Index to Nigerian Newspapers

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Senator Margrey Chuba-Okadigbo as Board Chairman of NNPC, replacing Senator Ifeanyi Ararume. Other board members include Mele Kolo Kyari, Umar Ajiya, Dr. Tajudeen Umar, Mrs. Lami Ahmed, Mallam Mohammed Lawal, Henry Obih, Constance Harry Marshal, and Chief Pius Akinyelure. The PDP has described the appointment of Dr. Doyin Salami as a "scapegoat" for the APC government's failures. The main opposition party, the APC, has appointed Executive Commissioners of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority. These include Francis Alabo Ogaree, Mustapha Lamorde, Mansur Kuliya, Bashir Sadiq, and Dr. Zainab Gobir. New council members for the Midstream and Downstream Infrastructure Fund include Effiong Abia, Bobboi Ahmed, and Abdullahi Bukar.