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President Tinubu Nominates Chairmen and Board Members for NMDPRA and NUPRC

Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC):

- Chairman: Senator Magnus Abe

- Non-Executive Commissioners:
- Engineer Paul Yaro Jezhi
- Mr Sunday Adebayo Babalola

- Executive Commissioners:
- Muhammed Sabo Lamido (Finance)

- Mr Edu Inyang (Exploration and Acreage)

- Justin Ezeala (Economic Regulation and Strategic Planning)

- Henry Darlington Oki (Development and Production)

- Indabawa Bashari Alka (Corporate Services and Administration)

- Mahmood Tijani (Health, Safety and Environment)

- Secretary and Legal Adviser: Ms Olayemi Adeboyejo

Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA):

- Chairman: Mr Adegbite Ebiowei Adeniji

- Non-Executive Members:
- Chief Kenneth Kobani
- Mrs Asabe Ahmed

- Executive Directors:
- Abiodun Adeniji (Finance)
- Francis Ogaree (Hydrocarbon)
- Oluwole Adama (Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure)
- Dr Mustapha Lamorde (Corporate Services and Administration)
- Mr Yahaya Nasamu Yinusa (Distribution Systems)
- Adeyemi Murtala Aminu (Corporate Services)
- Ms Modie Ogechukwu (Economic Regulation and Strategic Planning)

- Board Secretary and Legal Adviser: Barrister Olawale Dawodu

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Ok oh, let's see how it goes, hopefully good

Just imagine! Magnus Abe? Is this a way of pacifying Wike or checkmating him? Serious institutions of state are now been used to curry favour and settle political debts, all because of the desperation and inordinate ambition of one man? All I see is panic.

Video: Wike warns APC National Secretary, Ajibola Bashiru to steer clear of Rivers state.

Minister Wike has warned the National Secretary of the APC, Ajibola Basiru to stay clear of Rivers State.
Lol 😆 https://t.co/sNKjJfb8qn pic.twitter.com/E9SgSwASil

— Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )🇳🇬 (@emmaikumeh) January 5, 2026

Wike can't use Magnus Abe for 2027 poll. Magnus Abe have been compensated.

press9jatv:
Wike can't use Magnus Abe for 2027 poll. Magnus Abe have been compensated.

Magnus was never the candidate.

AMINDA:
Just imagine! Magnus Abe? Is this a way of pacifying Wike or checkmating him? Serious institutions of state are now been used to curry favour and settle political debts, all because of the desperation and inordinate ambition of one man? All I see is panic.

Video: Wike warns APC National Secretary, Ajibola Bashiru to steer clear of Rivers state.

Minister Wike has warned the National Secretary of the APC, Ajibola Basiru to stay clear of Rivers State.
Lol 😆 https://t.co/sNKjJfb8qn pic.twitter.com/E9SgSwASil

— Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )🇳🇬 (@emmaikumeh) January 5, 2026

You just say whatever comes to your mind. How is Magnus Abe appointment way of pacifying Wike?

Before you say anything go and check record and political tussles of Rivers state in the past 20 years

Ttalk:
You just say whatever comes to your mind. How is Magnus Abe appointment way of pacifying Wike?

Before you say anything go and check record and political tussles of Rivers state in the past 20 years

Okay. Is it his compensation for his role in conniving with Tinubu to factionalise the Rivers APC against Amaechi in what was clearly the beginning of anti-party acrivities in the APC?

A patient dog eats the fattest bone, congrats to Magnus Abe. Another one for the Ogoni people.

Political chess game of cajoling or coercing by joining the gavvy train. To everything in life there is a time and season. Continue!

Tinubu fire 🔥🔥🔥 on

More revenue loss to the nation

More debt/ loss to Nigeria

Lol. Magnus has been settled, lets see if he will dirty himself with Wike's politicking.

This country sef, recycling old politicians!

At last. I keep wondering when Senator Abe will be compensated with political appointment.
This is a great one.

Magnus Abe the number one sycophant

AMINDA:
Just imagine! Magnus Abe? Is this a way of pacifying Wike or checkmating him? Serious institutions of state are now been used to curry favour and settle political debts, all because of the desperation and inordinate ambition of one man? All I see is panic.

Video: Wike warns APC National Secretary, Ajibola Bashiru to steer clear of Rivers state.

Minister Wike has warned the National Secretary of the APC, Ajibola Basiru to stay clear of Rivers State.
Lol 😆 https://t.co/sNKjJfb8qn pic.twitter.com/E9SgSwASil

— Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )🇳🇬 (@emmaikumeh) January 5, 2026

What are you insinuating, please? Senator Magnus Abe doesn't belongs to Wike camp, now! So no reason to pacify anyone, Magnus is a staunch supporter of Tinubu!

Okay he has gotten a new rivers strong man. Like about to be dumped in 123

He has been one of Tinubu's strongest supporters from Rivers state

ogaontop:
This country sef, recycling old politicians!

What else are you expecting if ogas on the top like you are staying out of the different aspects of politics and governance processes

anonimi:
“The worst illiterate is the political illiterate, he doesn’t hear, doesn’t speak, nor participates in the political events.

