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Oil Prices Head for $100 as Bonny Light Sells for $95 FG, others embark on joint probe of SEPCOL FPSO explosion 10 crew members still missing Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Oil prices continued their surge yesterday, sending one of Nigeria’s most valued grades, Bonny Light to $95 and Algeria’s

Sahara Blend to $97.48, in an obvious push towards the $100 mark. The increase represented a 3.70 per cent for the Nigerian grade and 4.29 per cent for the North

African grade, the highest level they have attained since 2014. This is coming as the federal government through the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission

(NUPRC), in collaboration with other relevant stakeholders, yesterday embarked on a Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) to the facility of the Shebah Exploration & Production Company Limited

(SEPCOL), which exploded on Wednesday morning. The Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO), Trinity Spirit, located at Ukpokiti field in Oil Mining Lease (OML)

108 in Warri, Delta State, was engulfed by fire during the incident, with 10 members of the crew still missing. Continued on page 6

Power Supply Partially Restored as Egbin Plant Resumes Operations... Page 5 Sunday 6 February, 2022 Vol 27. No 9798

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Despite Inauguration of New APC Chairmen, Crises Persist in 13 States Lai Mohammed, Ngige, Okorocha, Wamakko, Abe’s factions spit fire Our Correspondents Despite last Thursday’s inauguration of the state chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 34 states at

the party’s national headquarters in Abuja, the tussles over the control of the party structures have remained unabated in no fewer than 13 states, THISDAY investigation has revealed.

The affected states include Zamfara, Sokoto, Delta, Rivers, Anambra, Imo, Enugu, Ogun and Kwara. Others include Osun, Kano, Bauchi and Kebbi states.

Various factions of the party led by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige; former Governor

of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha; former Governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aliyu Magartada Wamakko; former Governor of Kebbi State, Senator Adamu Aliero, and Senator

Magnus Abe, have faulted the action of the national leadership of the party. Abe’s faction in Rivers State Continued on page 8

Nigeria Needs Young, Energetic President in 2023, Says Abdulsalami How our presidential candidate will emerge, PDP reveals Wike: Nigeria will shake when south takes position on 2023 PDP warns Matawalle against plot to sack deputy Chuks Okocha and Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja A former military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), has said that the country needs younger people to lead it as from 2023. He said that the Nigeria of 2023 and beyond would not need leaders with a walking stick but the younger generation to give the leadership a new lease of life. Also, amid the backlash against its decision to throw the 2023 presidential ticket open to the North and South, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday explained that all organs of the party would be involved in the decision-making leading to the selection of its presidential candidate. This is coming as Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has said that the stakeholders in the southern region would soon take a position concerning the 2023 presidential election, stressing that the country would shake Continued on page 5

HONOUR FOR HARD WORK… New Tafida Babba Daura, Alhaji Nasiru Haladu Danu (left), and the Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, shortly after their turbaning as Tafida Babba Daura and Dan Amanar Daura, respectively by the Emir of Daura, Dr. Umar Farouq Umar, in his Palace, Katsina State...yesterday KUNLE OGUNFUYI


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