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Africa Must Align Infrastructure, Policy and Capital to Achieve Energy Security – Ojulari
By Aliyu Musa
The Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Engr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari, has identified shared infrastructure, policy alignment, coordinated investment frameworks, cross-border knowledge and technology exchange, integrated gas market development, and sustained regional diplomacy among National Oil Companies (NOCs) as key pillars for securing Africa’s energy future.
Ojulari disclosed this during a fireside chat with Mr. Andy Brown, Deputy Chair of Ørsted and President of the Energy Institute, at the 2026 International Energy Week (IEW) in London, on Wednesday.
Addressing the imperative of expanding cross-border energy infrastructure, Ojulari said NNPC Ltd’s ongoing regional gas initiatives demonstrate how shared assets can unlock scale, efficiency, and resilience. He emphasised that accelerated delivery of flagship projects such as the Nigeria–Morocco Gas Pipeline and the expansion of the West African Gas Pipeline is critical to strengthening regional integration and advancing cross-border energy trade.
According to him, the continent must move towards aligned pricing frameworks, transit protocols, local content standards, and joint technical regulations, drawing lessons from reforms such as Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), to reduce investment friction, safeguard cross-border infrastructure, and ensure equitable access to shared energy assets.
He further called for structured joint investment platforms among African NOCs, stressing that Africa can attract and deploy capital more effectively when acting collectively rather than individually.
On NNPC Ltd’s ambition to raise oil output, expand gas production, and attract investment, Ojulari said delivery will require a pragmatic, Africa-centric strategy—one that positions energy as both a catalyst for economic development and a contributor to global climate goals.
“Our pathway is clear: grow production responsibly, scale gas as the backbone of Africa’s industrialisation, strengthen environmental accountability, and align with global decarbonisation objectives—while ensuring that Africans are not left behind in the energy transition,” he affirmed.
The International Energy Week (IEW) is a premier global energy leadership platform that convenes policymakers, industry executives, investors, regulators, technology innovators, and thought leaders to shape dialogue on the future of energy security, transition pathways, capital formation, and sustainability.
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Xenophobic in South Africa is Funded From Washington And The West — And The Evidence is Starting You in The Face!
Wake Up South Africa — Xenophobia is Not Accidental, It Is a Weapon!
What if the hatred Black South Africans have for other Black Africans was never natural? What if it was planted, watered, and funded from outside the continent?
Listen carefully. Because this story is bigger than you think.
Xenophobia in South Africa is not a random street problem. According to analysts and Pan-African voices who have been watching this game for years, it is an engineered crisis. Properly planned. Properly funded. And some of the white elite class inside South Africa already know the script — because they helped write it.
HERE IS THE PLAN IN SIMPLE TERMS:
Step 1 — Isolate Black South Africans from the rest of Black Africa. Make them hate their brothers and sisters from Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Mozambique, Botswana and beyond. Destroy continental unity from the inside.
Step 2 — Let the chaos grow. Let the economy suffer. Let crime rise. Let Black-led government look weak and incompetent.
Step 3 — Strike. Come back with a narrative. “We gave you a functional country and you destroyed it. Black people cannot govern themselves. South Africa is the proof.”
Step 4 — Reclaim governance. Open immigration doors wide — but not for Africans. For white Europeans, Americans, and Israelis. Rebuild the country in their image. Systematically push the Black population to the margins through civil crisis, race wars, and legal manipulation.
And if South Africa falls? Botswana falls. Zimbabwe falls. Namibia falls. The whole southern region collapses like dominoes.
The hatred those communities have for each other did not grow naturally. It was carefully calculated, generously funded, and quietly inserted into the culture through media, politics, and economic pressure.
LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ARAB WORLD.
The Middle East is being consumed right now. The Greater Israel project is not a conspiracy theory — it is a documented geopolitical agenda playing out in real time through bombs, borders, and broken governments. Arab nations are falling one by one because they chose division over unity. Only those who held their ground are surviving.
When the Middle East is finally subdued and the empire needs a new battlefield — the guns are already being pointed at Southern Africa. The groundwork is being laid TODAY.
THIS IS THE PATTERN. THIS IS THE PLAYBOOK.
Divide. Destabilise. Discredit. Conquer.
