In Yoruba, there is a proverb: ‘Ojú l’arí, ọ̀rẹ́ ò dé ‘nú” — literally it means ‘we only see the face; friendship does not go deep inside’. That is the name the Group Managing Director of the NNPCL, Mr Bayo Ojulari, bears. The name calls attention to why appearance and essence sometimes wear different colours. It teaches a lesson in …

The group chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari says the $2.8 billion Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline project reached 72 per cent completion rate at the end of the first quarter of 2025. Ojulari announced the development at the 2025 Oloibiri lecture series and energy forum (OLEF) organised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) …