31 Years After Their Murder, Tinubu Honours Ogoni 4 with National Awards Receives report on Ogoni dialogue, pushes for resumption of oil production Promises communities federal support
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
In a symbolic move, President
The honourees were Chiefs Bola Tinubu, yesterday, con- the Order of the Niger (CON) the Sani Abacha junta in their ferred posthumous national on the four Ogoni heroes struggle for environmental Edward Kobani, Albert Bade, Samuel Orage, and Theophilus honours of Commander of murdered in May 1994 during justice.
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NUPRC Refutes N8.4tn Oil Theft Report, Says Crude Losses Cut by 90% in 4 years Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja mission (NUPRC) yesterday doubts’ published on the faulted a report titled, front page of a national The Nigerian Upstream ‘N8.41tn oil theft drains newspaper on Wednesday. The report in question, Petroleum Regulatory Com- economy, fuels investors’
it said, was based on a misinterpretation of crude loss statistics between 2021 and July 2025 which had
been released by the Act (PIA) 2021. NUPRC had revealed NUPRC ‘in the spirit of transparency’ and in line on September 11, 2025 that with the Petroleum Industry Continued on page 9
At 80th UNGA, Tinubu Renews Demand for Nigeria’s Permanent Seat on UN Security Council Seeks sovereign debt relief, access to trade, financing Wants nations hosting minerals to benefit more Calls for closure of widening digital divide Reiterates two-state solution as way out of Israel-Palestine crisis
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday reiterated his call for a permanent seat for Nigeria on the United Nations (UN) Security Council, declaring
that the global organisation will recover its relevance only when it reflects the world as Nigeria Takes a Stand On the global stage... it is, not as it was. In a national statement Statement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu , being delivered by his representative, Vice President Kashim Shettima, read on his behalf by the Vice during the General Debate of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York with the Theme: Continued on page 9 Better Together: 80 Years And More For Peace, Development, And Human Rights … yesterday