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- 4 May 2010
Code of Conduct Bureau Lauds Bureau of Public Enterprises
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has commended the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) for ensuring that its staff declare their assets in line with the requirement of the CCB. At an…
- 23 Jan 2022
ALSCON Crisis: Appeal Court Affirms Order to Jail DG of BPE
The Appeal Court in Abuja on Friday in a unanimous ruling gave the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), and Alex Okoh, its director-general, 30 days to comply with and enforce the July 6, 2012 order…
- 1 Apr 2013
Atiku, el-Rufai Trade Words over Killing of Nitel
Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, former director general, Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE) under whose watch the controversial contractual agreement with Pentascope, a Dutch firm to manage Nitel , Nigeria’s…
- 25 Aug 2008
BPE Sends Nine Bills to NASS
Mrs. Irene Chigbue, director - general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has said that the Bureau has presented nine draft bills to the National Assembly which when passed, would create a…
- 8 Dec 2021
UBA Takes over AEDC over Failure of KANN Consortium to Service Debt
Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) have approved the takeover of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) by the United Bank for Africa…
- 23 Nov 2009
BPE to Seal Nitel Deal in January-Anyanwu
Dr. Christopher Anyanwu, director general Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has said that the bureau will soon conclude transactions on the beleaguered, Nitel, the beleaguered national carrier…
- 19 Mar 2012
Why Nitel Cannot Be Sold for $105m - BPE
Nitel, Nigeria’s crippled public telecom provider which has been in the open market but without buyer for over a decade is still not looking good even as the Bureau of Public Enterprises, (BPE), the…
- 16 Nov 2020
FBNQuest Acts as Financial Adviser, Consortium Lead on Privatisation of Afam Power Plc
FBNQuest Merchant Bank, the investment banking and asset management subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc, was appointed by the Bureau of Public Enterprises, on behalf of the National Council on…
- 25 Jan 2010
BPE Fixes Feb. 5 as Deadline for Submission of Proposal on Nitel
Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) has extended the deadline for the submission of technical and financial proposals for the privatization of Nigerian Telecommunications Plc (NITEL) and its mobile…
- 14 Apr 2009
BPE Solicits DFID’s Support
Dr Christopher Anyanwu, director-general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has solicited the continued support of the British Department For International Development (DFID) in the reform…
- 6 Apr 2009
BPE Solicits DFID’s Support
Dr Christopher Anyanwu, director-general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has solicited the continued support of the British Department For International Development (DFID) in the reform…
- 9 Jan 2015
NATCOM Makes Part Payment of N12.7Bn for NITEL/MTEL
Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) said that the preferred bidder at the recently held liquidation of NITEL/MTEL had paid $75.7 million (N12.7 billion) as part payment of its $252.5 million bid…
- 31 May 2024
FG Secures $500m World Bank Loan to Bolster Electricity Distribution
Federal Government has secured a $500 million loan from the World Bank to address the problems faced by the 76 Distribution Companies (DisCos), the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has announced.…
- 8 Dec 2009
Nitel Privatisation: Guiding against Previous Mistakes
The inability of Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE) to conclude the sale of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) within the 60 days as directed by Vice president Goodluck Jonathan, who is also…
- 1 Jun 2009
Anyanwu, BPE DG, Restates Govt Commitment to Privatization
Dr. Christopher Anyanwu, director general, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has said that the desire to seek opportunities to improve upon best practices in the privatization programme of the…
- 17 Nov 2009
BPE to Ensure Effective Power Reform
Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has pledged its determination at ensuring an effective electric power reform for Nigeria. Christopher Anyanwu, director general of the bureau who stated this at the…
- 30 Aug 2017
BPE DG On Post Privatization Visit Says 'SAHCOL Is a Good Story'
Alex Okoh, director general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has visited the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL), as part of the bureau post privatization monitoring…
- 8 Nov 2013
Regular Power Supply Soon – BPE
Benjamin E. Dikki, director Ggeneral, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has stated that electricity generation will improve in the next few months as the new owners of the privatized successor…
- 24 May 2010
BPE to Continue to Monitor Privatised Firms
Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has said it BPE routinely monitors the performances of privatized enterprises to ensure they abide by the covenants as codified in the Share Sales and Purchase…
- 24 Feb 2014
BPE Assures on Steady Power Soon
Benjamin Dikki, director general, Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) has asked anxious Nigerians desirous of steady public power supply to be patient as new core investors in the sector streamline…
- 1 Jul 2014
FG Rakes In N669Bn From Privatization In 15 Years
Benjamin Dikki, director-general, Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), at the weekend disclosed that the Federal Government earned N669 billion from privatisation of its enterprises, including…
- 26 Sept 2012
Postal Sector Policy Awaits FEC Approval- BPE
A policy targeting expansion and modernisation of the Nigerian postal system is ready and now awaiting the approval of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), according to the Bureau of Public…
- 26 May 2014
BPE Allays Fears of Banking Collapse over N1Trn Investment in PHCN
Benjamin Dikki, director general, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has faulted claims by some financial analysts that commercial bank’s involvement in the ongoing national public sector power…
- 14 Apr 2014
BPE Oils NTA, FRCN, Others for Commercialization
Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), charged with the overall responsibility of implementing the council's policies on privatization and commercialization, has confirmed it has begun a process of…
- 9 Jan 2024
President Tinubu sacks FCCPC and BPE bosses
President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) Alexander Ayoola Oko. In a statement released, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the…
- 16 Jun 2024
President Tinubu Appoints Ayodeji Ariyo Gbeleyi as New DG Procurement Bureau
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Ayodeji Ariyo Gbeleyi as the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on…
- 23 Dec 2014
World Bank Pledges $1.75Bn for Nigerian Power Sector
The World Bank has pledged $1.75bn to support the Nigeria Power Sector Reform over the next four years, the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has said. A statement issued by Mr. Chigbo Anichebe,…
- 23 Dec 2014
BPE Puts NITEL’s Liabilities at N300Bn
Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has put the debt liabilities of the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited and its mobile subsidiary, the Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited, at over…
- 14 Sept 2009
BPE Restate Commitment to Transparent Privatization of Nitel
Dr. Christopher Anyanwu, director- general, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has assured that the re-privatization of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) will follow due process and…
- 26 Mar 2014
FG to Raise N746Bn from Sale of NITEL, Others
Federal government is eyeing a whopping N746.6billion privatisation proceeds this year, according to the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). Benjamin Dikki, director-general, BPE, said that his…