They used it in Libya. They used it in Iraq. They used it in Sudan. And right now, Black South Africans are being used as weapons against each other — so that when the time comes, the takeover will look justified.
Black Africa, the warning has been issued.
The question is: are you awake, vigilant enough to see it?
Unity is not optional. It is SURVIVAL.
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Romance Scam: Court Orders Final Forfeiture of N17.1m to FG
Justice A.O. Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, June 1, 2026, ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of N17,100,595.40 to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The forfeited fund, domiciled in Access Bank, is linked to one Ifeanyi Alele David, who is under investigation for alleged romance fraud and related criminal activities by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The judge issued the order, following a motion on notice filed by the EFCC Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, Ikoyi, through its counsel, C.C.Okezie.
The court had, on February 26, 2026, granted an interim forfeiture order of the fund and directed the Commission to publish the order in a national newspaper to enable any interested person or entity to show cause why it should not be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
While moving the application for the final forfeiture, Okezie informed the court that the Commission complied with the publication order by publishing the interim forfeiture notice in The Punch newspaper on April 10, 2026.
Okezie also stated that no individual or entity came forward within the stipulated period to contest the forfeiture.
She further stated that the application was supported by an affidavit deposed to by an EFCC operative, Samson Aguma, who detailed the findings of the Commission’s investigation.
According to the affidavit, the EFCC received a petition from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, alleging that David was involved in a romance scam scheme connected to the tragic death of a United States of American citizen.
According to him, on September 15, 2021, a romance fraud victim committed suicide in a hotel room in Denver, Colorado, USA.
Following the discovery of her body, law enforcement officers recovered her mobile device and observed multiple messages from an individual identified as “Garry Micheal” through the Google Hangouts application.
Investigations further revealed that the suspect repeatedly solicited funds from the victim under various false pretences, including requests for money to secure his release from prison and facilitate his return to the United States.
The affidavit disclosed that on the day the victim took her own life, the suspect allegedly demanded an additional sum of $60,000 from her, despite her expressing severe financial distress and indicating that she had exhausted her resources.
Further investigations by the FBI allegedly established that the victim sent approximately $154,500
between August 30 and September 13, 2021, through various channels connected to the fraudulent scheme.
Aguma stated that forensic analysis traced email accounts, internet protocol (IP) addresses, telephone records, and an Apple iCloud account linked to the romance fraud activities to David in Nigeria.
He further disclosed that the sum of N17,100,595.40 found in David’s Access Bank account was reasonably suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities and formed part of the funds derived from the fraudulent scheme.
After listening to the submissions of the EFCC and reviewing the affidavit evidence before the court, Justice Owoeye held that the application had merit and consequently ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of N17,100,595.40 to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
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Benue Teachers March in Makurdi, Demand Rescue of Abducted Pupils, Staff in Oyo, Borno
By Felix Umande, Makurdi
Members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers in Benue State staged a solidarity protest in Makurdi on Monday, joining colleagues across Nigeria to demand the immediate rescue of schoolchildren and teachers kidnapped in Oyo and Borno States.
Led by Benue NUT chairman Levi Akuma, the teachers marched through major streets of the state capital carrying placards with inscriptions condemning attacks on schools and chanting solidarity songs.
They called on federal and state governments to intensify security around schools and act swiftly to free the abducted victims.
Akuma said the protest became necessary to express frustration over the continued targeting of schools and education workers.
“What we are demanding is the immediate rescue of schoolchildren and teachers kidnapped in Oyo and Borno States over two weeks ago,” he told journalists during the rally.
The demonstration in Makurdi was part of a nationwide action by NUT and other labour unions, united in a collective call for the protection of schools and the safe return of all abducted teachers and students.
Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia addressed the protesters through the Secretary to the State Government, Dcns. Serumun Deborah Aber, Esq.
He assured teachers that his administration is collaborating with the Federal Government to secure schools in the state and nationwide.
“Governor Alia’s administration is doing everything possible to ensure that abandoned schools are rehabilitated and made safe for the Benue child to access quality education,” Aber said.
The protest highlights growing concern among education stakeholders over rising insecurity in schools, with teachers urging coordinated action to prevent future attacks and safeguard learning environments.
