NUPRC Reports 5.5% Rise in Crude Oil Output in August Despite Marginal Decline in Condensate Production Says drop driven by unscheduled facility maintenance Forcados tops production chart with 8.99m barrels
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
Nigeria’s upstream oil sector recorded a year-on-year
increase in output, averaging 1.63 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil and condensates in August 2025,
up from the 1.58 million bpd recorded in the same period last year. This represented a 5.5 per
cent year-on-year (y-o-y) increase, according to the crude oil and condensate production data for August
2025 released by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) yesterday.
A breakdown of the August 2025 production information Continued on page 5
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Presidency Replies ADC's Criticisms, Insists Tinubu’s Intervention Restored Peace, Stability in Rivers State Describes opposition's claims as laughable, nuisance politics
Deji Elumoye in Abuja The Presidency yesterday faulted criticisms of President Bola Tinubu’s handling of the
Rivers State emergency rule by the African Democratic Congress (ADC), insisting that the president’s intervention restored stability, democratic
institutions, and peace in the state. In a post on his verified X handle, @SundayDareSD, presidential spokesperson,
Mr. Sunday Dare, described the ADC’s allegations of autocracy, manipulation, and undermining federalism as “laughable” and an exercise
in “nuisance politics.” According to the presidential aide, the president acted constitutionally under Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution (as
amended), invoking emergency powers to prevent bloodshed and restore governance at a time Continued on page 5
Jonathan: A Leader Who Fails to Perform Should BeVoted Out Obasanjo, Mahama seek reform, protection of democracy in Africa If I wanted third term, I would have got it, says Obasanjo
CONFERMENT OF HONORARY DEGREE...
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L-R: National Chairman of African Democratic Congress, Senator David Mark; National Vice Chairman, North-central, ADC, Senator Tunde Ogbeha; Col. Sani Bello (rtd); and Professor Festus Ogisi, at the conferment of Doctor of Science, Public Administration on Senator Ogbeha by the Benson Idahosa University, in Benin City, Edo State…yesterday