northern oil

The Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC) has kick-started the process for oil and gas exploration in the Sokoto Basin, a statement signed by Gov. Aminu Tambuwal’s spokesman Malam Imam Imam said on Wednesday. According to the statement, NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru...

The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, has announced that the corporation is making progress in its oil exploration activities in the Chad basin and Benue trough as to shore up the reserve base of Nigeria. In a statement released on Monday, Baru said “some of our earlier...

The Ijaw Youth Council has lauded the accelerated search for oil in Northern Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari and northern governors but said the move is coming at the wrong time. A statement signed by the council's spokesman, Eric Omare, said President Buhari-led government should focus...

President Muhammadu Buhari for the second time in three weeks has ordered the NNPC to intensify oil exploration in Northern Nigeria. This time around the President ordered the NNPC to commence exploration activities in the Benue Trough. The Benue Trough is a major geological formation...