Tag: Timipre Sylva

Alleged coup plot: FG files treason charges against Timipre Sylva, others

Aminu Imam
FG files treason charges

The Federal Government has filed a 13-count charge before the Federal High Court in Abuja against 6 individuals, including two retired senior military officers and a serving police officer, over their alleged involvement in a plot to wage war against Nigeria and commit acts of terrorism. Those listed in the charge include: Major-Gen. Moh’d Ibrahim Gana (rtd), Captain (NN) Erasmus Ochegobia Victor (rtd), Inspector Ahmed Ibrahim, Zekeri Umoru, Bukar Kashim Goni, and AbdulKadir Sani. The defendants are scheduled to be arraigned today Wednesday, before Justice Joyce AbdulMalik, of the Federal…

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EFCC seals Abuja residence of ex-minister Timipre Sylva

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sealed the Abuja residence of Timipre Sylva, the immediate past minister of state for petroleum. Special assistant on media to Sylva, Julius Bokuro, revealed this in a statement yesterday, while criticising the agency over the sealing of his principal’s home. Sylva, a former governor of Bayelsa, is locked in a dispute with the EFCC over the probe of the $14.8 million meant for a refinery project in Brass LGA of the state. In the statement, titled: ‘Grave Breach of Decency: EFCC Attempted…

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Alleged $14.8m fraud: EFCC declares ex-minister, Timipre Sylva ‘wanted’

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EFCC declares Sylva

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has declared former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva, as ‘wanted’ over an alleged $14.8 million fraud. The EFCC said the former Governor of Bayelsa State is wanted in connection with an alleged case of conspiracy and dishonest conversion of funds injected by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, (NCDMB), into Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited for the construction of a refinery. The announcement follows a November 6, 2025, warrant issued by the Lagos State High Court.  The EFCC…

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Alleged Coup Plot: Soldiers raid ex-Minister, Sylva’s Abuja home

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Soldiers raid Sylva’s Abuja home

…As he reportedly flees Nigeria Nigerian security forces have launched a manhunt for former Bayelsa State governor and ex-Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, following allegations linking him to a foiled military coup plot. Armed personnel of the Nigerian Army and operatives of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) reportedly raided Sylva’s Abuja and Bayelsa residences early yesterday, acting on what officials described as “credible intelligence” connecting the former minister to detained officers accused of plotting to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Multiple security sources confirmed that the…

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Bayelsa: Timipre Sylva disqualified from governorship race

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The Federal High Court, Abuja, has disqualified the Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the November 11 governorship election, Chief Timipre Sylva.  In a judgement delivered on Monday, the presiding judge, Justice Donatus Okorowo, ruled that Chief Sylva having been sworn-in twice and ruled for five years as governor of Bayelsa would breach the 1999 Constitution as amended if allowed to contest again. The judge also declared that Sylva was not qualified to run in the November poll because if he wins and is sworn in, he would…

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$3.27bn, (N1.4tr) lost to oil thieves in 14 months – FG cries out

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The Federal Government has raised an alarm over the rising rate of crude oil theft in the Niger Delta, disclosing that about $3.27 billion (1,361.37 trillion) worth of oil has been lost to vandalism in the past 14 months. The government said high-level cases of oil theft have become a threat to the countrys corporate and economic existence, with the industry now thinking of transporting crude oil from fields to export terminals by trucks. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, (NUPRC), in a presentation at a stakeholders engagement on oil…

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“Your days are numbered”, Timipre Sylva tells crude oil thieves, pipeline vandals

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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva said the days of crude oil thieves, pipeline vandals and illegal bunkers were numbered as the Federal Government would no longer condone any affront on the nation’s oil/gas installations. He disclosed this yesterday, during an on-the-spot assessment of some pipelines negatively impacted by the unwholesome activities of the criminals in Ibaa Community of Emeoha local government area of Rivers State. The Minister was accompanied by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor; GMD/CEO NNPC Ltd, Mele Kyari, Chief Executive of…

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FG sets aside N250bn for conversion of vehicles to autogas, says Sylva

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As part of efforts to ensure that the autogas conversion of vehicles yielded the desired results, the Federal Government says it has set aside N250 billion for willing investors in autogas assembly plants in the country. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, disclosed this yesterday, in Abuja, during an Autogas Technicians Training and Certification Programme. The programme was organised by the technicians, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, National Gas Expansion Programme, the Nigerian Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Automotive and Locomotive Engineering Institute, amongst…

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FG scraps DPR, PPPRA, PEF, sacks CEOs, unveils new agencies

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The Federal Government has scrapped the Department of Petroleum Resources, (DPR), the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, (PPPRA), and the Petroleum Equalisation Fund, (PEF). The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, who announced the decision on Monday, during the inauguration of the boards of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, (NPRA), and the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission in Abuja, (NURC), said that workers of the three agencies would be protected, while their chief executives had been relieved of their appointments. With the passage of the Petroleum Industry…

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FG unlikely to remove petrol subsidies until after 2023 elections Report

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The Federal Government is unlikely to do away with a wasteful petrol subsidy practice until after the general elections in 2023 even though a new oil law abolishing the practice was signed into law last August, the Economist Intelligence Unit, (EIU), said in a report yesterday. Instability is chronic in some areas in Nigeria, and inflation and unemployment accentuate the problem; this backdrop creates uncertainty for much needed but unpopular economic reforms and EIU broadly expects that tax increases and the removal of subsidies for petrol will not happen until…

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