On 9th June 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the Electricity Act 2023 into law. Notwithstanding all the steps taken by previous governments and administrations, the Nigerian power sector continues…
Introduction 2022 has been an incredibly busy and exciting year in the Nigerian legal and regulatory environment. There were major and far-reaching changes ushered in by the regulatory authorities particularly…
In this concluding part of our series examining the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021, we take a look at the provisions made for host communities under the Act. We also…
In our third series examining the main provisions of the newly enacted Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), we consider some of the tax and fiscal provisions under the Act. The PIA…
This is the concluding part of our article the “New Licensing Regime under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA)”. This series deals with the new licensing regime under the midstream and…
In the second of our series examining the main provisions of the newly enacted Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), we take a look at the new licensing regimes under the Act.…
The Petroleum Industry Act (the PIA) was signed into law by Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on 16 August 2021. Before its passage into law, it was a Bill pending for…