NUPRC Offers Additional 17 Deep Offshore Oil Assets for Sale, Extends Pre-qualification Deadline Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC)
yesterday announced that with the acquisition of additional data on the oil assets up for sale, it was making available an extra 17 deep offshore
for bids. In May, the commission had invited investors to bid for 12 oil blocks and seven deep offshore assets
in the 2024 marginal licencing round. In an update on the latest licencing round, the Gbenga Komolafe-led organisation stated that it had
extended the date for pre-qualification from June 25 to July 5 this year. “Furthermore, in pursuit of the commission’s commitment to derive
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Kano Emirate Tussle: State Assembly Alleges Bias, Asks Appeal Court to Take over Proceedings
Wale Igbintade in Lagos and Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja
L-R: Senate President, Senator (Dr.) Godswill Akpabio; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Deputy Senate President, Senator (Dr.) Jubrin Barau; Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu; and Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, during Sallah courtesy visit to the President in Lagos... on Monday.
Ahead of the ruling of Justice Abdullahi Liman of the Federal High Court, Kano, on a motion filed by Aminu Continued on page 10
Rivers Crisis: Police Announce Takeover of 23 Council Secretariats, Critical Govt Infrastructure
One cop, local security guard killed Recalcitrant chairmen scamper for safety as youths pull down Wike's effigy Fubara vows to resist supporters' arrest, directs admin heads to take charge Attempts by pro-Wike chairs to forcefully retain seats treasonable, say lawmakers Chuks Okocha, Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja and Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt Following what they described as “breakdown of law and order” at the various local government secretariats in Rivers State yesterday, the police have announced the temporary takeover of all the 23 councils’ secretariats, as well as critical government infrastructure in the state. The police also confirmed the death of two persons in Eberi-Omuma, Omuma Local Government Area, including an officer and an unnamed local security guard, popularly known as “vigilante”. The steps by the police followed the intensification of the crisis that trailed the expiration of the tenure of local government chairmen in Rivers State. Several persons, especially youths, occupied the secretariats of the 23 local Continued on page 10
GLO-POWERED OJUDE OBA FESTIVAL...
L-R: Globacom’s Head of Sales Operations, Mr. Kazeem Kaka; Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, and the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, at the Globacom-sponsored Ojude Oba Festival in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.... yesterday