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NNPC/NPDC Target Production Of 500,000 Barrels Of Liguefied Natural Gas Per Day

The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Engineer Mele Kyari, Wednesday disclosed that the company is aiming at producing 500, 000 barrels of liguefied natural gas per day for domestic consumption.
The Group Managing Director made this disclosure during an inception tour to Oredo Integrated Gas Handling Plant Facility, IGHF, belonging to NPDC in Ologbo, Edo State, to ascertain the level of completion of the facility.
Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, is a subsidiary of the NNPC.
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He added that after the completion, Nigeria will be sufficient in Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, stressing that the facility was awarded in 2015 but commenced work in 2017, and will be completed October this year.
According to him, the production of 500, 000 barrels per day would be achieved in the next two years, just as he added that series of projects and activities have been lined up to achieve this.
He noted that NPDC was producing about 136, 000 barrels per day, but with improvement, the company is now producing 260,000 barrels per day, just as he described it as magnificent level of growth in the upstream company.
“A year ago, NPDC was producing about 136 000 barrels per day, but today, we are producing 260, 000 barrels per day. This is a very magnificent level of growth in any upstream company, and our target is to take this company to production level of 500, 000 barrels per day.
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“This is possible within two years. We have lined up series of projects and activities in this regards. Today, we have the highest number of rings running in this country. Five rings runing at the same time, adding incremental value, and delivering major projects which will ultimately take to producing that 500 000 target,” he said.
He further disclosed that NPDC, being an indigenous company, contributes about a billion standard cubic feet of gas production to the entire mix of production, adding that majority of it goes into the domestic market.
Kyari said with the support and alignment of stakeholders particularly President Muhammadu Buhari, NPDC would be rated as the number one upstream company in the nation.

Mele Kyari, NNPC GMD signing out from the facility on Wednesday.
“NPDC is a company 100 percent owned by Nigeria, and we are delivering it to be number one upstream company in this country.
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” With the support and alignment of all the stakeholders particularly the support we are getting from President Muhammadu Buhari, we are delivering this company (NPDC) as the number one upstream company.
” We are optimistic that gas will now be delivered without interruption into the domestic market; supply of crude oil to the international market by our own company and through our own control will be justified.
“Today, the largest contributor of gas to the domestic market particularly power sector is NPDC. This is a national responsibility and a commercial venture with a national outlook,” he noted.
Earlier, Mansur Sambo, Managing Director, NPDC, said after the completion, not less than 250,000 metric tons will be coming to the domestic market, and that at least 18 to 20 trucks of LPG will be rolled out from the facility on daily basis.
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Sambo said, “ On a daily basis, we will be doing between 18 and 20 trucks of LPG, and then we have propelled, as well, we will be having around 15 and 20 in total. We will be delivering about 40 trucks of LPG. That is what translates to the 250,000 metric tons that will be coming to the domestic market.
Sambo assured that with the plant, gas would now be delivered without interruption into the domestic market.
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NAF Neutralizes Bandits At Turba Hill, Kachalla Dogo Sule Camps

The Nigerian Air Force, (NAF, under the auspices of the Air Component of Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Sector 2, has neutralized armed banditry through the execution of two high-impact precision Air Interdiction (AI) missions.
Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters, Nigerian Air Force, said in a statement that the armed bandits met their Waterloo following credible, multi-source intelligence at Turba Hill and Kachalla Dogo Sule’s Camp, both in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
The statement said the first strike targeted Turba Hill, a confirmed bandit hideout, adding that persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance revealed significant human activity and an operational zinc-roofed structure assessed to be central to the enclave’s activities.
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Post-strike battle damage assessment confirmed the complete destruction of the structure and the neutralization of several bandits.
“The second AI mission was conducted at Kachalla Dogo Sule’s Camp, a notorious bandit stronghold identified as a key IED manufacturing and operational hub. Intelligence had linked the camp to the planning and execution of recent IED attacks along the Dan Sadau–Magami axis,” the statement said.
It added that the precision strike successfully engaged multiple active structures within the enclave, triggering intense fires that destroyed the facilities and neutralized several bandits, effectively crippling the group’s IED production and deployment capability.
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The operations, according to the statement, reaffirm the Nigerian Air Force’s unwavering commitment, working in close coordination with other components of Operation FANSAN YAMMA, to deny criminal elements safe havens, degrade their combat effectiveness, and support ongoing joint efforts to restore lasting peace and security across the North-West and the nation at large.
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Doris Ogala: How Pastor Chris Knelt Before Church, Begged For Forgiveness [Video]

