OPEC Picks Nigeria’s Adeyemi-Bero as Chair of Board of Governors for 2025
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has appointed Ademola Adeyemi-Bero, as the new Chairman of the OPEC Board of Governors for 2025 at its
189th meeting of the OPEC Conference. Adeyemi-Bero who has over 38 years experience in the oil and gas sector is the Chief Executive Officer of FIRST Exploration & Petroleum Development Company Limited (FIRST E&P), a Nigerian independent
oil company. A statement in Abuja signed by Nneamaka Okafor, the spokesperson to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, said the appointment reaffirmed Nigeria’s leadership in
the global energy sector. Prior to his appointment as the chairman of the OPEC board of governors, it said Adeyemi-Bero had earlier been confirmed as Nigeria’s OPEC governor for the year 2025. “This prestigious role highlights
Nigeria's influence within OPEC and underscores the nation’s commitment to shaping global energy policies,” the statement added, with Lokpobiri hailing Adeyemi-Bero’s elevation as a testament Continued on page 12
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Court Remands Bello in Kuje Correctional Centre, Trial to Commence on January 29
Alex Enumah in Abuja
Justice Maryanne Anenih of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has ordered the remand of
a former Kogi State Governor, Mr Yahaya Bello, at the Kuje Correctional Center, in Abuja, pending the commencement of trial, fixed for January 29, next year.
The judge made the order shortly after it turned down Bello's bail application for being premature. The former governor has been in the custody of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), since November 26, when he surrendered himself to the Commission. Justice Anenih, had last month
adjourned to Tuesday, December 10, for ruling in Bello's bail application. Delivering ruling yesterday, the court refused the application on the grounds that the application was
premature, having been filed when the former governor was neither in custody nor before the court. Continued on page 12
Tinubu to Nigerians: Don’t Let Politics Divide Us, Unveils NIS Technology Complex
Says interior minister doing Nigeria proud globally Immigration reveals how 10 high risk passengers were flagged, arrested in a week using surveillance tech New technology to save Nigeria N300m yearly, Tunji-Ojo declares Deji Elumoye and Michael Olugbode in Abuja President Bola Tinubu has pleaded that Nigeria should not be allowed to disintegrate on the altar of political differences, calling for peace and unity in the country even as he insisted that Nigerians are one no matter whatever divides us. He made the appeal yesterday during the commissioning of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Technology Innovation Complex (BATTIC) at the headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS in Abuja. He described Nigerians as occupants of one building, but living in different rooms. In his keynote address, President Tinubu said, "the integration of security, whether air, land or sea embarked upon by the ministry is a fulfillment of a dream. "From the beginning of our Continued on page 12
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L-R: Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, CG. Kemi Nanna Nandap; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, during the inauguration of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Technology Innovation Complex, at the Nigeria Immigration Service in Abuja … yesterday
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