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Bayo Bashir Ojulari, the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), is a seasoned Nigerian engineer with expertise in petroleum, process, and production engineering.   Before his new appointment, He was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Renaissance Africa Energy Company. His Renaissance recently led a consortium of indigenous energy firms in the landmark acquisition of the entire equity holding in the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), worth $2.4 billion.   He began his career as the first Nigerian process engineer at Elf Aquitaine before joining Shell Petroleum Development Company in 1991. A native of Kwara State, Ojulari served as the Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) from 2015 to 2021. An alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, (Mechanical Engineering 1985 – 1989) . A fellow of the Nigerian Society of E...

The board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has been sacked. President Bola Tinubu approved a sweeping reconstitution of the NNPC Limited board on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. This involved the removal of the chairman, Chief Pius Akinyelure, the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari, and all other board members appointed with them in November 2023. The new 11-man board includes:  * Ahmadu Musa Kida as the non-executive chairman.  * Engineer Bashir Bayo Ojulari as the Group CEO.  * Adedapo Segun as the Chief Financial Officer.  * Bello Rabiu (North West) as a non-executive director.  * Yusuf Usman (North East) as a non-executive director.  * Babs Omotowa (North Central) as a non-executive director.  * Austin Avuru (South-South) as a non-executive director.  * David Ige (South West) as a non-executive director.  * Henry Obih (South East) as a non-executive director. ...