Tag: NNPC

President Muhammadu Buhari is set to head the Ministry of Petroleum for 18 months before appointing a substantive minister for the ministry. The President said this while meeting with some members of his political party, the All Progressives Congress, in Abuja recently. One of those at the meeting, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of the Executive Vice Chairman of ExxonMobil Africa, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, to head Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Kachiku is expected to take over from from Joseph Darwa at the NNPC headquarters in Abuja around 3:00 PM Nigerian time. Kachikwu,a trained lawyer, was born and raised in Onicha…