By: Awajis Josiah-Chijindu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a sweeping reconstitution of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited board, removing the chairman, Chief Pius Akinyelure and the group chief executive officer, Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari. President Tinubu removed all other board members appointed with Akinyelure and Kyari in November 2023. The new 11-man board has Engineer Bashir Bayo Ojulari as the Group CEO and Ahmadu Musa Kida as non-executive chairman. Adedapo Segun, who replaced Umaru Isa Ajiya as the chief financial officer last November, has been appointed to the new board by President Tinubu. Six board members, non-executive directors, represent the country's geopolitical zones. They are Bello Rabiu, North West, Yusuf Usman, North East, and Babs Omotowa, a former managing director of the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas( NLNG), who represents North Central. President Tinubu appointed Austin Avuru as a non-executive director from the South-South, D...
By: Awajis Josiah-Chijindu The Rivers State Police Command has arrested suspects including a native doctor involved in a horrific case of ritual killing of two children from the same parents, Chizaram Onuche and Chidinma Onuche, both 7-year-olds. According to a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, at about nine in the morning of 23rd March 2025, operatives arrested a native doctor and other individuals involved in the heinous crime. The Police, during the operation recovered key evidences including a bottle containing drained blood of the victims. According to the statement, the suspects include: Mr. Aniekan Sunday Uko Male, 27 years: A native of Akwa Ibom, residing at 2nd Pipeline, Rukpokwu, and Mr. Kingsley Opurum ,Male, 43 years: A native of Etche, Rivers State, residing at 3rd Pipeline, Eneka, implicated as the native doctor complicit in the murder of the deceased are the prime culprits to the crime. Others are Miss ...