Leadership Newspaper February, 1st, 2018

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Marketers Want Full Deregulation Of Petroleum Downstream Sector BY JONATHAN NDA-ISAIAH And FESTUS OKOROMADU, Abuja with agency report

Two key stakeholders in the Nigerian oil and gas sector, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) and the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria

(IPMAN) have called for total deregulation of the petroleum downstream. The executive secretary of MOMAN, Obafemi Olawore, emphasised the need for federal

government to consider total deregulation of downstream oil sector, just as the national president of IPMAN, Chinedu Okoronkwo, said his association is set to commence work on its

proposed $3 billion (N1.08 trillion) refineries to be sited in two states of the federation. Proffering solutions to the persistent fuel crisis that hit the nation in recent time, Olawore

Kogi Gov Signs N151bn Budget Into Law

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said only total deregulation would save the situation. Contending that doing so will help attract more investments to the oil sector, he said only deregulation would encourage the establishment of private ➔ CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

Federalism Best Option For Nigeria – APC 6 Declares nation currently running bastardised federal structure

Your report is a ruse, says PDP

OBJ’s Coalition Formally Unveiled In Abuja INEC to transmit 2019 election results electronically BY CHIBUZO UKAIBE And SUNDAY ISUWA, Abuja

Barely a week after former President Olusegun Obasanjo advocated a new political platform to upstage the two major parties in the country, a Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM), touted as the third force, was yesterday launched in Abuja. The launch was attended by political stalwarts from both All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), members of the civil society, women groups and the youths. Comprised mainly of Obasanjo’s henchmen, the coalition said it is poised to ➔ CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, signing the 2018 Budget in Government House Lokoja, yesterday. With him are Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Kolawole Mathew (right); the Secretary to the State Government, Folashade Arike (left); Special Adviser to the governor on Legislative Matters, Haruna Yusuf (3rd right) and a government official.

Budget Office Defends ‘Frivolous’ Proposals In 2018 Appropriation Bill

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Ekwueme’s Remains Arrive Anambra Today 8

Ship Owners Seek BoI’s Intervention On Refinancing

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