NUPRC Establishes Energy Transition Unit as NCDMB Eyes $50bn Oil Projects in Five Years Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja and Peter Uzoho in Lagos The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC),
at the weekend disclosed that it had established an Energy Transition and Carbon Monetisation unit in line with the federal government’s 2060 net-zero aspiration for carbon
emissions. This is just as the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has disclosed that oil and gas
opportunities valued at over $50 billion in projects would be developed within the next five years in the country. NUPRC has also unveiled
Programme (NGFCP) to explore funding opportunities and leverage capabilities of industry players, and
plans to organise roadshows for the awardees of Petroleum Prospecting Licences (PPL) and the bidders for the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation
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Atiku, Obi to Line up 150 Witnesses to Prove Petition against Tinubu's Election PEPC moves to consolidate all petitions against president-elect
Alex Enumah in Abuja In a bid to prove their petitions challenging the declaration of
Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election, the presidential candidates of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and that of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, yesterday disclosed that they would present
no fewer than 150 witnesses at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) sitting in Abuja to give evidence of the irregularities and
substantial non-compliance with the electoral laws during the conduct of the election. This is as the PEPC disclosed its
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N’Assembly: Three-horse Race Imminent as Yari, Kalu Rally Senators-elect against Akpabio Tinubu returns to drive implementation of zoning Against APC’s arrangements, North-central caucus moves to produce DSP House speakership: G-7 meets 182 members-elect, set to unveil candidate Adedayo Akinwale, Udora Orizu, Sunday Aborisade and Juliet Akoje in Abuja Barring any last-minute shifting of grounds, the election of the President of the 10th Senate may witness three nominations from members on the floor of the red chamber on the day of inauguration as the former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari; and the Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, have vowed not to step down for the preferred candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Godswill Akpabio. This is as the President-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu, yesterday returned to Nigeria eight days before the inauguration of his administration to drive the implementation of the zoning of the National Assembly leadership by the ruling APC. The North-central senators-elect Continued on page 5
DEEPENING COOPERATION… L-R: Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Fumio Kishida; Director-General, World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; and wife of the Japanese Prime Minister, Mrs. Yuko Kishida, at the G7 Hiroshima Summit 2023 in Japan…yesterday
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