Komolafe Hails Buhari's Quick Response in Resolving NUPRC, NMDPRA's Overlap in Crude Export Terminal Supervision Says Commission has restored investor confidence in oil industry Peter Uzoho in Abuja The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum
Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Mr. Gbenga Komolafe has given kudos to President Muhammadu Buhari over his swift response in
resolving the regulatory overlap between the Commission and the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority
(NMDPRA). The NUPRC chief executive stated these yesterday, during an interview on Arise News Channel,
where he fielded questions around the regulatory overlap between the two agencies, the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA)
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Presidential Election: Court Dismisses AA's Suit against Tinubu Orders APP, LP to harmonise processes with INEC, APC Hears APM, PDP today Atiku, PDP make case for live broadcast of proceedings Alex Enumah in Abuja The Presidential Election Petition
Court (PEPC), at its inaugural sitting, yesterday, dismissed the petition of the Action Alliance (AA)
challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu as winner of the February 25 presidential election.
The dismissal was sequel to a formal withdrawal of the petition by the petitioners.
AA and its presidential candidate, Mr Solomon Okagbuan, were among the five participants
seeking cancellation of the recent Continued on page 32
APC's NWC Names Akpabio for Senate President, Abass for Speaker Party zones offices, settles for consensus Protesters storm party secretariat, demand zoning of speaker to North-central At induction, senators-elect reject imposition of candidates Kalu writes party, senators-elect, says he’s in race Adedayo Akinwale, Sunday Aborisade and Udora Orizu in Abuja The National Working Committee (NWC) of All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, nominated former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, for Senate President, and Hon. Tajudeen Abass from Kaduna State for Speaker of the House of Representatives. The nominations, which followed a consensus deal, confirmed weeks of speculation that the ruling party had zoned the 10th National Assembly’s senate presidency to South-south and Speaker of the House of Representatives to North-west. The agreement also covered other principal positions in the bicameral federal legislature. But a group of protesters, under the umbrella of APC North-central stakeholders, stormed the national secretariat of the party yesterday, alleging marginalising of the Northcentral in the zoning of National Continued on page 32
10TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE AFRICA FIRST LADIES PEACE MISSION... L-R: New President of Africa First Ladies Peace Mission and the First Lady of Burundi, Angelline Ndayoshimiye; Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari; Vice President of Africa First Ladies Peace Mission and first Lady of Niger Republic, Dr. Lalla Malika Issoufou, and Wife of the President-elect, Oluremi Tinubu (first from right on second roll), at the 10th general Assembly PHOTO: GODWIN OMOIGUI of the Africa First Ladies Peace Mission held at the Conference Center of the Presidential Villa, Abuja …yesterday