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Former group managing director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, has dead. Baru died late Friday of an undisclosed ailment at age 60. His death was announced on Saturday morning by the current…

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Borno Zonal Office, has threatened to sanction filling stations exploiting the coronavirus situation to hoard or hike the prices of products in the state. The DPR Zonal Operation Controller,…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has set up a N2 billion relief fund to alleviate losses suffered by victims of the explosion that rocked the Abule-Ado-Festac area of the state on March 15. The governor stated this on March 16…

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr. Mele Kolo Kyari as the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The appointment takes effect from 8 July. He replaces Dr. Maikanti Baru as the…

A study carried out on the operational status of the over 5,000 kilometres of pipeline network belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) across the country, has revealed that the pipeline network would need $12 billion…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has said it will resist any attempt to pay five per cent of its funds found in any commercial bank to whistle-blowers. NNPC General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndu Ughamadu, disclosed…

A new book has told of how ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo ran the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as a “sole administrator” for the eight years he led the country. According to the book titled ‘Too Good to Die: Third…

A 10-year target set by the Federal Government to boost crude oil reserves to 40 billion barrels and daily production to four million by 2020 is becoming unrealistic due to uncertainties that decrease investments…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has revealed that the need to boost the nation’s hydrocarbon reserves remained the primary reason the corporation has launched exploration activities across the country, especially in…

Suspected armed robbers on Monday attacked employees of an NNPC mega filling station in Hotoro, Kano state and carted away N16m. An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano that the incident happened at 8a.m. when the employees…

Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, yesterday disclosed that Nigeria is the only member country in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) that imports petrol…

As the country continues to reel from the fuel scarcity which ruined the holiday plans of many Nigerians, senators have laid the blame squarely at the feet of fuel marketers and the NNPC. The chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum…

President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathized with Nigerians over their suffering caused by the scarcity of petrol across the country and reassured that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is on top of the situation. The…

Today, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, increased the supply of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, across the country from 30 million litres to 80 million litres per day. In a statement released in Abuja, the NNPC disclosed…