GNPC is working with partners interested in building infrastructure to sell LNG to domestic users and those within the sub-region looking to boost power Investment in power generation, compressed and liquefied natural gas adoption among other factors, have spurred Nigeria’s domestic gas consumption to a 10-year high, the latest report by the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) has revealed. Data gleaned from the “Annual Statistical Bulletin 2024” report showed that domestic natural gas co...

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has condemned the arrest and continued detention of Prof. Usman Yusuf, former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), describing it as an attempt to suppress dissent. In a statement issued on Thursday by the group’s National Coordinator, Comrade Jamilu Aliyu Charanchi, CNG expressed concern over the detention of Prof. Yusuf, who has been an...

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) in Niger State has called for immediate action from the federal government to address the causes of last weekend’s tragic fuel tanker explosion in the state. This incident resulted in the deaths of 98 individuals, with 69 others injured. Additionally, approximately 20 commercial stalls, valued at several million naira, were completely destroyed in the ensuing fire. The State Coordinator of CNG, Comrade Abdullahi Erena, stated this in a Press statement per...

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has announced suspension of gas supply to the CNG stations across the province from Jan 20 to 31 to ensure smooth supply to domestic consumers. However, the business community and transporters rejected the decision and described it unilateral. The transporters warned that if the decision was not withdrawn they would increase the fare on intercity and inter-city routes by 10 per cent from Monday (today). The decision was taken under Section 144 of the C...

…Decries N903 million capital vote for Petroleum Ministry The National Assembly, on Friday, tasked the Federal Government to carry out thorough adaptability tests or research on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as an alternative means of powering vehicular movements in Nigeria. This is even as it frowned at avoidable explosions of some of the vehicles already converted from petrol-powered automobiles to CNG-powered ones. It also decried the N903 million earmarked for capital projects execution by...

ABUJA – Nigeria’s capacity for compressed natural gas (CNG) conversion has surged by an estimated 2500%, in the last one year, Nigeria’s Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has disclosed. Farouk Ahmed, Chief Executive of NMDPRA, who made the disclosure during the inugural Petroleum Industry Stakeholders Forum which held in Abuja on Thursday, the astonishing leap is a result of the Authority’s support to supported the Presidential CNG Initiative otherwise known as PCNGI...