Economy

Operators of moribund oil blocks to forfeit licence – Lokpobiri

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By Tunde Opalana The Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has charged oil majors to sustain investment that will guarantee oil production growth while threatened that the federal Government will withdraw oil blocks from operators who have failed to energize

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Lokpobiri visits fuel stations in Bayelsa, assures Nigerians of product availability

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BY AHERHOKE OKIOMA The Minister of State Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has toured fuel stations in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa state, to monitor the availability of petroleum products. Lokpobiri arrived at the Bayelsa State International Airport, Amassoma, at about 11.30 a.m. and headed straight to the Rain Oil Filling station at Etegwe, accompanied […]

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APC South-South Zone Condemns Alleged Suspension of Senator Lokpobiri, Others

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The South-South Zonal Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chukwuemeke Ogbuobodo Esq. and other zonal officers have condemned in strong terms the suspension of the Minister of State (Petroleum) Senator Heineken Lokpobiri by the party’s executive in his local government in Bayelsa State. Oguobodo who made this assertion in a statement on Wednesday, […]

Politics

APC Stakeholders pass vote of confidence on oil Minister Lokpobiri

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…insist purported suspension an afrontv BY AHERHOKE OKIOMA Critical stakeholders, elders and youths of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT( Abuja) have condemned the purported suspension of the Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil) Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and others from the party. The stakeholders described the

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Lokpobiri attributes hike in petrol price to deregulation

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2024 0

.Assures product will be available across Nigeria by weekend Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State (Oil) Petroleum Resources, on Thursday, said the Federal Government was not responsible for the recent increase in the price of petrol across the country. The minister said this while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting with Vice-President Kashim

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APC chieftain kicks as party suspends Lokpobiri, Aganaba, 12 others

Ihesiulo Grace 16 March 2020 0

The loss of the governorship seat it had already won, following discrepancies in the identity of the governorship running mate, may have started having negative effects on the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, as crisis may have hit the party, a former Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri […]