ASHENEWS reports that the Niger State Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Abdullahi Suleiman has called for understanding from the agitators of the planned nationwide “EndBadGovernanceProtest.” He asked them to put the planned protest to rest. Suleiman emphasized the potential for the protest to turn violent and urged the youth to consider alternative means of expressing their grievances. In his appeal which was contained in a press statement made available to ASHENEWS, Suleiman stressed the importance of unity and safeguarding Nigeria’s stability. He warned that the protest, while a constitutional right, could be easily hijacked by those…
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“The test conducted in their presence confirmed the quality of our diesel and attested to the fact that our diesel is one of the best in the world with a low sulfur level,” Umar said. “The test revealed that Dangote’s diesel had a sulfur content of 87.6 ppm (parts per million), whereas the other two samples showed sulfur levels exceeding 1800 ppm and 2000 ppm respectively.”
“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.
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…