Maikanti Baru – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sat, 30 May 2020 23:09:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Maikanti Baru – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Maikanti Baru Was A Man Of Exemplary Character – Mallam Mele Kyari https://www.theinfostride.com/maikanti-baru-was-a-man-of-exemplary-character-mallam-mele-kyari/ Sat, 30 May 2020 23:09:02 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=256200 The current Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari is currently mourning the death of the immediate past Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru. Maikanti Baru simply revealed that the deceased was his brother, friend, and mentor and he was a man of exemplary character and [...]

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]]> NNPC Is Still The Biggest Gas Supplier To Nigeria’s Power Sector – Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/nnpc-is-still-the-biggest-gas-supplier-to-nigerias-power-sector-baru/ Fri, 28 Jun 2019 21:07:36 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=235251 The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has said it still remains the biggest provider of gas to Nigeria’s power sector. In a recent statement by Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, he said the reason for the achievement is the present leadership of the corporation. Maikanti further revealed that NNPC wants sustainable [...]

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]]> N30m Scam: EFCC arraigns 31 Year-Old Herbalist for Impersonating Baru, Adesina https://www.theinfostride.com/n30m-scam-efcc-arraigns-31-year-old-herbalist-for-impersonating-baru-adesina/ Fri, 14 Jun 2019 22:10:53 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=234591 The Ilorin Zonal Office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a 31-year-old herbalist, Jamiu Isiaka on a four-count charge in a Kwara State High Court, before Justice M. Abdulgafar for impersonating the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti Baru and the special adviser to the president on Media [...]

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]]> Nigeria’s Refineries Has Not Undergone TAM For 42 Years – Maikanti Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerias-refineries-has-not-undergone-tam-for-42-years-maikanti-baru/ Thu, 03 Jan 2019 06:03:20 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=224622 The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru has said that the country’s refineries had not undergone Turn Around Maintenance(TAM) for an aggregate of 42 years. He said that in spite of this hindrance, a lot of rehabilitation works were happening in all the three refineries. He noted that the [...]

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]]> NNPC’s Priority Is To Remain Globally Competitive – Maikanti Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/nnpcs-priority-is-to-remain-globally-competitive-maikanti-baru/ Sun, 08 Jul 2018 17:03:16 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=210459 Dr Maikanti Baru has said the corporation will remain globally competitive. Baru, who described his two years in the saddle as “exciting”, said since he was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari, he had enjoyed a great level of support from all staff in moving the corporation forward. ”Going forward, our priority will be to remain [...]

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]]> NNPC Will Remain Competitive – Maikanti Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/nnpc-will-remain-competitive-maikanti-baru/ Fri, 06 Jul 2018 14:23:12 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=210299 Dr Maikanti Baru has said the corporation will remain globally competitive. Baru, who described his two years in the saddle as “exciting”, said since he was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari, he had enjoyed a great level of support from all staff in moving the corporation forward. ”Going forward, our priority will be to remain [...]

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]]> All Domestic Cooking In Nigeria Should Be Carried Out With LPG – Maikanti Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/all-domestic-cooking-in-nigeria-should-be-carried-out-with-lpg-maikanti-baru/ Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:53:03 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=204590 Dr Maikanti Baru has restated the commitment of the corporation to grow Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) market in Nigeria. According to him, NNPC is ready to collaborate with the Nigerian Academy of Engineers to raise the standard of engineering and technology in the country. He said that through its corporate social responsibility programmes, NNPC sponsored [...]

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]]> NNPC Will Provide Science Laboratories In Six Universities In Nigeria – Maikanti Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/nnpc-will-provide-science-laboratories-in-six-universities-in-nigeria-maikanti-baru/ Sun, 08 Apr 2018 10:28:24 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=204517 Dr Maikanti Baru has restated the commitment of the corporation to grow Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) market in Nigeria. According to him, NNPC is ready to collaborate with the Nigerian Academy of Engineers to raise the standard of engineering and technology in the country. He said that through its corporate social responsibility programmes, NNPC sponsored [...]

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]]> We’ve Seen The Last Days Of Fuel Scarcity In Nigeria — Maikanti Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/weve-seen-the-last-days-of-fuel-scarcity-in-nigeria-maikanti-baru/ Fri, 12 Jan 2018 08:36:23 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=195928 Maikanti Baru has said the country has seen the last of fuel scarcity. “I want to assure Nigerians that the fuel shortage has been dealt with,” Baru started. “The fuel shortage was as a result of the activities of some bad eggs in the industry. They caused many Nigerians to celebrate last year Christmas in [...]

