NUPRC Optimistic Exxon Mobil, Seplat, NNPC Will Follow Due Process in Asset Sale Deal Says stalemate is commercial not regulatory
Peter Uzoho The Chief Executive of the Nigerian
Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Mr. Gbenga Komolafe, has expressed optimism
that parties to the Share Sale of the local unit of Exxon Mobil would engage themselves within Nigerian
law and follow due process if they are to conclude the effective transfer of JV assets from Exxon Mobil to
Seplat. Komolafe, who spoke to reporters on the sidelines of the Africa Oil
Week, in Cape Town, South Africa, Continued on page 10
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Bayelsa: INEC Assures of ElectronicVoting Emma Okonji and Nosa Alekhuogie
L-R: Chairman Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Zaccheus Adedeji; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen Atiku Bagudu; Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; PHOTO: GODWIN OMOIGUI. Senate President , Senator Godswill Akpabio; Sen Olamilekan Solomon and Rep Abubakar Bichi during their meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa in Abuja .. yesterday
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), has assured Nigerians that it would implement the process of electronic transmission of results in the November 11 governorship Continued on page 10
Obi Wants More on Tinubu, BBC Says No Evidence of Forgery, Atiku Differs
President has no identity problem, APC replies opposition as controversy deepens Emmanuel Addeh and Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, yesterday waded into the controversy surrounding the personal identity of President Bola Tinubu, demanding that it was time the Nigerian leader addressed the issues squarely. Specifically, Obi who spoke during a world press conference in Abuja, urged Tinubu to personally speak to the issues surrounding his real name, birthplace, educational qualifications, his parentage, among others. But in a swift reaction to Obi, the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday, said Tinubu has no identity problem, except the one contrived by Atiku Abubakar and Obi. However yesterday, a report by the ‘BBC Global Disinformation Team’ indicated that there was no evidence that the diploma Tinubu submitted to the country's electoral commission was forged. This was just as Atiku's Special Assistant on Public Communications, Continued on page 10
STRENGTHENING PUBLIC SECURITY...
Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Hassan Bala Abubakar (left) and Kwara Governor/Chairman, Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the delivery/reception ceremony of multipurpose platform special mission (ISR) aircrafts to 303 medium group, in Ilorin... yesterday