WHEN NIGERIA CALLS GERMANY

Nigeria is still chasing a power fix it was supposed to finish in 2021. In 2019, Nigeria signed an agreement with Siemens to fix the power grid. The target was 7,000 megawatts of reliable supply by 2021, and 11,000 megawatts by 2023. It is February 2026. Tinubu called...

THE NNPC CUT

Tinubu’s Executive Order finally names what the PIA quietly built President Tinubu signed an Executive Order this week stripping NNPC’s right to retain 30% of oil revenues as a “management fee” before remitting to the Federation Account....

THE SUPPLY PROMISE

NNPC wants to triple gas output. The grid can’t carry what it already has. NNPC announced plans to supply 1.8 billion cubic feet of gas per day to the power sector by year-end. Current supply sits around 600 million. The gap between the announcement and...

THE GAP

Imports dropped 42%, Dangote claims solved scarcity, queues returned Nigeria imported 42% less petrol in January 2026 than December 2025. From 42.8 million litres daily to just 24.8 million. Dangote Refinery claims it ended fuel scarcity. The data says otherwise....

YOUR POWER IS OFF

Seplat shut its gas plant for maintenance. Nobody had a real backup plan. From yesterday through Sunday, Nigeria is running short on power. Not because of vandalism. Not because of a crisis. Because of scheduled maintenance. Seplat Energy shut its gas production...