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Globally, the generation and transmission of electricity has continued to grow rapidly, albeit not keeping pace with population growth in emerging and 3rd World economies.

The success of Nigeria's planned economic growth and development is substantially hinged on improvements within the power sector.

Nigeria's potential to become one of the biggest players in the global economy has been long acknowledged: with her huge population cum ready market, skilled workforce, substantial natural endowments, ...

Petroleum industry analysts forecast a positive turn for Nigerian oil and gas in 2023, with onshore volume recovery, incremental growth from shallow water projects ...

In our recent article on ''The Nigerian Content Development and Enforcement Bill and the Petroleum Sector: Key Themes and Implications'...

Operating a business in Nigeria requires various licenses and permits, which are vital for legal compliance and smooth functioning.

The enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021 (PIA) in August 2021 was deservedly greeted with great relief by both the local and international community who had watched – with dismay -

Nigeria's power and mining sectors continue to unfold with pivotal transformations, and in 2024, we monitored developments in these sectors to be able to keep our clients updated...

The basis of environmental policy in Nigeria is contained in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

In response to persistent challenges in revenue collection challenges within the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI), the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), pursuant to its mandate under section 226...

Mining is the process of extracting valuable or geological materials such as metals, bitumen, iron ore coal, gemstones, gold, limestone, tin as well as some other valuable minerals from the earth.

Gas flaring has been a source of pollution in the Niger Delta region for more than six decades, polluting the atmosphere the soil, and eroding the lives of communities living in one of the most oil-rich regions in Africa. The Nigerian government's efforts at solving this environmental problem have been characterized by delay and capture. The enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act 20212 represents the most ambitious legislative attempt yet to bring routine flaring to an end, through an explicit statutory prohibition, mandatory monetisation planning, and a new institutional architecture anchored around the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission.

Nigeria's energy industry is at the intersection of massive economic aspirations and significant environmental threats. The Niger Delta has been subjected to decades of oil extraction, which have left it mired in some of the world's worst pollution crises, but the individual corporate directors have escaped liability for the devastation that their companies wreak on the environment.

Electricity was first generated in Nigeria in 1866 when two generating sets were installed to serve the Colony of Lagos.

The oil and gas sector remains the mainstay of Nigeria's economy, accounting for 75% of the country's revenue and 90% of its total export earnings.

A brief outline of your jurisdiction's natural gas sector, including a general description of: natural gas reserves; natural gas production including the extent to which production is associated...

This article analyses the fiscal implications of A-G Rivers on Nigeria's oil and gas sector, including dealing with the associated complexities of the ‘peculiar' judgment. We will preface our discourse with contextual background to the judgment.

Although Nigeria has for several decades established herself as a major producer of crude oil, she has often been rightly described as "a gas province with some oil in it".