NNPC Remits 100% PSC Profit as Tinubu's Executive Order 09 Takes Effect Presidency counters Obi on petrol price hike, says strategic reserve not a solution Uzodimma: Tinubu saved Nigeria from the global fuel crisis Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited
(NNPC Ltd.) remitted the full proceeds from Production
Sharing Contract (PSC) profits to the Federation Account in
February 2026, reflecting the implementation of Executive
Order 09 recently signed Continued on page 5
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Trump Asks China, France, Others to Send Warships to Reopen Strait of Hormuz Iran vows to respond to any attack on its energy facilities Two top intelligence officers in Tehran killed, Isreal reveals Guterres demands end to Middle East war, says civilians deserve to live without fear
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
United States President, Mr. Donald Trump, yesterday urged allied nations to deploy
warships to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz, escalating international involvement in
the deepening confrontation with Iran. This is just as Iran threatened
yesterday to escalate the war raging in the Middle East by targeting any facility in the
region with US ties, after
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Bala Mohammed, PDP Govs’ Forum Chairman, Moves to Join APC Terms still being negotiated Makinde's camp disappointed
Olawale Olaleye
An end may have finally come to the active relevance of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the Chairman of its governors' forum and Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has concluded plans to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) this week, barring any unforeseen circumstances, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed. THISDAY gathered last night that the terms of his defection to the ruling party were still being negotiated. However, multiple sources privy to the negotiations told THISDAY that he was offered
the APC senatorial ticket and would get all the allowances received by other governors that joined the ruling party. According to the sources, the Bauchi State governor, in a meeting with President Bola Tinubu and the APC leadership, disclosed his intention to be part of the political family. One of the sources stated that his planned defection to the APC may not be unconnected with the travails of his Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, who is facing terrorism charges and a money laundering case involving about N4.6billion The commissioner was said to Continued on page 5
STRATEGIC CONSULTATION…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (right) and former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd.), at Presidential Villa Abuja…yesterday
ADC: Appeal Court’s Ruling Did Not Affect Legitimacy of Mark, Aregbesola’s Leadership…Page 5