•Late Prof Jubril Aminu A distinguished diplomat, statesman, and renowned medical scholar, Professor Jibril Aminu, has died at the age of 85. A family source confirmed that the former Minister of Education and Petroleum Minister passed away today in Abuja after a prolonged illness, reports Daily Independent. Following the funeral prayer, his r...
•Tinubu and Kila Renowned political economist and Commonwealth Institute Director, Prof. Anthony Kila, has urged President Bola Tinubu to resign as petroleum minister and take further action beyond simply changing the management and board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The NNPC, the government-owned company responsible ...
•Tinubu The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has said that his principal has never claimed the title of Minister of Petroleum. Onanuga said the Petroleum Ministry has two ministers supervised by President Tinubu. The presidential spokesman revealed this in an interview on Channels Television l...
•Tinubu Two public commentators have today asked President Bola Tinubu to surrender his officer as substantive minister of petroleum to a competent Nigerian. Baba Yusuf and Femi Odeere argued that retaining the office of petroleum minister for himself since he composed his cabinet in August 2023 has not boosted the country’s daily oil producti...
•Minister of State (Petroleum) Heineken Lokpobiri The South-South Zonal Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chukwuemeke Ogbuobodo Esq. and other zonal officers have condemned in strong terms the suspension of the Minister of State (Petroleum) Senator Heineken Lokpobiri by the party’s executive in his local government in Bayels...
•Tinubu Despite promising to bring down the price of petrol during his campaign, President Bola Tinubu has repeatedly increased petrol price by about 488 per cent – from N175 in May 2023 to N1,030 in October 2024 – inflicting more pains on the already impoverished Nigerians, reports The PUNCH. The first assignment performed by President [&hell...
•Tinubu The late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, in his bestseller, The People’s Republic, said that “The primary responsibility of leadership is catering for and promoting its people to the end so that they may live a full and happy life.” This means a government should recognise the dignity of its citizens and work tirelessly to […]...
Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) Dr Olisa Agbakoba is a distinguished Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association. While speaking with Saturday PUNCH, he offers his insightful perspective on Nigeria’s persistent challenges, from escalating fuel prices and the urgent need for judicial reform to the contentious debate...
•Filling station. Vice President Kashim Shettima has summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, and Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari. Also summoned today at the Presidential Villa is the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu over the recen...
•Lokpobiri and Wabote The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, has reiterated claims that the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), under the leadership of the former executive secretary, Simbi Wabote, “wasted” over $500 million of the industry’s fund on equity investments, private establishments,...
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