Dangote refinery scales up domestic output.

Liberia’s LEC is scaling back power imports from Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea after gaining 42 new megawatts from domestic sources.

KEY POINTS The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has praised billionaire industrialist Aliko Dangote for his investment in the Dangote Refinery, saying the project helped prevent Nigeria’s economy from …

UEDCL has commissioned new transformer projects in Wakiso to fix low voltage, overloading and unreliable power supply in fast-growing peri-urban communities.

NNPC has renewed its airborne methane detection agreement with TotalEnergies for another 24 months to advance its near-zero emissions target by 2030.

Nigeria earned $2.53 billion from gas exports in Q1 2026 as the CBN reported a 256% surge in the country’s current account surplus to $4.98 billion.

Inspired Evolution has launched Zafiri, a $176 million blended finance vehicle to expand electricity access across sub-Saharan Africa through distributed renewable energy.

Johannesburg’s mayor promised residents the lights are staying on but no signed deal with Eskom has been made public and the legal process continues.