“As I speak with you right now, we have been refining Jet-A 1, which is aviation fuel, and diesel with the expectation to roll out petrol next month,” Umar said.
Author: Abdoulaye Kay
The Group Chief Commercial Officer of Dangote Industries Limited, Rabiu A. Umar told newsmen in Kano on Friday that NNPC supplies only 33 percent of the crude to the refinery, disclosing that it had to look elsewhere to source the remaining 67 percent to meet its production capacity.
A human rights activist Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) has notified the IGP and DSS, requesting protection over planned public meetings, rallies, and processions by a non-governmental body, the Take It Back Movement, its members, some patriotic Nigerians and groups. In the letter dated Friday, July 26, 2024, the senior advocate writing as solicitor to the Take It Back Movement notified the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Director of the Department of State Services (DSS) that the planned rallies would commence from August 1 to 10, 2024, or any time thereafter. He said the rallies would be held at the Eagle Square in Abuja and other…
Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged organisers of the protest to shelve its agitation to have President Bola Tinubu scrap the 1999 Constitution, describing it as a tall order. Speaking in Abuja after a meeting held behind closed doors with the Forum of APC State Chairmen to discuss the modalities of the proposed protest, the National Secretary of the party, Senator Ajibola Basiru, said the renewed agitation to have the President dump the constitution he vowed to protect, would amount to a mission impossible. According to Senator Basiru, President Tinubu alone lacks the power to dump or alter the…
“So, you are going to have two levels of resistance – one from the occupant of the office himself but more also from the people around him who don’t have interest in seeing that happen. So, the redesign of Nigeria from the centre is going to be very difficult.”
“It involves exploring knowledge of the functional genomics of species and organisms, by incorporating specific DNA sequences coding for desirable traits into crops of interest. This involves using tools of gene transfer such as Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, electroporation, particle bombardment, and calcium phosphate-mediated gene transformation,” Akinbo explained.
“The Federal and Kebbi state fovernments have recorded tremendous achievements in one year, and this development should not be jeopardized,” he added.
The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has passed away at the age of 82. This was confirmed in a statement on Thursday by the son of the late Emmanuel, Jide. According to the statement, Iwuanyanwu died on Thursday, July 25, 2024, after a brief illness. “The Iwuanyanwu family of Umuohii Atta, in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, announces the demise of our patriarch, Engr Chief Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Iwuanyanwu—Ahaejiagamba Ndigbo,” the statement read. “Chief Iwuanyanwu died on Thursday, July 25, 2024, after a brief illness. He was aged 82. Chief Iwuanyanwu before his death was President General…
“So, we will not allow anybody to disrupt peace and set us back. For those who want to protest on August 1, or thereabout, FCT is not available for such protest,” Wike emphasised.
Kano state governor, Abba Yusuf, on Wednesday, warned against the indiscriminate cutting of trees without authorization in the state. Yusuf gave the warning during the launch of the 2024 Tree Planting Campaign held at Khalifa Isyaku Rabiu Estate in Kumbosto Local Government Area of Kano. The governor emphasized the importance of trees in human lives and said the initiative aimed to plant over three million trees. He urged the private sector, civil society groups, and individuals to support the government’s efforts in building a healthy and safer environment. The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, appealed to residents to plant…