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*Allege abuse of office, misuse of public funds for children’s education abroad A group of lawyers and civil society organisations (CSOs) protested in Abuja today, demanding the immediate resignation of Engineer Farouk Ahmed, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The group known...

Facts have emerged about how the Authority Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, Engineer Farouk Ahmed squandered public funds procuring foreign education for his children in elite international schools that are among the world’s most expensive. Engineer Ahmed is embroiled in controversy over the...

…says Nigerian Content Board has become cesspool of corruption The Network for Oil Sector Transparency and Reform (NOSTR) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately sack the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, over what it described as “unbridled...

Nigeria is witnessing a significant boost in oil production and gas investment, thanks to sweeping reforms in its upstream sector, according to Engr. Gbenga Komolafe, Commission Chief Executive (CCE) of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). Speaking at the 2025 Africa Energies Summit in London, Komolafe outlined the strategic...

Following a series of coordinated attacks by Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters on military bases in Borno State, the Northern Patriots for Security and Development (NPSD) has called for the immediate resignation of the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, citing his inability to provide effective leadership for the armed...

Hundreds of Nigerians stormed the Nigerian High Commission and the UK Home Office in London on Monday, May 12, 2025, demanding that former NNPCL boss Mele Kyari be deported to Nigeria to face corruption investigations. The demonstrators, under the banner of Rescue Nigeria Now, gathered outside the Nigerian High Commission...

…. Pledges Continued Support for Security Operations, Intelligence Gathering Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has commended the efforts of the Directoratw of State Services (DSS) for its swift and decisive action in apprehending five suspects linked to the kidnapping and brutal murder of a one-year-old girl, Sakina Mamuda,...

The Centre for Fiscal Transparency in Natural Resources (CFTNR) has applauded the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) for its commitment to transparency, institutional accountability, and full implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), following a directive by the House of Representatives for OML18 Resources Limited to remit $4.02 million...

Details have emerged of how operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) rescued a factional President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Hon. Abubakar Isa Atiku, Tuesday in Abuja, after an attempt to inaugurate factional executives ended in a free for all. According to a security source,...

A group of lawyers submitted a petition to the Minister of Finance today, demanding a judicial commission of inquiry into the tenure of Mele Kolo Kyari, the former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL). The lawyers under the aegis of the Guardian of Democracy...