...NNPC, smaller firms behind 75% flaring
...Factories starve for power
Nigeria has recorded the second-largest increase in gas flaring globally in 2024, defying both domestic energy needs and international climate commitments, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Gas Flaring Tracker report.
The rise comes even as millions of homes and factories across the country remain in darkness due to chronic power shortages.
Despite longstanding efforts to curtail the environmentally harmful practice of gas flaring, Ni
