Petroleum Industry Bill

President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has been given thumbs up for his huge investment in petroleum refining, making Nigeria one of the potential top refiners of petroleum in the world. Transporters, under the aegis of…

By Mon-Charles Egbo At last, the tortuous journey to strengthen Nigeria’s oil and gas sector came to an end with President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB thus transforming it to Petroleum Industry Act, PIA.…

By FEMI ADESINA The country has been agog this week with fallout from the signing of the long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law. That legislation has now become Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). President Muhammadu Buhari has…

Blessing Iruoma, Port Harcourt As reactions continue to trail the signing of the Petroleum Industry Bill into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, a nongovernmental organisation, the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF),…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday, gave an insight at what the National Assembly did to get the much awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) passed and eventually signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday. Sen.…

The Senate has passed the conference committee report of the Senate and House of Representatives on the Petroleum Industry Bill, 2021. The passage followed the approval of the recommendations contained in its conference committee report…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has announced the composition of the conference committee on the Petroleum Industry Bill. The announcement was made, on Tuesday, at the start of plenary. The members of the conference committee include:…

Anthony Iwuoma Governors of the 17 Southern states have condemned what they described as selective administration of criminal justice in the country. The governors, who met in Lagos yesterday under the aegis of Southern Governors Forum,…

The Southern Governors Forum at the end of the meeting held on Monday, 5th July, 2021 reviewed the situation in the Country and focused on the current security situation, constitutional amendment, Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Rising…

By Ebireri Henry Ovie Niger Delta leaders, on Friday, highlighted the gains of Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), declaring the passage by the 9th Nigeria National Assembly as a pointer to Nigeria’s path to greatness and development. “It…