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]]> Some Bad Eggs In The Industry Caused Fuel Shortage — Maikanti Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/some-bad-eggs-in-the-industry-caused-fuel-shortage-maikanti-baru/ Thu, 11 Jan 2018 06:52:49 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=195833 Maikanti Baru has said the country has seen the last of fuel scarcity. “I want to assure Nigerians that the fuel shortage has been dealt with,” Baru started. “The fuel shortage was as a result of the activities of some bad eggs in the industry. They caused many Nigerians to celebrate last year Christmas in [...]

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]]> Ibe Kachikwu And Maikanti Baru Deceived The Citizens Of This Country – Femi Falana https://www.theinfostride.com/ibe-kachikwu-and-maikanti-baru-deceived-the-citizens-of-this-country-femi-falana/ Thu, 28 Dec 2017 05:44:01 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=194434 Femi Falana has accused the NNPC boss, Maikanti Baru and Minister of State for petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu of deceiving and misleading Nigerians over fuel scarcity. In his words: “In view of the shortage of petrol throughout the country it is indubitably clear that Messrs Kachukwu and Baru deliberately set out to deceive the Nigerian people [...]

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]]> The Normal Daily Petrol Supply To Nigeria Is 700 Trucks – Maikanti Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/the-normal-daily-petrol-supply-to-nigeria-is-700-trucks-maikanti-baru/ Fri, 22 Dec 2017 23:01:19 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=193754 The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has blamed the current petroleum scarcity in the country on marketers of the product. He stated that some marketers, in their quest to cash in on the situation, suddenly started hoarding products. “But we swiftly swung into action by doubling our supply nationwide. At the time the rumour started, [...]

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]]> Maikanti Baru Has Directed That More Petrol Trucks Be Moved Into The FCT – Ndu Ughamadu https://www.theinfostride.com/maikanti-baru-has-directed-that-more-petrol-trucks-be-moved-into-the-fct-ndu-ughamadu/ Fri, 22 Dec 2017 22:44:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=193694 The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Ndu Ughamadu recently said in Abuja says fuel queues will `normalise’ by Friday and disappear by weekend. He said that there was an increase in the number of incoming trucks of petrol into the FCT to curb the queues in the city. “Dr Baru just today directed that [...]

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]]> We Have Redoubled Our Petrol Supply To The Country – Maikanti Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/we-have-redoubled-our-petrol-supply-to-the-country-maikanti-baru/ Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:07:31 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=193576 Dr Maikanti Baru, the Group Managing Director(GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has promised Nigerians sufficient supply of petroleum products during and after the Christmas and New Year celebrations. He said that the corporation was set to import one billion litres of petroleum at the end of December before going back to the [...]

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]]> We Thank God PENGASSAN Ended Their Strike – Maikanti Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/we-thank-god-pengassan-ended-their-strike-maikanti-baru/ Wed, 20 Dec 2017 19:47:26 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=193431 Dr Maikanti Baru, the Group Managing Director(GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has promised Nigerians sufficient supply of petroleum products during and after the Christmas and New Year celebrations. He said that the corporation was set to import one billion litres of petroleum at the end of December before going back to the [...]

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]]> Relevant Regulatory Agencies Will Seal Erring Oil Marketers Up – Maikanti Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/relevant-regulatory-agencies-will-seal-erring-oil-marketers-up-maikanti-baru/ Fri, 01 Dec 2017 11:44:16 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=191007 Dr Maikanti Baru has appealed to Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), not to embark on their proposed strike action on Dec.11. He said there was no reason for marketers to sell above the pump price of N145 per litre. “If some marketers are selling above the approved PPPRA template at depots, we will [...]

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]]> Maikanti Baru Is Awarding Contracts Illegally – Femi Falana https://www.theinfostride.com/maikanti-baru-is-awarding-contracts-illegally-femi-falana/ Thu, 12 Oct 2017 19:49:14 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=185180 Femi Falana has accused the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru of illegalities in giving out contracts without the consent of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu. “It is pertinent to state, without any fear of contradiction, that by virtue of section three of the NNPC [...]

