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Nigeria: PIB Punishing Host Communities Over Pipeline Vandalisation 'Unfortunate' - Groups
Premium Times, 8 July 2021
"Placing the responsibility of protecting oil installations from armed gangs on unarmed communities is simply an unrealistic expectation." Read more »
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Nigeria: What You Need to Know About Proposed Law to Regulate Country's Oil Industry
Premium Times, 8 July 2021
PREMIUM TIMES highlights the history and components of the Petroleum Industry Bill that is again close to being passed by the National Assembly Read more »
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Nigeria: What Southern Governors Said About 2023 Presidency, PIB, Others
Premium Times, 5 July 2021
The communique of the meeting was signed by their chairman, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo. Read more »
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Nigeria: Southern Governors Reject Oil Reform Bill's 3% Share to Host Communities
Premium Times, 5 July 2021
The governors, instead, supported five per cent share to the communities. Read more »
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Nigeria: Niger Delta Communities May Block Oil Production Over 'Satanic' PIB - Edwin Clark
Premium Times, 5 July 2021
The former minister says the bill is "unjust" and "provocative" Read more »
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Nigeria: No Going Back On Open Grazing Ban - 3 Percent PIB to Host Communities Unacceptable - Southern Govs
Vanguard, 5 July 2021
Governors of the Southern States of Nigeria on Monday met in Lagos, and after over three hours of closed doors session, unanimously again agree that there is no going back on the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Amid Chaos, Nigerian Senate Passes Petroleum Industry Bill
Premium Times, 1 July 2021
The senators were divided over funds for host communities. Read more »
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Nigeria: Senate Passes PIB, Uproar in Senate Over Host Communities Fund
Vanguard, 1 July 2021
THERE was uproar in the Senate Thursday during the consideration of the Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources Downstream; Upstream and Gas Resources on the Petroleum Industry… Read more »
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Nigeria: Finally, National Assembly Passes Petroleum Industry Bill
Daily Trust, 1 July 2021
The Senate and House of Representatives have passed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Can Achieve $10 Oil Production Cost, Kyari Insists
Vanguard, 30 June 2021
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari has expressed optimism that companies working in Nigeria's petroleum industry… Read more »
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Nigeria: PIB - Petroleum Minister, NNPC GMD to Brief Senators in Closed Session Thursday
Vanguard, 1 July 2021
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva and the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum… Read more »
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Nigeria: PIB - House Promises to Prioritise Petitions From Oil-Producing Communities
This Day, 30 June 2021
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Host Communities, Hon. Dumnamene Dekor, yesterday said the lawmakers would consider all the petitions sent to it by the various… Read more »
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Nigeria: PIB - South-South Senators, Others Set for Showdown Today
Vanguard, 1 July 2021
STRONG indications emerged, yesterday that South-South senators and others from the oil-producing states are poised for a showdown today as the Senate considers the report of the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Senate Receives Report On Petroleum Industry Bill
Premium Times, 29 June 2021
The report on PIB was submitted about five months after the public hearing on the bill was held by the senators. Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt to Effect Three New Changes in Petroleum Industry Bill - Investigation
Vanguard, 18 May 2021
The Federal Government has concluded plans to effect three new changes - a single regulator, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC's public offer, and deregulation of… Read more »