The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has announced the appointment of a new eight-member senior management team.

The development comes three days after the appointment of the group chief executive officer (GCEO) and board of directors of NNPC by President Bola Tinubu.

In a statement on Friday, Femi Soneye, NNPC’s spokesperson, said the team will be headed by Bayo Ojulari, NNPC’s GCEO.

The team, according to the statement, has Rowland Ewubare, as group chief operating officer, and Adedapo Segun as group chief finance officer.

Others include Olalekan Ogunleye, as executive vice-president gas, power and new energy; Udy Ntia, executive vice-president upstream; Mumuni Dagazau, executive vice-president downstream; Sophia Mbakwe, executive vice-president business services; and Adesuwa Dozie, company secretary and chief legal officer.

Following their appointment on April 2, the new board of directors were tasked to elevate NNPC’s share of crude oil refining output to 200,000 barrels by 2027 and reach 500,000 by 2030.

“This restructuring is aimed at repositioning NNPC Limited for greater productivity and efficiency in line with global best practices. We are taking bold steps to transform the company into a more commercially driven and transparent entity,” the statement reads.

The government also aims to raise crude oil production to two million barrels daily by 2027 and three million by 2030, alongside a gas production goal of eight billion cubic feet daily by 2027 and 10 billion cubic feet by 2030.

An inmate killed his wife as she visited him in a prison in eastern Germany, prosecutors said on Friday.

The Thursday incident occurred at the Burg prison in Magdeburg, west of Berlin.

The 37-year-old prisoner was reportedly alone with his 35-year-old wife in a room set up for visitors of long-term inmates.

The woman was subsequently found dead, with prosecutors investigating the incident on suspicion of homicide

The Labour Party (LP) has announced the indefinite suspension of its planned governorship primary election for Anambra State, originally scheduled for Saturday, April 5, 2025.

The decision comes after the Supreme Court’s long-awaited ruling on Friday afternoon, which ousted the party’s national chairman, Julius Abure. The Court’s verdict mandates that Abure and his executive team at all levels vacate the party’s Secretariat.

Comrade Peter Okoye, the acting chairman of the Labour Party in Anambra State, confirmed the suspension during an interview with The Guardian in Awka on Friday. He stated that the governorship primary election would no longer take place as initially planned.

“Following the Supreme Court’s ruling this afternoon, any primary election conducted by an executive outside of Senator Nenadi Usman’s leadership will not be valid,” Okoye explained.

He further clarified that Usman, as the newly appointed leader, along with her team, would take over the National Secretariat and all other party structures nationwide, effective immediately.

Okoye also announced that a meeting of the acting Anambra State executive had been scheduled for Saturday to discuss the next steps and promptly update the national secretariat. He reassured party members and supporters to remain steadfast and patient, noting that the issues would be addressed and resolved in due course.

While highlighting that the Labour Party remains the fastest-growing political party in Nigeria, especially in Anambra State, Okoye urged all members and stakeholders to stay vigilant and await further guidance from the national leadership.