Tag: NMDPRA MD

Alleged defamation: Ɗangote slams ₦100bn threat on critic

Aminu Imam
ÆŠangote slams

…Faces ICPC over $7m school fees petition President of the ÆŠangote Group, Aliko Dangote, is simultaneously battling a defamation controversy and pushing a high-profile anti-corruption petition, as the ICPC formally opens an investigation into his allegations against the immediate-past Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engr. Farouk Ahmed. In one front, ÆŠangote has issued a seven-day ultimatum to a Kaduna-based businessman, Engr. Kailani Mohammed, demanding a public retraction and unreserved apology over what he described as libelous statements made during a televised interview.…

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Coalition of CSOs demand immediate removal of NMDPRA CEO

Aminu Imam
CSOs on NMDPRA CEO

…Announces nationwide, global protests A powerful coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) has declared joint nationwide protests across Nigeria, with simultaneous demonstrations in New York and London, to demand the immediate removal of Farouk Ahmed as Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, (NMDPRA). The protests will commence today Wednesday, from Ahmed’s office in Abuja and continue throughout the week in major cities, while diaspora actions target the UN House in New York, and Nigeria House in London. The coalition includes: the Nigerian Citizens for…

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Alleged corruption: ÆŠangote seeks probe of NMDPRA MD over $5m Swiss school fees

Aminu Imam
ÆŠangote seeks probe

Chairman of ÆŠangote Industries Ltd., Aliko ÆŠangote, has accused the Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, of corruption, alleging that he spent about $5 million on secondary school education for his children in Switzerland. ÆŠangote, who made the claim on Sunday during a media briefing at the ÆŠangote Petroleum Refinery and Fertiliser Plant in Lekki, Lagos, described the alleged spending as excessive for a public servant and a threat to public trust in regulatory institutions. ÆŠangote claimed that Ahmed paid the amount…

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