Ojulari: NNPC to Resume Drilling in Kolmani Field, Issues with Dangote Refinery Resolved Says conflicts will no longer be resolved on newspaper pages Nigeria’s April oil output rises marginally, reaches 3-month high Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Contrary to insinuations that
Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) had halted the exploration of crude oil
in the northern part of Nigeria, the new Group Chief Executive Officer of the company, Bayo Ojulari, said
the project will continue in June. Ojulari, who spoke in Hausa in an interview yesterday on the
BBC Hausa Service, said the drilling project in Kolmani at the boundary of Bauchi and Gombe states, when
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Wike Tightens Grip on PDP as Anyanwu Reassumes Role as National Secretary Signs party’s memo to INEC on names of candidates for Anambra guber poll at deadline FCT minister denies tearing down party, insists he’s rebuilding it, blames Fubara for Rivers crisis
Chuks Okocha, Olawale Ajomotokan in Abuja and Funmi Ogundare in Lagos Minister of the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, might have begun to tighten his grip on Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following yesterday’s resumption of duty by his ally, the
embattled National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu. That was despite a meeting by PDP governors on Sunday night, which proposed the way forward
for the party amid its internal crisis. Anyanwu, alongside acting National Chairman of PDP, Amb. Illya Damagum, at the deadline yesterday, submitted the names
of the party’s candidates for the Anambra State governorship election, slated to hold in November, to Continued on page 9
The PDP letter to INEC co-signed by Anyanwu
W’Bank Urges Full Transfer of Subsidy Removal Revenues to Federation Account Says 2025 budget has overly ambitious revenue assumptions
$1tn economy only possible if economy grows five times faster Calls for sustenance of reforms Edun, Cardoso, Bagudu upbeat about economic trajectory Story on page 9
WAITING FOR THE REMAINS OF PA EDWIN CLARK...
L-R: National Chairman, Pan Niger Delta Forum, Dr. Boladei Igali; Former Anambra State Governor and Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 elections, Mr. Peter Obi; Former First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan; Former President Goodluck Jonathan; Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri; and President, Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof. Benjamin Okaba, at the Bayelsa International Airport awaiting the arrival of the remains of late Ijaw national leader, Pa Edwin Clark, yesterday