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LagosEXCLUSIVE: Daughter Of Former NFF Technical Director Accuses MFM General Overseer Olukoya Of Sexual Harassment, Withholding Husband’s Music WorksFear of Epidemic as Butchers Accuse LG Chairman of Ozoro Abattoir NeglectSuspected Herdsmen Kill Two in Renewed Benue AttackLife Card International Unveils Dubai OfficeMutiat Ladoja Charges Govts, Nigerians to Assist PLWDMike Adenuga’s CSR: The Spirit you don’t See, but feelBREAKING: Nigerian Senate Moves To Counter ‘Christian Genocide’ Narrative, Says Violence Not Religious, To Engage U.S. Lawmakers, OthersAppeal Court Quashes Suspension of Trade Union by Gov MakindeKatsina CSOs Demand Improved Budget for EducationArmy, Police Rescue Six Kidnap Victims in TarabaGarlands for the Guardian of the Mines at 69NUPRC Releases 4-year Scorecard, Nigeria’s Rig Count Jumps 762% to 69Uncertainty as US Delays on AGOA Renewal, UN Expresses WorryStrike: Dangote Refinery Lauds Tinubu, Ribadu, Ajayi, Others over Roles in Settling DisputeNOSDRA, NIPC, 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President’s Visit to Imo Affirmation State is SafeSenator Abbo Denies Raping Minor, Says He Was Never in Police CustodyNigerian Army Urges Rivers to Complete Recruitment SlotSouth-east Urged to Define Own Digital, Economic Future to Guarantee Prosperity of YouthsNESCAFÉ Samples 65,000 Cups Nationwide to Celebrate Global Coffee, Nigeria’s Independence DayNIPR Tasks Nigerians on Nation’s GreatnessUnaccredited ADR Organisations are Issuing Illegal, Invalid Certificates, Training Institute RevealsUNICAL Alumni Inaugurate Multi-million Naira Starlink Facility for Students20 AAU Students Receive Opay’s N1.2bn Scholarship Grant Sokoto, UNICEF Sensitise Residents on Effectiveness of Measles, Rubella, Polio Vaccines Judaism Adherents in S’East Plead with Tinubu to Release Kanu, Pray for His HealthGov Mohammed Hosts Stakeholders Ahead of Bauchi Investment SummitAddress Marginalisation, Ethnic Profiling of Igbos, ADC Chieftain Tells Tinubu
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NUPRC: Nigeria’s rig count surges to 69

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has reported a strong resurgence in activities across the country’s oil and gas upstream sector, highlighted by a remarkable rise in rig count from eight in 2021 to 69 as of October 2, 2025. 

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