Pastor Chris Okafor, founder of Grace Nation Bible Ministry, has reportedly apologized and asked for forgiveness following allegations made against him by Nollywood actress Doris Ogala.
In a video shared on Facebook by Ogala on Sunday, the cleric was seen kneeling before members of his church as he expressed remorse over what he described as mistakes made in the past.
Recall that the Nollywood actress had called Chris Okafor out after he dumped her for another woman despite promising her marriage.
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While maintaining that many of the allegations against him were untrue, Pastor Chris said he was apologizing to anyone who felt offended by his actions.
“I am not joining issues,” he said, referring specifically to Doris Ogala. “Mistakes have been made in the past, and I tender my apology to everybody. But everything that was said is not true. There are so many lies in most of the things that were said.”
Despite disputing the claims, Pastor Chris reiterated his willingness to make amends, stating that he was ready to offer restitution to any woman he may have offended.
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“To Doris Ogala, I will apologize, and I also apologize to everyone. I am ready to make a restitution to anyone and anybody, any lady, anywhere I’ve offended,” he said.
The pastor acknowledged his imperfections and appealed to the congregation and the public for forgiveness and prayers, noting that he had experienced a “new beginning” following the influence of senior Christian leaders he described as “fathers of faith.”
“I’m kneeling down before everyone and before the church. Forgive me. You can judge me. Pray for me,” he added.
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Actress Doris Ogala Rejects Alleged $10,000 Settlement From Pastor Chris Okafor [VIDEO]

Popular Nollywood actress, Doris Ogala, has rejected the $10,000 settlement from the founder of Grace Nation Bible Ministry, pastor Chris Okafor.
The actress made this known in a video made on Tuesday December 23 2025, and shared on her Instagram page Saturday morning.
Speaking in the video, Ogala stated that the clergy man brought the money as settlement and also begged her to publicly debunk everything she had said about him.
While revealing the outcome of their table talks, she alleged that pastor Chris urged her to lie that she was sent by some pastors to lie against him.
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“Chris, you’ve seen me finish ooo, honestly, you have seen me finish. This is $10,000, he gave me this $5,000 last night after we talked and he was pleading and all that. Then he gave me this $5,000 this afternoon.
“This man is just mad. You can imagine this man wanted me to come and say that all the pastors or a few pastors
were the ones who sent me to come and fight him. I should put it on the pastors’ head, then I will come out and debunk everything that I have said. Come on, you want me to take a fool? After all that I have said?
“Chris, you see this money that you gave me, it will never be a transaction of anything in my life or transaction of any part of my body. I cancelled every evil altar that you are coming from. He that is in me and protecting me is greater. I deliberately collected this money to tell you that everything i have said is the truth. I’m not lying and I will never lie. Chris, I’m not as cheap as you are, ten thousand dollars is nothing to me, and I’m not blackmailing you but I wanted the world to see that you actually gave me money. Chris, I will not lie on any pastor or put it on any pastor’s head. So, this is the money he gave to me with the Zenith bank envelope just now. Today is 23 December 2025, and I’m making this video by 5;39 pm”, she stated.
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According DAILY POST, the development came a few days after Doris Ogala disclosed that table talks and resolution is ongoing between them.
Recall that Doris called Chris Okafor out after he dumped her for another woman despite promising her marriage.
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