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NUPRC Debunks Relocating HQs To Lagos
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC. has kicked against the news circulating in some sections of the media that it relocating its headquarters from Abuja to Lagos.
NUPRC debunked the claims saying it only decided to relocate the operations of some of its technical departments to Lagos to bring its activities closer to oil bearing communities to drive its objective of improving organizational efficiency.
The regulator had in an internal memo dated 14th February disclosed the move to relocate affected offices to Lagos , pointing out that the initiative is aimed at enhancing service delivery.
The commission also said the relocation was to reduced operational cost and make adequate use of its assets in Lagos.
The leaked memo has since become a source of serious controversy with many insinuating that the move is “politically motivated”.
The Chief Executive Officer of NUPRC, Gbenga Komolafe said the decision to relocated some of the operational offices to Lagos has nothing to do with any political or ethnic considerations.
He said as a standard operation, NUPRC has offices in oil bearing communities in Port Harcourt in Rivers State, Benin , Edo State , Uyo, Eket in Akwa Ibom State as well as in Akure in Ondo State and Lagos.
Komolafe said contrary to the speculations, the decision was to reduce large overhead costs at a time when the Nigerian economy is faced with challenges.
Komolafe said the NUPRC also reached the decision to ease the problem of office accommodation for staff which had worsen since the defunct Department of Petroleum, Resources, DPR was merged with NUPRC , lamenting that the lack of office space has cost the agency enormous resources to rent hotels for official meetings.
According to him, the decision to move some of its operational offices to Lagos was to meet with the demand of the workers’ union asking the management to urgently provide space for workers to perform their duties.
He said the situation cannot continue especially when the NUPRC has a large office in Kofo Abayomi in Lagos that is almost empty, cautioning the public not to always read political or ethnic meanings to every decisions taken by the commission.
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President Tinubu’s Moment with Pope Leo XIV
The US pontiff shook hands with several world leaders in St Peter’s Square after the inauguration mass on Sunday.
• President Bola Tinubu exchanging pleasantries with Pope Leo XIV at the installation mass for the new Pope in Rome on Sunday. Photo: State House.
President Bola Tinubu exchanging pleasantries with Pope Leo XIV at the installation mass for the new Pope in Rome on Sunday. Photo: State House.
President Bola Tinubu shook hands with the newly installed Bishop of Rome and the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, on Sunday.
The US pontiff shook hands with several world leaders in St Peter’s Square after the inauguration mass on Sunday.
While shaking hands with the Pope, Tinubu had a brief conversation with him before moving away.
Other world leaders who shook hands with the Pope include US Vice President J.D Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, among others.
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Maritime Journalists Association Withdraws from Merger Talks
“AMJON believes that creating a single, strong, and indissoluble maritime journalists’ association can only be achieved if all eight associations dissolve their individual structures and fuse into one united body,” said Kagbare.
The Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON) has announced its withdrawal from ongoing merger talks with seven other maritime media associations.
In a statement signed by the President, Kelvin Kagbare, AMJON cited the other associations’ refusal to dissolve their individual bodies and merge into a single, united association as the reason for its withdrawal.
“AMJON believes that creating a single, strong, and indissoluble maritime journalists’ association can only be achieved if all eight associations dissolve their individual structures and fuse into one united body,” said Kagbare.
The other seven associations have proposed a confederacy model, which would allow them to retain their individual associations while coming together under a new name and structure.
AMJON rejects this approach, describing it as a “deception” and a “creation of another association in disguise.”
Finnish prosecutors on Friday said they had charged a man with inciting terrorism online who a media report identified as Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa.
According to the prosecution authority, the accused remained in custody and denied the charges.
AFP reports that Finland’s National Prosecution Authority said in a statement that it had charged “a Finnish individual in a case involving suspected public incitement to commit crimes with terrorist intent and participation in the activities of a terrorist group.”
It added that the alleged crimes had been committed in the city of Lahti between 2021 and 2024 and were related to the suspect’s efforts to establish Nigeria’s Biafra region as an independent state.
The prosecution authority did not name the accused but Finnish public broadcaster YLE identified him as separatist leader Simon Ekpa.Ekpa — who claims to lead the Biafra Republic’s government in exile — was detained in November.
According to the prosecution authority, the accused remained in custody and denied the charges.
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