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Breaking:NNPC Discovers Oil In Nassarawa State
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Friday announced the discovery of oil in Nasarawa State and said it was set to drill the first foot of an oil well in the Northern state.
It said the discovery was in continuation of its oil exploration activities in the country’s inland basins, adding that it would spud the first oil well in Nasarawa State in March 2023.
On January 5, 2023, The PUNCH reported that NNPC was prospecting for crude oil in more locations across the north, after discovering the commodity in Bauchi and Gombe states.
The report stated that NNPC was taking coordinated steps for more frontier exploration in the region, as part of measures to shore up the country’s oil output and reserves.
The company had disclosed this in a document on the frontier exploration services activities of the NNPC from 2020 to 2022, as outlined some prospective states where oil was expected to be discovered include Niger, Nasarawa, Sokoto, Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Bauchi, and Gombe.
Beyond the North, the Anambra basin was listed as another area where the NNPC was striving to find more oil.
Prospecting is the first stage in discovering the oil and gas fields, under which seismic surveys are carried out.
On Friday, NNPC’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, announced the oil discovery and the planned spud-in when the Governor of the state, Abdullahi Sule, led a delegation of prominent indigenes on a courtesy visit to NNPC in Abuja.
Kyari, in a statement issued in Abuja by the corporation’s spokesperson, Garba-Deen Mohammad, said the results of exploratory activities confirmed the presence of substantial hydrocarbon resources in the state.
He called for prompt action on the project as the global energy transition had led to a reduction in investment in fossil fuels.
“This work must be done very fast because the whole world is walking away from fossil fuel due to energy transition, the earlier you go to market, the better for you,” Kyari stated.
He added, “Otherwise, 10 years from now, no one will agree to put money in the petroleum business except it comes from your cash flow.”
He said community support and a conducive environment were key to a successful operation in the area, in order to avoid the experience of the Niger Delta.
In his response, the Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, congratulated the NNPC boss on the successful commencement of oil production and the Kolmani Integrated Development Project which was inaugurated in November 2022 by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
He commended the President for his support and assured NNPC of a conducive environment.
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Nation Wide Protest Begins From Abuja-Sowore Tackles Wike
Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has dared Nyesom Wike, Minister of the FCT, for saying that Abuja is not available for protest on August 1.
Sowore in a post on his X handle on Friday said the proposed nationwide protests will start from Abuja.
He said: “It is starting from and in Abuja!”
Sowore’s statement comes after Wike said that August 1 had been set aside for the chairmen of the six Area Councils of the FCT to give out certificates of recognition to their traditional rulers.
The Minister gave the warning while briefing journalists on the outcome of the FCT Security Council meeting in Abuja on Thursday.
Reports says that some Nigerians are mobilising for nationwide protest slated for August 1 to August 10, 2024.
Tagged #EndBadGovernace, organisers of the protest have lamented about widespread hunger and inflation in the country.
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Robbers Gunned Down While Attempting To Snatch Jeep In Abuja
Two suspected armed robbers were shot dead while attempting to snatch a Prado Jeep at gunpoint in the Jahi area of Abuja, the nation’s capital.
CP Benneth Igweh, disclosed this to newsmen while parading two arrested members of the robbery gang at the command in Abuja, on Friday.
He said this happened around 10:45 pm on Thursday, when a four-men robbery engaged the operatives who were on crime prevention patrol led by DPO of Mabushi police division in a fierce gun battle.
According to him, the four-men robbery gang on sighting the police operatives opened fire, which resulted in a gun duel where two among the robbers were neutralized.
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Ganduje, Barau, other party Chieftains Congratulates Danagundi on Appointment as DG NPC
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Dr Abdullahi Imar Ganduje has congratulated Dr Baffa Babba Danagundi on his appointment as the Director General of the National Productivity Centre by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Ganduje who was excited by the appointment thanked President Tinubu for considering party loyalists like Danagundi.
On his part, the Deputy Senate President Senator Barau I Jibrin described the appointment as timely and well deserved.
“Appointing Danagundi to key political positions will further strengthen the relevance of our great party looking at the fact that he is a grassroots mobilizer of note “. Said Barau Jibrin.
Danagundi was at the residence of the National Chairman to present his letter of appointment and to thank him for the support he has been rendering to the APC.
Ganduje further praised the newly appointed Director General for breaking the record of any political mobilisation in Kano during the presidential campaign in 2023
Abdullahi Abbas who was also present during the presentation of the letter of appointment described the appointment as timely saying that the president has appointed his staunch and key loyalist.
“Tinubu has appointed a team player, a loyal party member and a hard-working man who will no doubt by God’s mercy take this agency to greater heights in the consolidation of the renewed hope agenda of President Tinubu “.
Present at the residence of the party chairman are the Kano Deputy Gubernatorial Candidate of the party in 2023 Murtala Sule Garo and other party chieftains.
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