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Tinubu keen to push on with Petroleum Industry Act review

The Nigerian president wants to correct flaws in the 2021 Petroleum Industry Act as soon as possible, and has put the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission to the task. [...]

Published on 28/08/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Ekperikpe Ekpo
Gbenga Komolafe
Heineken Lokpobiri
Muhammadu Buhari
Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission
Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority
Nigerian National Petroleum Corp

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Tinubu's presidential office tries to resolve issue of the blocked oil tanker

The fate of Harbour Spirit, which has been held hostage since February by the men of Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, is frustrating the bigwigs of Nigerian politics. In an attempt to find a solution, the head of state discreetly sent his chief of staff to the strongman of the Niger Delta.

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the 65th ordinary session of ECOWAS in Abuja, Nigeria, 7 July 2024.

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Seven-strong ministerial delegation accompanying Tinubu to Netherlands

The Nigerian Head of State is making a trip of several days to the Netherlands at the invitation of the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte. He will be accompanied by a delegation of seven ministers.

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Tanker seizure by Delta law enforcer Tompolo creates waves in Abuja

The interception of a tanker full of stolen oil, thought to belong to a number of Nigerian public figures, has put the spotlight on Government Ekpemupolo, aka "Tompolo". Once the leader of a Delta rebel movement, he now works for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp.

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Government Ekpemupolo in Abuja on 9 October 2009.

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OPEC launches African charm offensive

With half of its members from Africa, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries can't afford to lose any more countries from the continent. But like Angola, which recently left the group, other African members are protesting against production quotas and Saudi Arabia's omnipotence in the Vienna-based cartel.

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OPEC Secretary General Haitham al-Ghais.

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French shipyards get ducks in row for Lagos electric vessel project

The French ministry of foreign trade is helping two French firms prepare an offer for a €410m electric boat supply contract with the Nigerian authorities.

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Nigeria
Regulators compete for Tinubu's attention on oil reform

Several regulatory authorities want to make their own versions of the new Petroleum Industry Act.

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Nigerian oil and gas ministers skip Africa Energy Week

Neither the minister of state for petroleum resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, nor his counterpart for gas, Ekperikpe Ekpo, actually travelled to South Africa for Africa Energy Week.

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Nigeria
Tinubu's tax task force swings into gear

The Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy, Tax Reforms has begun its work. Its key mission is to bring Nigeria's tax rate up from 11% to the continental average of 18%.

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Nigeria
Tinubu chooses multiple companies to end gas flaring

Often singled out for the amount of gas it flares, Nigeria is taking another big step forwards in the process it began eight years ago to put an end to this practice.

Subscribers only Energy 30.08.2023

Nigeria
Nigeria gears up for COP28 in drive to woo investors

The upcoming climate talks will give the West African country the opportunity to promote its gas as a transitional energy that President Tinubu hopes will attract desperately needed foreign investments.

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New chair Tinubu formulates plan to revitalise ECOWAS leadership

As the new chair of the Economic Community of West African States, the Nigerian president wants to inject fresh energy into the organisation's leadership as it struggles more than ever with military juntas and Islamist militant threats across the region.

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Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu in Gigiri, Nairobi, on 16 July 2023.

Inner circles | Nigeria
The members-in-waiting of Bola Tinubu's kitchen cabinet

The man who will take up residence in Aso Rock Villa for the next four years will gather around him a team of close collaborators, most of whom previously worked with him in Lagos. A handful of northerners who helped him to victory in a number of key states in the 25 February election should also have a significant presence in the new president's team.

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Bola Tinubu and his supporters in Abuja in March 2023.

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Ekperikpe Ekpo
Gbenga Komolafe
Heineken Lokpobiri
Muhammadu Buhari
Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission
Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority
Nigerian National Petroleum Corp

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Nigeria
Tinubu keen to push on with Petroleum Industry Act review

Spotlight | Nigeria
Tinubu's presidential office tries to resolve issue of the blocked oil tanker

Nigeria
Seven-strong ministerial delegation accompanying Tinubu to Netherlands

Spotlight | Nigeria
Tanker seizure by Delta law enforcer Tompolo creates waves in Abuja

Africa
OPEC launches African charm offensive

Nigeria
French shipyards get ducks in row for Lagos electric vessel project

Nigeria
Regulators compete for Tinubu's attention on oil reform

Nigeria
Nigerian oil and gas ministers skip Africa Energy Week

Nigeria
Tinubu's tax task force swings into gear

Nigeria
Tinubu chooses multiple companies to end gas flaring

Nigeria
Nigeria gears up for COP28 in drive to woo investors

Spotlight | Nigeria, West Africa
New chair Tinubu formulates plan to revitalise ECOWAS leadership

Inner circles | Nigeria
The members-in-waiting of Bola Tinubu's kitchen cabinet

Nigeria
ExxonMobil desperate to close Seplat deal ahead of presidential election

Spotlight | Nigeria
Crude oil theft: who are the tycoons at the heart of the investigation?

Nigeria
Seplat heads at daggers drawn over ExxonMobil block buyout