NUPRC: Nigeria’s Crude Oil Production Rose 10% Y-o-Y to 1.71m Bpd in July NNPC’s Ojulari says syndicates exploit security gaps to steal Nigeria’s oil
Emmanuel in Addeh Abuja and Peter Uzoho in Lagos
The Nigerian Upstream Nigeria’s oil output recorded barrels per day, a 9.9 per cent July 2024. Petroleum Regulatory Com- a significant growth in July year-on-year surge from the In a statement yesterday, mission (NUPRC) has said that 2025, averaging 1.71 million 1.56 million bpd produced in the commission stated that
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At Maiden African CDS Summit, Tinubu Pushes for New African Defence Doctrine Canvasses permanent CDS forum to tackle terrorism, cybercrime, transnational crimes Explains why African nations must invest in cyber defence, AI
Deji Elumoye and Linus Aleke in Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has of collective action and coopera- effectively combat terrorism, and other forms of insecurity canvassed the need for a regime tion among African nations to cybercrime, transnational crimes, on the continent.
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Jonathan, Obi Eye PDP as Party’s NEC Zones Presidency to South Wike has been vindicated, says media aide Damagum confirmed substantive national chair
Chuks Okocha and Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja
The coast appears clear for former President Goodluck Jonathan and ex-Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, to contest the 2027 presidential race as the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has zoned its presidential ticket to the southern part of the country. The duo of Jonathan and Obi had been under pressure from their supporters to contest the presidential election in 2023, a
development that has propelled both of them to start eyeing the PDP as their potential platform. While Jonathan has yet to formally and openly yield to pressure, many of his supporters recently went to town to say he had consented to run in 2027 and on the platform of the opposition PDP. The preference for Jonathan is ensconced in the belief that he is the most suitable candidate for north’s buy-in, since he is constitutionally constrained to Continued on page 9
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TINUBU IN BRAZIL...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (L) with the President of Brazil, Luiz Lula da Silva, during the president’s official State Visit to Brazil, yesterday