Tag: NNPCL GMD

Tinubu set to appoint new NNPCL GCEO, Board chairman

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Tinubu on new NNPCL

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is reportedly making significant changes at the helm of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).  According to reports, plans are underway to replace the current Group Chief Executive Officer, (GCEO), Mele Kyari, with Bayo Ojulari, a former Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, (SNEPCo). In addition to this change, Ahmadu Musa Kida, a seasoned oil and gas professional and former Deputy Managing Director of Total Oil, is set to take over as the new Chairman of the NNPCL Board. This move will…

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Arewa stakeholders demand resignation of NNPCL Boss, Mele Kyari after attaining mandatory retirement age

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Arewa stakeholders demand

…Vow to shut down Abuja office The Arewa Accountability Network has called for the immediate resignation of Mele Kolo Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), citing his attainment of the mandatory retirement age. In an issued statement signed by its coordinator, Samuel Audu, the group argued that Kyari, who recently turned 60, should step down, in line with Nigeria’s Civil Service policy, which mandates retirement at either 60 years of age or after 35 years of service – whichever February 3,…

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Protesters storm N’Assembly, demand Kyari’s sacking

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Protesters at NASS on Kyari

A group, the Nigerian Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has called for immediate investigations into alleged sabotage against the plan to turn around the petroleum refineries in the country. This is just as the group demanded the immediate removal from office of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL), noting that his management of the oil industry has done more to the local refineries than good. In a protest rally at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, yesterday, the coalition of CSOs said policies…

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Mele Kyari, NNPCL under fire over $2bn P’Harcourt refinery project

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Mele Kyari, NNPCL

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), under the aegis of the APC Youth Solidarity Network, have voiced strong criticisms of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) over what they describe as a $2 billion “waste” in failed attempts to revitalise the Port Harcourt Refinery. At a press briefing on Monday, the group through its president, Olayemi Isaac, accused NNPCL, under the leadership of Mele Kyari, of failing to make the refinery functional despite multiple promises and substantial funding. He stated, “We demand the immediate investigation and probe into…

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Concerned Group write US govt. over NNPCL, Kyari’s violation of sanctions on Russia crude oil

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Group petitions US on Kyari

An advocacy group of concerned Nigerian citizens, Concerned Citizens on Economic Reform Nigeria, (CCERN), has petitioned the US government to investigate and sanction the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and its GCEO, Mele Kyari, for allegedly violating sanctions on Russian crude oil. In a letter to the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the group claimed that NNPCL, under Kyari’s leadership, has been importing Russian crude oil and petroleum products above the price cap set by the Price Cap Coalition, comprising the US, G7,…

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Alleged Corruption@NNPCL: Group launches nationwide protest demanding Kyari’s sack

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…Vows to occupy its headquarters until Tinubu acts A civil society organisation, Civil Society Network on Economic and Social Advancement, (CSNOESA), has launched a nationwide campaign to collect one million signatures demanding the immediate removal of Dr. Mele Kyari as the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL). CSNOESA accused Kyari of mismanaging the NNPC, causing fuel scarcity, and disregarding President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directives. They also alleged corruption, fraud, and embezzlement under Kyari’s leadership. National Spokesperson for the group, Abubakar Yale, who addressed…

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“Suspend NNPCL’s boss, Kyari; probe alleged subsidy scam” – CNPP asks Tinubu

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CNPP asks Tinubu

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, (CNPP), has called for the suspension of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL) Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), Mele Kyari. In a statement issued on Sunday by its deputy spokesman, James Ezema, CNPP also called for a probe into allegations of fuel subsidy scams, importation of sub-standard petroleum products and the mismanagement of the Port Harcourt Refinery. CNPP wants the authorities “to hold NNPCL accountable by immediately suspending Mele Kyari and independently probing the subsidy scam and other allegations in Nigeria’s upstream and…

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“Sack NNPCL GMD now to avoid mother-of-all protest” – Primate Ayodele urges Tinubu

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Primate Ayodele urges

…Prophesies fresh protest that’ll shake President The spiritual leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately sack the group managing director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, to avoid mother-of-all protest in his administration. In a tweet on yesterday, the cleric said the current hunger protest in the country is a child’s play when compared to what God is showing him in his revelation. The cleric maintained that the only way out of the challenges ahead…

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CSOs, religious groups demand probe of NNPC, GMD’s sack

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CSOs demand

Meanwhile, civil society and religious groups yesterday demanded a probe into activities of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL), following allegations Aliko ?angote made against some officials of the company. Recall that ?angote had alleged that some officials of the company operate a blending plant in Malta, from where they import low quality fuel into the country. The groups, which also demanded the sack of the NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer (GMD), Mele Kyari, said they would stage a 2-day march on the National Assembly and the NNPCL headquarters,…

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NNPCL announces date to complete Port-Harcourt Refinery Phase-2

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has announced that the Port-Harcourt Refinery Company (PHR ) Limited Phase-2 repair will be completed at the end of the fourth Quarter of 2024. NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, disclosed this during a recent inspection of Phase-1 completion of PHRC, led by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources(Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri. Kyari said, “In our quest to ensure that this refinery is re-streamed to continue to deliver value to Nigerians, we made a promise that we will reach a mechanical completion…

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