Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu (born 18 December 1956) is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and former Group Managing Director of the

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited is a state-owned oil company in Nigeria. Still a fully-owned government company, it was transformed from a corporation into a limited liability company in July 2022. NNPC Limited is the on ...

. He was replaced by Timipre Sylva who took over the ministerial portfolio in August 2019.

Education

Kachikwu is a graduate of law from the

University of Nigeria, Nsukka A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...

and Nigerian Law School. He obtained a masters and doctorate degree in law from

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, with distinctions.

Career

Media enterprise

In 1989, Kachikwu went into romance journalism, a genre that explores romantic tales and relationship issues across the country. This was done through the unveil of ''Hints'' magazine, a weekly publication by his media enterprise, "True Tales Publications Limited". Kachikwu readily connected to a wide audience via his weekly column, ‘Fatherhood with Ibe,’ where he shared with his readers his experiences as a father. In 2013, Kachikwu's True Tales Publications Limited launched ‘Hello Nigeria,’ a lifestyle magazine. The maiden edition of the magazine featured icons in music, film, fashion, culture and style, drawn from Nigeria and Ghana.

NNPC

He was appointed as chief executive of the

in August 2015 under the presidency of

Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. A retired Nigerian army major general, he was the military head of state of Nigeria from 31 December 1983 to 27 Augu ...

. On 11 November 2015, Kachikwu was named the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources by the president. He was named as the chairman of the board of the

, as provided for under Section 1(2) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Act of 1997, as amended on 4 July 2016. He was removed as the GMD of the NNPC by President

and replaced with Dr. Maikanti K. Baru on 4 July 2016.

OPEC

He is the immediate past president of the

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conference with a tenure that expired in January 2016. He has chaired the 168th Meeting of the OPEC Conference held in Vienna, Austria, on 4 December 2015, as its President. He was replaced by

Mohammed Saleh Al Sada Mohammed Saleh Abdullah Al Sada was the minister of energy and industry of Qatar and the chairman of Qatar Petroleum. Education Sada graduated from Qatar University with a Bachelor of Science degree in marine science and geology. He also hold ...

, the Minister of Energy and Industry of

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kachikwu, Emmanuel Ibe 1956 births Buhari administration personnel Petroleum ministers of Nigeria University of Nigeria alumni Harvard Law School alumni Living people People from Delta State