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The incident happened on Friday July 30, 2021, around midnight, according to a statement by the agency.

The Area Comptroller, Kebbi Area Command, Hafiz Kalla, made this known on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi while briefing newsmen on the activities of the command during the period.

This they said would guarantee free, fair and credible elections in the country.

According to the House of Representatives’ resolution, the Committee was mandated to investigate the allegation on the deliberate and reckless refusal by non treasury funded Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to remit audited accounts covering 2014 – 2018 to the Auditor General of the Federation.

The DPR stated this just as some oil and gas experts have advocated for a measure from the government that will ensure that Nigeria gets commensurate value from its abundant oil and gas resources like its fellow oil producing nations.

The harmonised version of the PIB was submitted for consideration by the federal lawmakers on Thursday at plenary.

Barring last minute change of mind, the report has already been scheduled for the consideration at plenary.

This is coming on the heels of a promise to work with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), in order to revive the Olokola Liquefied Natural Gas (OKLNG) project and ensure that the state has a seaport in the nearest future.

I however, have some concerns about certain provisions of the bill as it affects the downstream. While the bill removed price controls on petroleum products in section 205, the senate version of the bill has a clause that constrains market competition by restricting importation of products to only players with local refining capacity. This clearly counters the provision of 205(1).

The award was conferred on it in Abuja on Wednesday at a gala of the Nigeria oil and Gas (NOG) Conference.

Chairman of the Southern Caucus, Victor Nwokolo, made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday and titled, ‘Southern Reps Back Southern Governors On Presidency, Electronic Transmission of Election Results, PIB, Others.’

Rising from the meeting, the Forum agreed on the following:

Bamidele disclosed this on Monday at the ongoing Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) Conference in Abuja.

Although the proposed law doesn’t identify the frontier basins, a statement by the President in 2019 identified the frontier basins as Chad Basin, Gongola Basin, Sokoto Basin, Dahomey Basin, Bida Basin and Benue Trough.

The bill was passed after a clause-by-clause consideration of a report by the Joint Committee on Downstream Petroleum Sector; Petroleum Resources (Upstream); and Gas on the PIB.

Speaking during a courtesy call on him by Niger Delta All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Vanguard, at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Towers, Abuja, on Thursday, Chief Sylva said development can only come to the region in an atmosphere of peace.

Speaking at the formal handover ceremony of the projects in Maiduguri on Wednesday, the Borno State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Kadafur, lauded NNPC/SNEPCO for the intervention.

The EFCC counsel, Farouk Abdullah, made the request during a sitting presided over by the trial Judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed.

The Senate will be in closed session with the GMD for an hour before embarking on the consideration of the PIB.

The Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Rep James Faleke, gave the directive at an investigative hearing into alleged 30 billion dollars annual revenue leakage on Tuesday, in Abuja.