{"id":9595,"date":"2026-02-16T13:51:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/?p=9595"},"modified":"2026-02-16T13:51:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:51:50","slug":"nlng-emerges-overall-champion-at-20th-nigeria-oil-and-gas-industry-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/2026\/02\/16\/nlng-emerges-overall-champion-at-20th-nigeria-oil-and-gas-industry-games\/","title":{"rendered":"NLNG Emerges Overall Champion at 20th Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Tunde Ojudun<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has been crowned Overall Champion and Best Sports Company at the 20th edition of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games (NOGIG), which concluded on Saturday in Abuja with a spectacular showcase of athletic excellence and camaraderie.  <\/p>\n<p>Team NLNG dominated the medal table with 52 medals \u2014 20 gold, 16 silver, and 16 bronze \u2014 surpassing defending champions Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), who finished second with 49 medals (14 gold, 15 silver, 20 bronze). The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) secured third place with 18 medals, while TotalEnergies came fourth with 15. Other participants included Renaissance, Oando, Seplat Energy, PTI, NUPRC, ND Western, Chevron, NMDPRA, ExxonMobil, Shell, and Aradel.  <\/p>\n<p>Held from February 8 to 14, 2026, the biennial tournament marked four decades of unity, collaboration, and sporting excellence within Nigeria\u2019s oil and gas industry.  <\/p>\n<p>Leading the NLNG delegation, Deputy Managing Director Olakunle Osobu praised the team\u2019s performance: <\/p>\n<p> \u201cVictory is a testament to the resilience, discipline, and unity that define NLNG. Excellence at NLNG is not confined to the boardroom \u2014 it is embedded in our culture and reflected in how we compete, collaborate, and win.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that NLNG\u2019s triumph reflects its broader commitment to teamwork, wellness, and strengthening industry relationships.  <\/p>\n<p>Organizers hailed the 20th edition as a landmark event, underscoring the industry\u2019s enduring dedication to corporate camaraderie and healthy competition. With chants of TeamNLNG and Champions reverberating across the stadium, the victory reinforced NLNG\u2019s reputation as a leader not only in Nigeria\u2019s energy sector but also in promoting sportsmanship, unity, and excellence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tunde Ojudun Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has been crowned Overall Champion and Best Sports Company at the 20th edition of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games (NOGIG), which concluded on Saturday in Abuja with a spectacular showcase of athletic excellence and camaraderie. Team NLNG dominated the medal table with 52 medals \u2014 20 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oil-gas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9597,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9595\/revisions\/9597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}