NNPC E&P Hits Record 355,000 bpd Crude Oil Production Oil company reveals it’s highest output from subsidiary in 36 years Ojulari says Nigeria’s energy revival on course
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The
Nigerian
National
Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) yesterday revealed that its subsidiary,
NNPC Exploration and Production Limited (NEPL) has recorded its highest oil
production of 355,000 barrels per day, the first in 36 years. In a statement in Abuja
signed by the national oil company’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Andy
Odeh, NNPC noted that averContinued on page 9
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Fubara Defects to APC, Adeleke to Accord
Rivers gov: I don’t want to make any mistake this time Osun gov: Citizens, workers’ welfare my top priority PDP chides Fubara, says his is a case of self-inflicted injury
Chuks Okocha in Abuja, Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo and Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has officially defected to All Progressives
Congress (APC), five days after 17 members of the House of Assembly abandoned Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) for APC. In Osun State, Governor
Ademola Adeleke, who had recently resigned his membership of PDP, declared to use the
Accord Party for his re-election, Continued on page 9
Benin Coup: Tinubu Averted Key Security Threat to Nigeria, Says NGF
Senate backs president, okays deployment of troops to neighbouring country ECOWAS states nation’s role in averting coup should be standard to safeguard democracy We also provided logistic support to avert coup, France declares Chuks Okocha, Michael Olugbode, Emmanuel Addeh, Sunday Aborisade in Abuja and Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), yesterday, declared support for President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in Sunday’s attempted coup in the Republic of Benin, say-
ing his timely role prevented a major security threat to Nigeria. Chairman of NGF and governor of Kwara State, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, disclosed this while reacting to the development. That was as Senate granted Tinubu’s request to deploy Nigerian troops to Benin, endorsing Continued on page 9
Defence and Military Cooperation in Riyadh...
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Bello Matawalle, and Saudi Arabia’s Assistant Minister of Defence for Executive Affairs, Dr. Khaled H. Albiyari, when the two ministers signed a Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia on Defence and Military Cooperation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital...Tuesday