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ABUJA — A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed as lacking in merit, an application the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, filed to query its jurisdiction to hear the suit that was brought against it by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE. The suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1324/2024 seeks to nullify the licenses …
ABEOKUTA — THE President of Dangote Industries, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, yesterday, alleged that his cement plant in Itori, Ewekoro local government area of Ogun State was demolished twice by the Governor Ibikunle Amosun administration, including the factory’s fencing during the second demolition. However, in a swift reaction to the allegation, the former Ogun State governor said …
We see the ongoing controversy over the refined products of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, and Dangote Refinery, DR, as a celebration of the full restoration of petroleum products refining capacity to the Nigerian domestic market after decades of dependence on importation. In August 2024, Dangote Refinery, the 650,000 barrels per day largest …
Erasmus Ikhide over the last 15 years has done hatchet jobs in the media. He picks his targets randomly. For example at a point he was appointed by Rauf Aregbesola who was then the governor of Osun State to work in his media unit and he sang the then governor’s praises to high heavens until …
President Bola Tinubu is currently receiving a briefing from the Implementation Committee on Crude Oil and Refined Products Sales in Local Currency at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun, who chairs the committee, is leading the small delegation comprising the Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, and the …