The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has said that his counterpart in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike is responsible for his appointment into President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. At an event organised in honour of Wike by the Ijaw Peoples Congress in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, on Saturday, Lokpobiri also revealed that …

The Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Expo, has absolved the current administration of blame on the failed attempt by the Dangote industries to build a 1,200-kilometer subsea gas pipeline. He also stated that there is no provision in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), or its predecessor policies or legislation, that discourages private sector investment in gas infrastructure. The …

The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has condemned the appointment of a Minister of State for Petroleum Resources from the oil-rich Niger Delta area. During Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme, described on Thursday, IPAC National Chairman, Alhaji Yabagi Sani descrivbed the appointment as a “wrong signal”. Senator Heineken Lokpobiri from Bayelsa State was announced on Wednesday as the Minister of State-designate …