Nigeria

Nigeria has launched its first floating solar project with a Chinese contractor to build a 7MW plant at the University of Lagos lagoon campus.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to improving energy access for all, but said that oil and gas are still central to the country’s energy mix.

Nigeria’s gas minister has called for shifting from energy poverty to prosperity, controversially positioning natural gas as the fastest path to industrial growth and inclusive economic development.

Ethiopia and Nigeria have launched a continent-wide LNG rail corridor to move gas across Sub-Saharan Africa, with the aim of easing energy shortages, but gas dependency is also a risk, warn experts.

Nigeria has begun exporting locally-manufactured solar panels to Ghana, marking a milestone in energy industrialisation, trade, and clean ambitions.

At the global energy conference ADIPEC, Nigeria’s petroleum minister Ekperikpe Ekpo controversially pushed back against a phase-out of fossil fuels, saying the country is committed to an “energy mix.”

Nigeria is scaling up natural gas production as a low-carbon transition fuel, NNPC’s GCEO says, targeting $60 billion investment by 2030.

Nigeria’s Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline has crossed the River Niger, marking a major milestone toward industrialisation, regional energy access, and internal gas distribution, officials said on Tuesday at NOG Energy Week.

Once-fertile farmlands of the Niger Delta, that have supported families for decades, have turned barren due to oil pollution, say locals.

Shell’s decision to end nearly nine decades of operations in the Niger Delta has sparked concern over accountability for environmental damage in Nigeria.

Critics say blaming the fires on militancy masks another problem plaguing Niger Delta communities: the safety risks of ageing oil and gas facilities.

Nigeria’s deepwater oil sector is witnessing renewed investor confidence, driven by regulatory reforms and major offshore investments, but concerns persist over environmental risks and sustainability.

Nigeria has licensed UTM Offshore to develop its first floating LNG facility, boosting production capacity to 2.8 million tonnes annually and tapping into flared gas.

Oando’s $783 million acquisition of Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) marks a strategic leap in expanding its upstream operations and reinforcing its position in Nigeria’s oil sector, but experts have raised health and environmental concerns.

Nigeria must urgently address rising methane emissions from its oil and gas sector to meet its climate goals and reduce methane emissions, a report by the Nigerian Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) has said.