Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Friday, launched the first phase of the extra-heavy crude refinery in the southern island of Qeshm, the Iranian Student News Agency, ISNA, has reported. The complex, which was Iran’s first extra-heavy crude refinery, would promote the export of by-products of crude refinements, such as bitumen, said the report. According to official news agency IRNA, Gholamhossein Ramezanpour, an energy official, said on Thursday that by operating this refinery, 35,000 barrels per day of high-quality bitumen will be produced. Euro 2005 standards and environmental issues had been taken into account in the refinery’s output, which would help…
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The African Union, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and AfCFTA have inaugurated the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), thereby making it available for use by the public. PAPSS is a cross-border, financial market infrastructure enabling payment transactions across Africa. The commercial launch of PAPSS, which took place in Accra, Ghana, virtually and physically, would ensures instant or near-instant transfers of funds between originators in one African country and beneficiaries in another. Speaking at the event, Mr Mike Ogbalu, CEO of PAPSS, said that the feat was a step forward in the continent’s collective journey towards self-reliance. “A journey that is…
By Veronica Dariya In recent times, most residents of Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, agree that for many years, one of the major challenges faced by motorists and residents of Bwari town has been bad roads within the major axis of the town. On many occasions, they have solicited the attention of the authorities, including the council administration on the need to have good access road to the satellite town that is one of the closest to Abuja metropolis. The residents observe that although efforts have been made by past administrations to rehabilitate some of the…
Every nation faces threats. These threats can be social, such as aggression from a neighbouring country, infiltration from a terrorist group or global economic trends that compromise the nation’s welfare and security. In other cases, threats can be natural, such as desertification or viral pandemics. Some national security threats come from foreign governments with hostile intentions. These threats may include direct acts of war and aggression, but they can also be subtler and harder to detect. Examples include espionage and election interference. Countries also face threats from groups who don’t formally represent a foreign government but may be sponsored or…
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide has called on its kith and kin to stop threatening other tribes and regions if it “wants to be anything in the Nigerian project.” This is contained in a statement by the Director General Strategic Planning and Implementations, Tony Obizoba made available to newsmen on Friday. Ohanaeze announced that it would no longer tolerate those people who “issue statements or make comments and attribute them to Ohanaeze Ndigbo without the Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide endorsing them,” adding that “those issuing them in the name of Ohanaeze Ndigbo are not legitimate body to speak…
Why is nearly every prominent political leader in Zamfara state labelled as a sponsor of bandits? I was shocked to see a video clip in which Yusuf Idris Gusau, Publicity Secretary of Zamfara State APC, Matawalle faction, alleged that retired General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau “shared interest” with bandits in the state. An Army General, former Chief of Army Staff, three-time National Security Adviser and one-time Defence Minister, being in cahoots with bandits? The evidence, such as Yusuf Idris offered, was that “eleven Chinese nationals arrested by the police at one of the state’s mining sites were released on bail on…
The Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Agency (KSAPD), says it has inoculated 1,364,612 animals against zoonoses in the 2021 Livestock Vaccination Campaign in the state. KSAPD Project Coordinator, Mr Ibrahim Muhammad, stated this at the inauguration of one-day workshop and presentation of empowerment packages to beneficiaries of Cattle Fattening Empowerment Scheme in Kano on Thursday. Muhammad said the exercise was conducted with support of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) in collaboration with the Nigerian Institute of Animal Science and Promex Multi-Services Nigeria Ltd. He said that the exercise gulped over N80 million during the period under review. “The importance of livestock…
The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi, Yusuf Abdullahi, says no fewer than eight persons lost their lives in a second road crash recorded on Thursday in the state. Abdullahi confirmed the incident in Bauchi on Friday. The accident occurred barely 11 hours after seven persons lost their lives and two others injured in a ghastly auto crash on Bauchi-Jos Road. Abdullahi said that four other passengers sustained various degrees of injuries in the accident which occurred in Kafin Liman village along Bauchi-Kano Road around 11:30 pm. He said the accident involved an articulated vehicle with registration…
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting for his political survival after attending lockdown party. His Conservatives on Thursday, descended into open internal warfare after he belatedly apologised for attending a party during the coronavirus lockdown. The apparent breach of coronavirus restrictions has enraged the public, who were forced to abide by rules that prevented them from visiting sick and dying loved ones, or attending funerals. Most cabinet members rallied around Johnson after his mea culpa, but the backing given by some such as Rishi Sunak, his powerful finance minister and potential successor, was distinctly lukewarm. The Prime Minister himself…
The Nigeria Police Force have said that the online registration in the ongoing 2021 recruitment exercise into its service as Police Constables, has been extended to Saturday, January 22, 2022. A statement by the spokesperson, Frank Mba on Wednesday said the NPF recruitment portal therefore would be closed at midnight of the new date. “The extension of the online application is informed by the need to ensure equal opportunity and even spread of applications, particularly from States in the South-East, South-South geopolitical zones and Lagos state, to enable them meet up with the required quota for their respective areas.” According…