President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to confirm the appointments and reappointments of seven nominees to key management positions in the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).
President Bola Tinubu has nominated six executive directors for the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), forwarding their names to the Senate for confirmation as part of efforts to strengthen the leadership and operational capacity of the petroleum regulatory agency.
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has revised Nigeria’s gas transportation code to widen pipeline access for shippers, reduce avoidable losses and strengthen the framework for domestic and cross-border gas trade.
The enforcement action coincides with a partnership between the NMDPRA, Bureau Veritas and Ace Energy and Power Solutions Limited to strengthen petroleum product testing, upgrade laboratory facilities and improve quality assurance across the midstream and downstream petroleum sectors.
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to continue granting petroleum products import licences to Matrix Energy, A.A. Rano and AYM Shafa, provided the companies meet all statutory and regulatory conditions.
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has tightened its regulatory grip on petroleum marketers, threatening to revoke the licences of fuel stations caught under-dispensing products to consumers.
The clarification came amid growing concerns over the recent increase in petrol prices and its impact on households, transport operators and businesses across the country.
Justice Akintayo Aluko, in an interim ruling, also barred the regulator, its officers, agents and representatives from sealing, shutting down, restricting access to, obstructing, suspending, disrupting, inspecting, supervising, sanctioning or otherwise interfering with the refinery’s operations pending the determination of the substantive application before the court.
West Africa's push for a regional refined-fuel benchmark is entering its execution phase as Nigeria's expanding refining capacity changes regional supply flows.
Policymakers say pipelines, storage, ports, logistics, data and regulatory harmonisation must catch up with rising regional production.
The ultimate...
Local refineries supplied 78.6 percent of Nigeria's petrol demand in the first half of 2026, up from 38.9 percent in 2025, while imports dropped to 21.4 percent, according to MEMAN.
The report said expanded refining capacity led by...
South African Presidential Spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, said Ramaphosa had no involvement in the broadcast disruption, insisting that the incident was an operational matter and not a deliberate attempt to silence Nigeria.
