NLNG Wins 20th Nigeria Oil & Gas Industry Games

NLNG has emerged Overall Champion and Best Sports Company at the 20th edition of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games (NOGIG), which concluded in Abuja with a strong display of athletic excellence and corporate camaraderie.

Team NLNG finished top of the medal table with 52 medals — 20 gold, 16 silver and 16 bronze — overtaking defending champions Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), who placed second with 49 medals (14 gold, 15 silver and 20 bronze).

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) secured third place with 18 medals, while TotalEnergies finished fourth with 15 medals. Other participants included Renaissance, Oando, Seplat Energy, PTI, NUPRC, ND Western, Chevron, NMDPRA, ExxonMobil, Shell and Aradel.

The biennial tournament, held from February 8 to 14, 2026, marked four decades of unity, collaboration and sporting engagement within Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.

Leading the NLNG delegation, Deputy Managing Director Olakunle Osobu praised Team NLNG for embodying the company’s core values beyond business performance.

“This victory is a testament to the resilience, discipline and unity that define NLNG,” Osobu said. “Excellence at NLNG goes beyond operations; it is reflected in how we compete, collaborate and win — whether in business or on the field.”

He added that the company’s performance reflects its broader commitment to teamwork, employee wellness and strengthened industry relationships.

Organisers described the 20th edition of NOGIG as a milestone event, reinforcing the industry’s commitment to corporate bonding, healthy competition and collaboration beyond the boardroom.

With #TeamNLNG chants filling the stadium, the victory further underscores NLNG’s leadership profile — not only in energy delivery but in fostering unity and sportsmanship across the sector.

BRANDECONOMY Insight: Celebrating the Wins

While NOGIG is a sporting event, its significance extends beyond medals and podium finishes.

1️⃣ Corporate Culture as Competitive Advantage

NLNG’s performance reflects more than athletic training — it signals a strong internal culture built on discipline, cohesion and shared purpose. These qualities translate directly into operational performance and stakeholder confidence.

2️⃣ Industry Cohesion in a Strategic Sector

In a sector critical to Nigeria’s GDP, foreign exchange earnings and energy security, platforms like NOGIG strengthen informal networks and collaboration across competing firms — a soft-power asset often underestimated.

3️⃣ Wellness and Productivity Link

Global research consistently shows that employee wellness programmes correlate with higher productivity and morale. NLNG’s victory aligns with a broader narrative of organisational health driving institutional performance.

4️⃣ Brand Equity Beyond Business Metrics

Winning in public forums enhances corporate reputation. For NLNG, the triumph reinforces its positioning as a disciplined, people-focused organisation — attributes investors and partners value.

Strategic Takeaway

In today’s competitive corporate landscape, culture is capital.

NLNG’s emergence as Overall Champion at the Nigeria Oil & Gas Industry Games (NOGIG) is symbolic of a broader strength: a company that understands that excellence must be holistic — operational, cultural and communal.

And in celebrating the wins, the energy industry quietly demonstrates that unity, resilience and shared purpose remain powerful strategic assets.