A meeting with a woman from Nigeria’s Niger Delta becomes the starting point for a deeper examination of gas flaring, environmental harm, and the communities forced to live beneath flames that never go out. This essay explores the human cost of energy production and the gap between legal frameworks and lived realities.

Regulatory approval in Nigeria’s upstream oil and gas sector is no longer a procedural formality. This paper examines how post-2024 petroleum regulations have transformed regulatory consent into a major source of transaction risk, reshaping deal structuring, valuation, due diligence, and execution in upstream M&A.

In this interview with PPP Pathways on Super FM 92.7 Lagos, Ayomide Alabi discusses the intersection of energy and healthcare infrastructure, explaining how public-private partnerships can improve electricity reliability in hospitals, strengthen healthcare delivery, and expand sustainable infrastructure across Nigeria.

A dispute over maritime levies escalated into one of Nigeria’s most significant energy-sector legal battles, complete with statutory guarantees, regulatory confrontation, and the blockade of LNG vessels. This Casefiles entry examines NLNG v. NIMASA (2026) and what the Supreme Court’s decision means for investor confidence, regulatory power, and the sanctity of government assurances in Nigeria.

What if Nigeria’s electricity problem is not a generation problem but an architecture problem? This piece explores the case for state and regional power grids, examining how decentralization under the Electricity Act 2023 could reshape accountability, competition, investment, and energy access across the country.

A reflection on emerging as one of the honorees of the 2025 Africa Research Writing Prize organized by Column Content, the ideas behind the submitted essay on green energy transition, and the importance of ensuring host communities are not left behind in the push for renewable development.