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Petroleum Minister
October 16, 2017
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Sack Buhari as Petroleum minister | Agbakoba tells court

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN has filed a claim against the Federal Government of Nigeria to determine the Constitutional qualification of the President of Nigeria to also hold executive office as Minister of Petroleum Resources. Agbakoba argued before the Federal High Court in Abuja that on the basis... Read More
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October 8, 2017
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Relinquish your position as petroleum minister | Falana tells Buhari

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to resign as Minister of Petroleum Resources. Background: On his assumption of office, President Buhari had named himself Petroleum Minister. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu had recently written a memo to the President. In the letter, he alleged that the Group... Read More
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October 5, 2017
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Remove yourself as Petroleum minister | Shehu Sani tells Buhari

Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani has asked President Muhammadu to remove himself as Minister of Petroleum. Sani said the President should appoint a successor who would oversee the affairs of the ministry. Background: The President had named himself Minister of Petroleum after his election. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu had written a... Read More
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Buhari, Ibe Kachikwu, Fuel scarcity
October 3, 2017
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[The Presidential Blog] This is the Kachikwu letter everyone is raving about

There’s a possibility “Kachikwu” has popped up one or two times on your social media or RSS feeds today. The Minister of State for Petroleum has somewhat attained celebrity status since the streets got hold of a controversial petition he authored and sent to the President. The letter is essentially a petition to the President... Read More
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April 27, 2017
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How I advised Jonathan against appointing Diezani petroleum minister – Obasanjo

by Azeez Adeniyi Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said he advised ex-President Goodluck Jonathan against appointing Diezani Alison-Madueke as Minister of Petroleum Resources. Obasanjo said this in a book titled ‘Against the Run of Play,’ written by the Chairman, Editorial Board of ThisDay, Olusegun Adeniyi. Obasanjo said the appointment of Alison-Madueke as Petroleum minister showed... Read More
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April 12, 2017
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Malabu oil scandal: Nigerians are angry at Goodluck Jonathan, but we’ll all move on by tomorrow

by Adamu Aderinsola We have to give it to this Malabu oil deal for being the longest-standing scandal in Nigeria and every week, new details emerge that give it another interesting twist. Can it ever be solved and will we ever get to see the end of this scandal? We doubt that. Former President Goodluck... Read More
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December 9, 2015
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Ezeife to Buhari: ‘Hand over Petroleum Minister portfolio to Ibe Kachikwu’

In reaction to the lingering fuel scarcity in the country, former governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign as Petroleum Minister. Ezeife said that the tasks of a petroleum minister are many and quite challenging, hence it would be difficult to combine with the duties of a President. “The works of a... Read More
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December 2, 2015
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Kachikwu takes over from Diezani as OPEC President

Minister of state for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, has replaced Diezani Alison-Madueke as the conference president of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Owing to his status as the Minister of Petroleum, President Muhammadu Buhari was expected to be named as the head of the OPEC conference. However, a recent update on the OPEC platform as named... Read More
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November 28, 2015
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Why ‘it makes sense’ for Buhari to be Petroleum Minister – Oshiomhole

Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has said President Muhammadu Buhari, is justified in appointing himself as Petroleum Minister. Oshiomhole said so many things had gone wrong with the ministry and the Nigerian National Petroleum Commission (NNPC), hence, ‘it makes sense for the President to take charge’. In an interview with Punch, the governor said Buhari’s supervision of... Read More
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October 1, 2015
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‘Petroleum Minister role will distract President Buhari’

President Muhammadu Buhari will be distracted from his primary responsibilities, if he takes up the role of Petroleum Minister, says the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, (NACCIMA). NACCIMA said on Wednesday, that Buhari will overburden himself with immense workload by taking up an equally demanding second job. Billy Harry, National Vice... Read More
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September 30, 2015
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“Buhari is now a noisemaker” | 20 brutal tweets on Petroleum Minister appointment

by Desmond Akatugba President Muhamadu Buhari confirmed that he would be appointing himself as Petroleum Minister during an interview at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly. This happened on Tuesday, and then, all hell broke loose on Wednesday. What infuriated Nigerians more than the appointment is the fact it was revealed on foreign soil. What... Read More
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September 30, 2015
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“I will serve as Minister of Petroleum” – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that he would oversee the activities of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. Buhari reportedly made the utterance in an interview with a foreign journalist in his hotel on Tuesday, before leaving New York, where he had been a participant at the 70th United Nations General Assembly. The President was quoted to have told... Read More
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March 25, 2014
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NNPC denies chartering jet for Alison-Madueke’s use, Jonathan’s 75 per cent voting rule splits confab & other important news you should know today

by Oge Okonkwo NNPC denies chartering of jet for exclusive use of Petroleum Minister Recent reports which said that a chartered aircraft for the personal use of the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke was gotten by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has been denied by the management. The Corporation denied the  reports in a... Read More
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September 12, 2012
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Back to the Drill: Alison-Madueke returns home from the UK

by Stanley Azuakola Nigeria’s Petroleum minister, Diezani Allison Madueke is back in the country. She had reportedly been in the United Kingdom, where she was hospitalised over an undisclosed ailment. A report that she debunked on her Facebook page, sparking a huge debate on the social networking platform. Allison-Madueke was at today’s Federal Executive Council... Read More
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May 23, 2012
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You are “probably” quite unfair to me, Diezani Allison-Madueke on subsidy probe

by Stanley Azuakola Has the president’s call for arrests stemming from the fuel subsidy probe report caused unrest at NNPC? It appears so. At a ministerial forum in Abuja on Tuesday, Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, cried out in defiance against the report of the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Subsidy Probe.... Read More
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