Day: August 4, 2024

Dangote Lied, His Diesel Sulphur Level Up To 1200ppm — Report

Aliyu Aliyu

A report by POLITICS NIGERIA, backed by documents, has claimed that the Chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, lied over the sulphur level in the diesel produced by his Dangote Refineries and Petrochemicals Limited. Two days after the visit by federal lawmakers to the refinery, the sulphur level was 650 parts per million, the report read. Quoting documents obtained excessively by the online media, the POLITICS NIGERIA stressed that the ppm in the diesel rose to 1200 in some instances. Platforms Africa recalls that Dangote had in the…

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“Tragic,” Soyinka Breaks Silence on Tinubu’s Hunger Protest Speech

Gbenga Adeoti

“The HUNGER MARCH, A UNIVERSAL MANDATE;” Full statement the Nobel Laureate penned on president, police handling of Nigeria’s protest   Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has criticized President Bola Tinubu over his silence on the “tragic” manner security agencies managed the hunger protest in some parts of the country. He said the president’s silence on the manner the security agencies managed the protest amounted to encouraging them. Platforms Africa reports that Soyinka made the remarks on Sunday in a statement he personally signed and made available to journalists. THE DAY…

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At 58, God Has Given Me A Second Chance, By Yusuph Olaniyonu

ADEOLA YUSUF

At a point, the urologist told me that if we didn’t act fast, my enlarged prostate might begin to affect my kidney. The only solution, he said, was surgical intervention… I agreed and that turned out to be a major mistake. During the first surgery, the surgeons ruptured my bladder. In panic, they had to abandon the prostate operation that brought me in.”   Perhaps I should not be alive. But I am. Despite the odds, I turn 58 today. I am still frail and fragile. But now, I can…

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‘Oil Industry On Resurgence,’ Tinubu Flaunts Nigeria’s 1.61 mbpd Output Mark

Aliyu Aliyu

. Says surge buoyed by reforms he announced in May 2024 to address gaps in PIA   President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday declared a resurgence in the oil & gas industry, commending the increased crude production to 1.6 million barrels per day. Platforms Africa reports that the president, who said this in a national broadcast, maintained that the resurgence was buoyed by the reforms he announced in May 2024 to address the gaps in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Fire Breaks Out At NNPC Oil Well Nigeria’s crude oil…

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Conflict Reporting Can’t Be Sheer Content Creation, By Tunde Akanni, PhD

ADEOLA YUSUF

So fluid and hard to define, content creation can be as amusing as may be stupefying… It’s the worst form of mimicry for genuine journalism practice.”     Expectedly, this season of uncertainty unleashed on the nation by #EndBadGovernance campaigners is revealing acutely strange tendencies about the media. Whatever may be the stance of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, global broadcasting now runs ceaselessly on the telephone handset of individuals, courtesy of the internet. Facebook is hardly any less laden as the utmostly manipulable X’s Space. This is the same…

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‘From World Bank, AfDB,’ Nigeria’s Electricity Loans Under Tinubu Hit $1.25Bn

Ganiyu Amodu

Nigeria has secured at least $1.25 billion in loans from the World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB) to boost electricity supply under the administration of President Bola Tinubu. On December 14, 2023, the World Bank approved the $750 million Distributed Access through Renewable Energy Scale-up (DARES) project in Nigeria. More recently, on July 31, 2024, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved a loan of $500 million to the Federal Republic of Nigeria to help transform the country’s electricity infrastructure and improving access to cleaner energy sources. About…

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NUPRC Begins Probe As Fire Breaks Out At NNPC Oil Well

Abibat Babalola

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on Saturday said a fire incident has been reported on Akaso 4 Wellhead operated by Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Eighteen Operating Limited. The NUPRC Head of Public Affairs and Corporate Communications, Laide Shonola, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. According to the statement, the incident which has extended along the adjacent riverbank is reported to have occurred on 2 August at about 11:12 p.m. NNPC 18 Operating Limited has confirmed that a rapid response emergency team has been deployed to secure…

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Is House of Reps Gaming NNPCL in Contrived High-octane Script?, By Barrister Musa Eleojo

ADEOLA YUSUF

On the surface, the recent tiff between Aliko Dangote, Founding President/CEO, Dangote Group, and Engr. Farouk Ahmed, the CEO, Nigerian Midstream, Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, would appear to be the trigger that drew in the House of Representatives to open what it calls an investigation into factors working against the petroleum sector. Dangote had alleged that NMDPRA was licensing product importers who bring in substandard, dirty diesel into Nigeria. To put such foggy allegation in the public space, in effect attempting to smear the reputation of one of the…

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Stop Action, Let’s Dialogue, Tinubu Urges Protesters

ADEOLA YUSUF

+ Word-for-word: Full script of the president’s 38-paragraph broadcast President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to the #Endbadgovernance protesters nationwide to stop action and embrace dialogue with the federal government. The president made the appeal on Sunday in a nationwide broadcast on the protest. Lamenting the loss of lives and destruction of property that characterized the protest, the president said an end should be put to further destruction. His words: “I am especially pained by the loss of lives in Borno, Jigawa, Kano, Kaduna and other states, the destruction of…

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