Profile: Bayo Ojulari, The Kwara Man in Charge of Controversial NNPC Limited

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Engr. Bayo Bashir Ojulari was appointed as the 20th head of Nigeria’s state-owned oil firm on April 2, 2025, following the president’s decision to sack Mele Kyari and dissolve the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Limited). To some analysts, Kyari had overstayed his tenure, given the inefficiencies that plagued NNPC Limited, … Read more

NNPC Begins Recruitment Exercise Ahead of Bad Governance Protest

The state oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has released details of its recruitment exercise ahead of the nationwide protest scheduled to start on August 1, 2024. Most Nigerians see recruitment into the oil company as ‘exclusive’ vacancies for the children of highly influenced political class. The planned protest was planned over … Read more

Kyari Replies Dangote: Blending Plant In Malta Does Not Impede NNPC Operations

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The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, has disclosed that the Malta blending plant, as Alhaji Aliko Dangote alleged, can not influence NNPC’s business operations and strategic actions. The NNPCL stated this Tuesday to counter the allegation made by the Chairman of Dangote Group who in an interview … Read more