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]]> Everyone Should Let Ibe Kachikwu Be – AV https://www.theinfostride.com/everyone-should-let-ibe-kachikwu-be-av/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:08:09 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=185036 An advocacy group called Accountability Vanguard (AV), in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Comrade Ojelabi, has utterly blasted NNPC GMD, Maikanti Baru. The group says “it roundly condemns the attempt by the NNPC and some politicians to blackmail and denigrate the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, over the allegations he levelled [...]

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]]> Maikanti Baru And Ibe Kachikwu Discuss Opportunities In Petroleum Industry https://www.theinfostride.com/maikanti-baru-and-ibe-kachikwu-discuss-opportunities-in-petroleum-industry/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:04:53 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=185030 Dr Ibe Kachikwu and Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mr Maikanti Baru, met recently and TALKED ABOUT opportunities to further develop the nation’s oil and gas sector. They met in Abuja at the ongoing Nigerian Economic Summit at the Energy Policy Committee session. Baru, who led a session, came‎ up early at the venue of [...]

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]]> NNPC Has Instituted Governance, Risk And Compliance Division – Maikanti Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/nnpc-has-instituted-governance-risk-and-compliance-division-maikanti-baru/ Thu, 07 Sep 2017 17:56:16 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=181299 The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will strengthen 50 per cent of its workforce with proper knowledge in identifying and knowing fraud to combat corruption, Dr Maikanti Baru has said. Baru said this on Tuesday in Abuja days ago. ”We will use the opportunity offered by the CFE to train at least 50 per cent [...]

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]]> FG Is Set To Push Enough Gas To The Power Sector – Maikanti Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/fg-is-set-to-push-enough-gas-to-the-power-sector-maikanti-baru/ Fri, 25 Aug 2017 21:35:23 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=179726 The Federal Government has commissioned 1,000 kilometres of major gas pipelines, with an additional 1,400km planned for construction before the end of the year. Maikanti Baru, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), confirmed this in Lagos at the Society of Petroleum Engineers Conference. He said the pipeline project shows the government’s [...]

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]]> We Will Stabilise And Secure Niger-Delta – Maikanti Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/we-will-stabilise-and-secure-niger-delta-maikanti-baru/ Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:29:28 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=178322 The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said recently that the nation’s current crude oil production had gone up to 2.35 million barrels per day. The Group Managing Director (GMD), Dr. Maikanti Baru said this at the inauguration of the members of the corporation’s re-constituted anti corruption committee in Abuja. He said : “In the upstream, [...]

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]]> NNPC Set For Collaboration With Bayelsa State https://www.theinfostride.com/nnpc-set-for-collaboration-with-bayelsa-state/ Fri, 02 Jun 2017 11:09:20 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=167028 The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday said the corporation would collaborate with the Bayelsa government to build a power plant in the state. Dr Maikanti Baru said this while receiving the Gov Seriake Dickson, at the NNPC Towers in Abuja. According to Baru, the power plant will be [...]

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]]> My Husband’s Illness Not Worse – Aisha Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/my-husbands-illness-not-worse-aisha-buhari/ Wed, 03 May 2017 09:31:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=163771 President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, has denied several reports claiming her husband’s health has gone from bad to worse. The President’s rare public appearances lately has fuelled speculations that all is not well with his health. Buhari had returned from the United Kingdom on March 10 after an extended medical vacation, but he only appeared [...]

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]]> Militants Should Stop Attacking Pipelines – Maikanti Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/militants-should-stop-attacking-pipelines-maikanti-baru/ Fri, 03 Mar 2017 01:02:19 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=158098 The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, has appealed to militants in the Niger Delta to stop attacks on oil facilities. Baru made the appeal at the 26th edition of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Oloibiri Lecture Series and Energy Forum (OLEF) on Thursday in Abuja. According to [...]

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]]> FG Saves $500m On Oil Products https://www.theinfostride.com/fg-saves-500m-on-oil-products/ Thu, 02 Feb 2017 20:49:02 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=155536 The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, on Thursday said the corporation saved 500 million dollars (N152.4bn) on oil products sales. Baru disclosed at the opening of bid for the Direct Sale Direct Purchase (DSDP), at the NNPC Towers in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) [...]

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]]> We’ll Make Money From Gas – Maikanti Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/well-make-money-from-gas-maikanti-baru/ Fri, 30 Dec 2016 10:12:06 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=152749 The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, has reiterated that the Corporation will generate revenue for Nigeria from gas. In a statement in Abuja on Thursday by the ‎Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, Baru said monetisation of natural gas was a cardinal mandate [...]

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