Dangote Refinery Faults PENGASSAN's Directive to Members to Halt Crude Loadings to the Plant Says union’s directive will trigger fuel queues, price hikes, revenue losses Resumes sale of petrol in naira
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has warned that the recent
directive issued by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) to cut crude oil
and gas supplies to the refinery could plunge Nigerians into fresh rounds of fuel scarcity while inflicting huge revenue losses
on the government. The senior oil workers’ union yesterday directed its members to immediately cease gas and crude
oil supplies to the refinery, in a reaction to the alleged sack of workers by the management last Thursday.
In a memo issued by the General Secretary of the union, Continued on page 5
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At UNGA 80, Shettima Warns against External Interference, Presence of Foreign Military in Africa Demands withdrawal of foreign troops from African soil
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
Vice President Kashim Shettima has warned that external interference in crises on the African continent,
including the presence of foreign military forces, mercenaries, and defence contractors in some member states of the African Union (AU), negates the spirit
of African common defence and security policy. The vice-president, who demanded the withdrawal of foreign troops from African soil,
also advised the AU to reinvigorate diplomacy as the primary and most effective means of conflict resolution on the African continent. Speaking while representing
President Bola Tinubu at a meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council at the level of Heads of State and Governments held on the margins of the 80th
Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States, Shettima Continued on page 5
PDP Govs Reclaim Control as Party Zones 21 Offices
North-west to produce national chairman, South-west gets national secretary See story on page 5 Zoning committee extends deadlines for submission of forms, screening of aspirants Fresh crisis looms as Damagum, Anyanwu write conflicting letters to INEC on state congresses
COMMISSIONING FUTURE GENERALS...
L-R: Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla; Chief of Army Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede; Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa; Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Major General Abdul Khalifa Ibrahim; and President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, during the combined passing-out parade and commissioning ceremony of Cadets of 72 Regular Course, Short Service Course 48, Direct Short Service Course 33, and Branch Commission 2 in Kaduna…yesterday
Tinubu to Military: Combat Terrorism, Protect National Reforms with Renewed Vigour… Page 8