The year 2021 was a dramatic year in Nigeria’s modern political history. With the 2023 general elections drawing closer, a lot of tension was witnessed in...
The Presidency declared on Sunday the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has broken several jinxes since 2015. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President,...
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, has mocked former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, late Umaru Yar’adua and Goodluck Jonathan, saying...
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, said on Thursday the Federal Government would set up a trust fund to manage the 3 percent allocation...
The country has been agog this week with fallout from the signing of the long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law. That legislation has now become...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday explained how uncertainty and stagnation in the oil and gas industry cost the country $50billion worth of investments in the last...
Governors from the 36 states in Nigeria will meet on Wednesday to deliberate on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and the ongoing strike by resident doctors,...
In the wake of the approval of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to sign the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) despite outcry by Nigerians on the provisions of...
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has rejected the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) passed by the National Assembly. President Muhammadu Buhari signed the PIB on Monday....
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) which was recently passed by the National Assembly. The presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina disclosed...
Peter Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State has opined that the five percent being demanded by local communities within the framework of the Petroleum Industry...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva has said the National Assembly adopted three per cent for Host Communities Fund in the Petroleum Industry...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said on Friday the Federal would continue discussions with oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta on the...
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has rejected the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), saying its implementation is a grand plan to further subjugate the...
The House of Representatives on Friday passed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and retained the provision of 3 percent equity shares for the oil producing communities....
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Tuesday commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly on the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB)....
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has announced the composition of the Conference Committee on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The announcement was made on Tuesday at plenary....
The leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark, on Monday described the recently approved Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) as satanic, unjust, and embarrassing piece...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is set to adopt a new identity in coming months. Following the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) on...
Mr Joseph Obele, Chairman, Rivers State Chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has expressed his dissatisfaction over the three per cent oil...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, on Thursday outlined some of the benefits Nigerians should expect from the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on Thursday met with the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms. Catriona Laing, in Abuja...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has called on those he refered to as ‘tribal politicians’ to desist from acts that are tearing the country...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Monday revealed that the Petroleum Industry Bill will be passed into law before the end of June 2021. This pledge by...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said on Tuesday Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) currently before the National Assembly would be passed before the...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Tuesday the National Assembly would pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) in May. Lawan, who stated this when he...
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, on Monday, March 1, said the nation’s oil industry had lost substantial investments due to delay in the passage of...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday, promised to ensure the speedy passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and others currently...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Tuesday Nigeria would generate more revenue from the oil and gas industry with the passage of the Petroleum Industry...
The Senate has ordered the Petroleum Ministry to refund to the federation account N145 million its management staff allegedly defrauded the government in carrying out media...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said on Saturday the House would reconvene plenary next week to address several bills currently before the...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Thursday the National Assembly had not suspended work on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). President Muhammadu Buhari transmitted the...
President Buhari may have endorsed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which seeks to reform the Nigerian oil and gas industry through liberalisation of its operations and...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said on Thursday the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) would be passed before May. The minister told journalists...
The President of the Nigerian Senate Ahmad Lawan has vowed that the recently inaugurated Ninth Assembly will end the jinx and quicken the passage of the...
Against the backdrop of the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill and as electioneering intensifies ahead of the 2019...
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has said that the three new Petroleum Industry Bills (PIB) being considered by the Senate will boost economic...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has assured Nigerians that the 8th Senate, particularly the House of Representatives, would ensure the passage...
The National Assembly on Wednesday finally passed the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) after years of failed attempts. The bill was passed by the Senate after...
The Senate has warned Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, to stop making false claims on the on-going process of passing into law...
Almost two decades after the Federal Government made its first attempt to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), the Senate will on the 16 and 17...
Nigeria loses an estimated $15 billion yearly from the non passages of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). This is according to the United States Energy Information...
As Senators get closer to the passage of the first phase of the much-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), lawmakers have expressed their readiness to override President...
The Federal Government is tightening all the loose ends to ensure a hitch-free implementation of wide-ranging reforms in the oil sector. Under the proposed new Petroleum...
The Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, revealed that the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) will be passed by the Red Chamber before the end...
The Senate, will on Wednesday (December 7th, 2016) begin the public hearing on the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIB), which passed second reading on Tuesday, November...
Normalcy may soon return to the troubled Niger Delta region, as strong indications have emerged that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), currently before the Senate will...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday commenced debate on the economic recession that has hit the country with its President, Dr. Bukola Saraki making a 14-point recommendation to...
A fresh condition has been attached to the ongoing efforts aimed at finding lasting solution to the crisis rocking the oil producing region of the Niger...