He doesn’t know the cost of life, the price of the bean, of the fish, of the flour, of the rent, of the shoes and of the medicine, all depends on political decisions. The political illiterate is so stupid that he is proud and swells his chest saying that he hates politics.

The slowpoke doesn’t know that, from his political ignorance is born the prostitute, the abandoned child, and the worst thieves of all, the bad politician, corrupted and flunky of the national and multinational companies.”

― Bertolt Brecht

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Racoon:
The ranking placed Nigeria in 186th position, only after Haiti, among 187 countries of the world. Nigeria is the second country in the world with the lowest voter turnout, worse than war-ravaged Afghanistan and Libya, a new ranking by Picodi has shown.

The ranking placed Nigeria in 186th position, only after Haiti, among 187 countries of the world. Nigeria also ranked worst in Africa. Nigeria’s low voter turnout

PREMIUM TIMES had reported how Nigeria recorded a new low in voter turnout during the last general elections. With a national turnout of 29 per cent, a Premium Times analysis showed that the last election had the lowest participation rate in the country’s six decades of independence.

It further revealed that of the 93.4 million registered voters this year, 87.2 million people collected their Permanent Voters Card and the total number of actual voters on election day was only 24.9 million..The winner of the election, Bola Tinubu, had less than nine million votes, roughly 10 per cent of the total eligible voters.

Another analysis by this newspaper revealed that all the 18 candidates in Nigeria’s February elections received only 27.55 per cent of the total eligible votes.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/634921-voter-turnout-nigeria-ranks-worlds-second-worst-nation-report.html?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter

NewHe:
What are you insinuating, please?

Senator Magnus Abe doesn't belongs to Wike camp, now! So no reason to pacify anyone, Magnus is a staunch supporter of Tinubu!

Why are you ignoring this part of what he said

or checkmating him?

different parastatals having same function and doing what they know how to do best....looting

Nnah mehn!

Same old same every cycle.

Are there no new and fresh ideas in this country?

Na wa oooo😧😧

Entimz:
different parastatals having same function and doing what they know how to do best....looting

He has been positioned to loot and use part of it for vote buying for Tinubu.

My anger is majorly in the recycling of these old chaps year in year out Haba nah! 😧😧

To cut Wike's wings. Let us laugh out loud.

AMINDA:
Just imagine! Magnus Abe? Is this a way of pacifying Wike or checkmating him? Serious institutions of state are now been used to curry favour and settle political debts, all because of the desperation and inordinate ambition of one man? All I see is panic.

Video: Wike warns APC National Secretary, Ajibola Bashiru to steer clear of Rivers state.

Minister Wike has warned the National Secretary of the APC, Ajibola Basiru to stay clear of Rivers State.
Lol 😆 https://t.co/sNKjJfb8qn pic.twitter.com/E9SgSwASil

— Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )🇳🇬 (@emmaikumeh) January 5, 2026

When e reach your turn, choose your enemy or unknown person.

Board chairman and secretary from some geopolitical space.

tinubu don collect all River State topmen from wike. "Agreement is agreement" No know wetin don hit am.

Magnus Abe time don reach

I'm not sure Wike would like this

But Board Chairman is more of a ceremonial role.


He will not be the pulling the looting strings sha, but he will sha collect his share

Many people here do not know the depth of the relationship between Wike, Abe and Jagaban. They also do not understand position of Senator Abe when it comes to power play in Rivers State. When it comes to Tinubu's afair, you can not separate Wike & Abe.

Wike won't be comfortable with this appointment.

AMINDA:
Just imagine! Magnus Abe? Is this a way of pacifying Wike or checkmating him? Serious institutions of state are now been used to curry favour and settle political debts, all because of the desperation and inordinate ambition of one man? All I see is panic.

Video: Wike warns APC National Secretary, Ajibola Bashiru to steer clear of Rivers state.

Minister Wike has warned the National Secretary of the APC, Ajibola Basiru to stay clear of Rivers State.
Lol 😆 https://t.co/sNKjJfb8qn pic.twitter.com/E9SgSwASil

— Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )🇳🇬 (@emmaikumeh) January 5, 2026

That is his modus operandi,that's is what his brainless supporters called strategy where he concentrate on 20% of the elite, through settlement and patronage while condemning the remaining 80% of the populace to abject poverty, neglect and hardship because he doesn't see them as relevant to his ambition forgetting he has obligations to them as their leader

AMINDA:
Just imagine! Magnus Abe? Is this a way of pacifying Wike or checkmating him? Serious institutions of state are now been used to curry favour and settle political debts, all because of the desperation and inordinate ambition of one man? All I see is panic.

Video: Wike warns APC National Secretary, Ajibola Bashiru to steer clear of Rivers state.

Minister Wike has warned the National Secretary of the APC, Ajibola Basiru to stay clear of Rivers State.
Lol 😆 https://t.co/sNKjJfb8qn pic.twitter.com/E9SgSwASil

— Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )🇳🇬 (@emmaikumeh) January 5, 2026

Yes it is to pacify Wike. What will you do about it?

Bashiru should steer clear of Rivers state as Wike say. Let Wike handle the politics of the state. Bashiru should not interfere because nobody send am.

Una dey talk of wike instead of you to be worried about the nepotism based on incompetence in one of the major revenue generating agencies.
Everything na wike the ikwere man dun really show una shege.