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A coalition of lawyers and civil rights groups has commenced the second week of protests demanding the investigation of Engr. Farouk Ahmed, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The protests, which began last week, are aimed at holding Ahmed accountable for alleged...

In a high-level assessment mission aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s border security, a delegation led by Deputy Comptroller General (DCG) M.T. Umar of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), who represented the Comptroller General Kemi Nanna Nandap, paid a working visit to the border communities of Jibia, Kongolam, Babban Mutum and other...

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was arraigned before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja on Wednesday on a three-count charge of alleged defamation against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello. The senator, representing Kogi Central, pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the...

Suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Monday escaped arrest when the Federal High Court, Abuja, declined a request by the Federal Government to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of suspended Senator of Kogi Central Senator, in a case bordering on alleged defamation of Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former...

A group of lawyers and concerned Nigerian youths have returned to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters in Abuja to demand the immediate arrest and prosecution of Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari, former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL). The group, led by...

The Renewed Hope Ambassadors Network (RHAN) has described the performance of Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo (SAN), as “superlative”, commending his transformative leadership in aviation in the past two years. In a statement signed by the group’s president, Opialu Fabian Opialu, RHAN spotlighted several key achievements...

Jama’are River Basin Development Authority have embarked on measures for flood control and maintenance activities at one of its dams. The Managing Director of Hadejia Jama’are River Basin Development Authority, Alh. Rabiu Seleiman Bichi FNIQS, who visited the Kaban irrigation scheme in Jigawa said he was there to supervise ongoing...

*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...