
NNPCL Profit Soars To 91% Despite Falling Oil Output In Nigeria
NNPCL has posted ₦539bn profit as gas and crude production drop, buoying government revenues amid fiscal strain, in the Africa’s most populated country.
Nigeria’s state-owned oil company has reported a sharp jump in profits for August despite lower oil and gas production, offering a rare boost to the country’s strained public finances.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) announced that it earned ₦539 billion in profit for August 2025, a 91 percent rise from July’s ₦185 billion. Monthly revenue also climbed to ₦4.655 trillion, up from ₦4.406 trillion a month earlier.
Between January and July, the company remitted ₦8.86 …