NNPC Continues Reform, Names Ewubare COO, Adesua Dozie Company Secretary Picks Dagazau as EVP downstream, Sophia Mbakwe EVP business services Shareholders ratify appointments of GCEO, others Kyari formally hands over to Ojulari
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
The Nigerian National Petroleum
Company Limited (NNPC) has ramped up its new restructuring drive with the appointment of
Roland Ewubare as its Group Chief Operating Officer and erstwhile top ExxonMobil's official, Adesua Dozie,
as its Company Secretary and Chief Legal Officer. Also, the national oil company,
picked Mumuni Dagazau as the new Executive Vice President (EVP) Downstream and Sophia Mbakwe
as Executive Vice President Business
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Akpabio: Akpoti-Uduaghan Lied, I Never Plotted Her Assassination Suspension: Court restrains Senate president, Kogi senator, others from speaking with media
Alex Enumah and Sunday Aborisade in Abuja
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, yesterday responded to an allegation by suspended Kogi
Central Senator, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan that he was involved in a plot to assassinate her. The response from Akpabio came same day a Federal High Court under trial Justice Binta
Nyako restrained both Akpabio and Akpoti-Uduaghan as well as other named parties in the case before her to stop speaking to the press on their case. The restraining order issued by Justice Binta Nyako, was
sequel to a complaint by Akpabio's lawyer, Mr. Kehinde Ogunwumiju, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. Akpoti-Uduaghan had alleged at a rally she organised in her hometown on April 1, that Akpabio was working
with a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to kill her. However, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Eseme Eyibo, in Abuja, the Senate President described the Kogi Central Senator’s allegations
as baseless and totally false. Part of the statement read, “The Office of the President of the Senate strongly condemns the recent baseless, Continued on page 5
Plateau Killings: Death Toll Hits 52 as More Corpses Are Recovered Government says suspects arrested Atiku blames killings across Nigeria on failed security architecture
Seriki Adinoyi in Jos and Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja Death toll from the massive attacks launched on some communities in Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State on Wednesday night has risen to 52. This followed the recovery of more corpses by search teams after combing nearby bushes for missing persons. Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar blamed the killings on what he described as the failure of President Bola Tinubu’s security architecture, noting that killings had become widespread across the country with many incidents unreported. Also, a former member of the House of Representatives from Plateau State, Dachung Bagos, called for concerted efforts to check the killings and condemned it as babaric. He however called in National Assembly to expedite
action in creating community police to secure vulnerable places. Gunmen had on Wednesday night attacked Mangor, Tamiso, Daffo, Manguna, Hurti, and Tadai communities of Bokkos LGA in which 10 were reported to have been killed. Chairman, Bokkos Cultural Development Council (BCDC), Farmasum Fuddang confirmed the rise in the death toll yesterday. He said aside from the 31 corpses that were given mass burial on Thursday night, five corpses of children killed were burnt to ashes at Hurti, while 11 other corpses were recovered from Ruwi village, four from Manguna village, and one from Dafo village. Meanwhile, the Plateau State government has said some suspects have been arrested in connection with the killings. The Commissioner of Information Continued on page 5
Umahi Announces Reopening of Lagos CHANGE OF BATON... Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Mr. Bayo Ojulari (right), and his predecessor in office, Mr. Mele Kyari (left), displaying the handover Independence Bridge after Repairs... Page 6 Group notes after a brief ceremony in Abuja…yesterday