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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Tuesday, June 10th, 2014
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has filed a fresh application for an interim injunction to restrain the House of Representatives from going ahead with the probe of the allegation that she spent N10bn on a chartered aircraft. The fresh application filed on Tuesday through one of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Tuesday, June 10th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan has nominated the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to succeed the long-serving Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Mr. Abdullah al-Badri. The news of Alison-Madueke’s nomination was disclosed by Iraq’s oil minister, Abdul Kareem Luaibi, on Tuesday, according to a Reuters report. Her nomination is coming at […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Oil Politics, Top Stories
Monday, May 26th, 2014
Jacob Oyewale Amidst complaint of inadequate funds to fight Boko Haram by Nigerian Army, the President Goodluck Jonathan led administration is planning to spend $1 billion about N130billion to launder the foreign image of the government. Jonathan and Dieziani Spearheaded by the minister of petroleum resources, Deziani Allison Maduake, the government is shopping for an […]
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Headlines, Oil Politics
Sunday, May 25th, 2014
By Henry Umoru A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, has given an insight into why the South- south delegates in the Committee on Devolution of Powers at the on- National Conference agreed to the retention of the status quo of 13% derivation for oil producing states, saying the delegates, in their […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke | credits: File copy The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Deziani Alison-Madueke and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation have filed a fresh suit before a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to restrain the National Assembly from probing her over the alleged N10bn chartered jet scandal. Through the […]
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Headlines, Oil Politics, Rivers, State News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Dapo Falade – Port Harcourt with Agency Report SEVEN people were feared dead on Sunday morning during a fire explosion which occurred at the Okrika, Port Harcourt jetty of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). This was as scores of others were said to have suffered severe degree of burnt during the fire incident, which […]
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Headlines, Oil Politics
Friday, May 9th, 2014
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | credits: blogs.cfr.org The Federal Government has appointed forensic auditors to carry out a detailed investigation into the activities of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, disclosed this during a debate at the 24th edition of the World Economic Forum for Africa. […]
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House, Legislature, Oil Politics
Sunday, April 13th, 2014
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal The Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, has said that the House will not be distracted in its resolve to probe the alleged N10bn chartered jets scandal levelled against the Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. It also noted that […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Oil Politics, Presidency, Raw Politics
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan The Presidency on Tuesday denied reports that President Goodluck Jonathan confirmed in Amsterdam that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation wrongly withheld $10bn from the Federation Account. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, in a statement, described the reports as “completely false and a total […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oil Politics
Saturday, March 22nd, 2014
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | March 22, 2014 – As far as public money is concerned in Nigeria, the word MISSING has taken on a whole new sinister meaning. Every day, it is one massive amount (usually in billions, soon to graduate into trillions) of money missing from the coffers of one […]
