Tinubu Unveils Incentives to Unlock Jobs, FX Inflows from Shell’s Bonga Southwest, Others
Says project ‘ll be delivered before May 2027 Ojulari reveals Shell ready to make $20bn additional investment In Davos, Edun pitches productivity-led investments to drive jobs, exports
Deji Elumoye in Abuja and Nume Ekeghe in Lagos
President Bola Tinubu yesterday approved the gazetting of targeted, investment-linked incentives to sup-
port the proposed Bonga Southwest deep-offshore oil project by Shell and its partners.
The President also directed his Special Adviser on Energy, Mrs. Olu Verheijen, to facilitate the process,
in line with Nigeria’s existing legal and fiscal frameworks, assuring that the project will be delivered
before the end of his first tenure in 2027. Continued on page 8 Friday 23 January, 2026 Vol 31. No 11247. Price: N400
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US Under Secretary: Nigerian Govt Must Do More to Protect Christians
Chuks Okocha, Michael Olugbode, Adedayo Akinwale, Linus Aleke in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna
R-L: FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike’s wife, Justice Eberechi Suzzette Wike; his son, Joaquin; Nyesom Wike; his daughter, Jazmyne; and son, Jordan, during Joaquin’s MSc Degree in Management and Technology Change graduation at King’s College London, yesterday
The United States Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Allison Hooker, Continued on page 8
Rivers CJ: My Hand is Fettered; Stops Impeachment Process Against Fubara, Odu Says he’s restrained by interim orders of state high court and appeal process by the legislators
Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt Political disagreements between the executive and legislature in Rivers State assumed a new twist yesterday, as Chief Judge of the state, Justice Simeon Chibuzor-Amadi, declined a request by the House of Assembly to constitute a seven-man impeachment panel to investigate alleged gross misconduct levelled against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu. In a letter personally signed by
Chibuzor-Amadi, dated January 20, 2026, and addressed to Speaker of the Assembly, Martins Amaehwule, the CJ stated that he was a defendant in the suits separately filed by Fubara and his deputy before a High Court in the state. The chief judge acknowledged receiving the Assembly’s resolution to set up the seven-man impeachment panel to probe the governor, but said he was restrained by a subsisting High Court order from Continued on page 8
Tinubu Approves Posting of Three Out of 68 Ambassadors-designate... Page 9
ZENITH BANK’S STRATEGIC BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE US...
Dame Dr. Adaora Umeoji, OON, GMD/CEO, Zenith Bank Plc, and Rick Swart, United States Consul General, during a strategic business engagement at the U.S. Consulate in Lagos … recently