20th NOGIG tourney prelims start Jan 12

The preliminaries of the 2026 Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games football event will hold in Port Harcourt between January 12 and 17, the Chairman of the Local Organising Committee has announced.

Dr Sulaiman Sulaiman revealed his vision for the Games while speaking with newsmen on Friday.

“My vision is to focus on excellence, to focus on innovation, to focus on visibility and sustainability of the NOGIG games. So those are my priorities as the chairman,” he said.

He added that NOGIG provides a platform for the enhancement of inter-corporate relationships and connectivity, saying, “NOGIG is always organised to promote unity, wellness, a lot of networking and cooperation among employees in the Nigerian oil and gas sector.”

Fifteen companies will participate in the multi-sports games, which will be the 20th edition since it debuted in 1986.

According to the chairman of the Media and Publicity sub-committee, Simon Nweke, the participating companies include PTI, NNPCL, NUPRC, NMDPR, NCDMB, Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, OANDO, Total Energies, ND Western, ARADEL Holdings, Exxon Mobil, Shell (SNEPCO), SEPLAT, Chevron and NLNG.

The Games proper will be held from February 8 to 12, 2026, at Package B of the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja.

NOGIG 2026 will feature Tennis, Golf, Table Tennis, Swimming, Scrabble, Chess, Snooker, Volleyball and Athletics events, including men’s and women’s 100 metres, 200 metres and 4×100 metres Relays.

“I will plead with Nigerians to be prepared because they have not seen the best of NOGIG yet. I am lucky to lead a crop of men and women who are prepared to make this tournament spectacular,” Sulaiman added.