NEWS

ActionAid backs calls for probe of NMDPRA Chief over corruption claims

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2025

ActionAid Nigeria has joined growing demands for an investigation into the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Mr. Farouk Ahmed, describing the matter as one of urgent national and economic concern. In a statement issued by its

COLUMNS

Many Mallam Farouk Among Us

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2025

By Adejare Ibrahim Who is Mallam Farouk? Aliko Dangote, in a press conference, alleged that a senior government official sent his four children to a secondary school in Switzerland at a whopping cost of 5 million dollars (an equivalence of 7.5 billion naira). A person of Dangote’s status will not just speak for speaking sake. […]

LEAD STORY 2

Dangote levels corruption allegations against NMDPRA Boss

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2025

…alleges $5m spent on children’s Swiss education Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), has accused the chief executive officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, of corruption, alleging that the regulator spent millions of dollars on his children’s education abroad. Dangote claimed

NEWS

House of Reps warns Dangote, NMDPRA, others against media attacks … begins investigation into importation of adulterated petroleum products, non-availability of crude

Daily Dispatch July 22, 2024

The House of Representatives has called on the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Africa’s richest businessman Aliko Dangote, and oil marketers to refrain from making public accusations against each other, through the media. This directive is contained in a press statement issued by the House of Representatives Joint Petroleum