Tag: NNPCL

Alleged missing NNPCL ₦210tr: “Publish names implicated or face legal action” – SERAP to Akpabio

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SERAP to Akpabio

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to direct the Senate’s Public Accounts Committee to publish the names and designations of all officials implicated in the alleged ₦200 trillion missing or unaccounted for from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL), regardless of their social or political status. SERAP urged him to direct the Committee to widely disclose details of the ongoing investigation, including audit reports, financial records, and official communications relied upon by the Committee, as well as the timelines for when…

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Revenue remittances: FG orders forensic audit of NNPCL, NUPRC 

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FG orders audit

The Federal Government has launched a comprehensive forensic audit of past revenue collections by key agencies in the oil and gas sector, including the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). The investigation, which will also cover the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and other operators, is designed to recover any outstanding sums due to the Federation following President Bola Tinubu’s recent Executive Order mandating the direct remittance of all oil and gas revenues into the Federation Account. According to…

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Tinubu orders NNPCL to remit oil taxes, royalties directly

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Tinubu orders NNPCL

President Bola Tinubu has suspended the collection of management and frontier exploration fees by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) as part of a sweeping Executive Order aimed at safeguarding oil and gas revenues due to the Federation. The directive, announced in a statement yesterday by the Assistant Director of Information and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Finance, Uloma Amadi, also orders the direct remittance of taxes, royalties, and profit oil under Production Sharing Contracts to the appropriate fiscal authorities, effectively blocking deductions at source. According to…

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“$1.5bn spent on P’Harcourt refinery with no fuel to show for it” – Atiku blasts NNPCL 

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Atiku on refineries

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) over its reported admission that reopening the Port Harcourt Refinery is no longer economically viable, describing the development as a vindication of his long-held call for the privatisation of Nigeria’s refineries. In a statement shared on his official X handle yesterday, Atiku said the acknowledgement by the national oil company, after spending about $1.5 billion on the refinery, confirms that continued public investment in the country’s moribund refineries is a waste of scarce resources. “At last, the…

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“NNPCL refineries unsustainable, we were wasting public funds” – Ojulari

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Ojulari on refineries

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, has openly admitted that Nigeria’s state-owned refineries were operating at massive losses, prompting his administration to halt their operations to prevent further financial damage to the country. Ojulari made the revelation yesterday in Abuja during a fireside chat, titled: ‘Securing Nigeria’s Energy Future’, at the Nigeria International Energy Summit 2026, where he delivered one of the most candid assessments yet of the nation’s troubled refining sector. According to him, the shutdown was necessary to prevent…

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“Tinubu’s NNPCL debt waiver, breaches Constitution, grounds for impeachment” – ADC

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ADC on NNPC debt waiver

The African Democratic Congress, (ADC), has condemned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval of a debt waiver for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), describing the move as unconstitutional, and a violation of Section 162 of the 1999 Constitution, (as amended). The party’s reaction follows reports that President Tinubu authorised the cancellation of a substantial portion of NNPCL’s legacy debts amounting to about ₦7.6 trillion owed to the Federation Account. The decision has sparked widespread criticism, with civil society organisations and legal experts warning that it undermines transparency, fiscal discipline…

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FG writes-off $1.42bn, N5.57tr NNPCL debt

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FG writes off NNPCL debt

President Bola Tinubu has approved the cancellation of a substantial portion of the debts owed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL) to the Federation Account, wiping off about $1.42billion and N5.57trillion after a reconciliation of records between both parties. This is contained in a document prepared by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, (NUPRC), and presented at the November meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee, (FAAC). The report is titled: ‘Report of October 2025 Revenue Collection Presented at the Federation Account Allocation Committee Meeting Held on 18th…

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NNPCL slashes petrol price by ₦80, 48hrs after previous adjustment

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NNPCL slashes

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has reduced the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, just 48 hours after its previous adjustment. ​A survey of filling stations in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on Thursday revealed that several NNPCL outlets have adjusted their prices downward. In Lagos, petrol now sells at ₦840 per litre, representing a 35% reduction from the previous price of ₦875. In Abuja, the pump price dropped to ₦835 per litre from ₦915, marking a significant decrease of ₦80.…

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Court orders Tinubu, NNPCL boss, EFCC to respond to suit seeking Ojulari’s sack

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Court orders

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has issued an order directing President Bola Tinubu and the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, to respond to a request to compel the President to suspend him from office pending the determination of a suit querying his competence for the job. Justice Mohammed Madugu (sitting in the Bwari division of the court) issued the order in a ruling on an ex-parte motion filed by a group, the Incorporated Trustees of Initiative for…

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Atiku camp accuses Tinubu of “₦17.5tr pipeline security scam”

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Atiku camp accuses

…Says spending outstrips 12yrs of fuel subsidy The Atiku Media Office has launched a scathing attack on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration following revelations that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) allegedly spent a staggering ₦17.5 trillion within one year on “pipeline security and related costs”. In a strongly-worded statement issued yesterday in Abuja, the opposition bloc described the expenditure as “one of the most brazen financial scandals in Nigeria’s history”. The group said the amount reportedly spent on opaque security contracts in just 12 months nearly equals the…

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