Dangote Refinery Debunks Allegation of Reselling Crude Oil, Says $19bn Facility Functioning Optimally Northern elders condemn plot to undermine refinery NNPC blames fuel scarcity on hitches in vessels’ discharge operations Host communities seek end to importation of fuels Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna
Dangote Refinery has debunked a report that the $19 billion refinery had been reselling Nigerian and United
States’ crude oil at the facility due to the malfunctioning of its Crude Distillation Unit (CDU), clarifying
that its CDU is fully operational and functioning optimally. The Northern Elders Forum (NEF)
has also warned against any attempt to frustrate the operations of the refinery, describing such attempt as an ill-wind
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External, Internal Factors, Poverty, Inequality, Illiteracy Fuelling Insecurity, CDS Declares John Shiklam in Kaduna The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, yesterday declared that the security
challenges in the northern part of the country were being influenced by both external and internal factors such as the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, political
instability, and socio-economic factors like poverty and inequality. Musa, who spoke as a guest speaker at the Institute of Development Research and Training,
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Kaduna State, insisted that porous borders encouraged crossborder movements of criminals into the north.
Speaking on banditry, kidnapping and other related crimes ravaging the north, the CDS said illiteracy, ethno-religious factors and other related issues such as hunger and
lack of social infrastructure were also key causes. He said: “Nigeria is of great Continued on page 5
Hardship Protests: Shettima Pleads, Kwankwaso Banks on Democracy Makinde, Aiyedatiwa caution protest organisers against violence Take charge, prevent anarchy, Egbetokun orders squad commanders Immigration intensifies surveillance at borders Nigerian students pull out of protests, make demands
Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha, Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja, Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano, Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi and Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan Vice President Kashim Shettima yesterday pleaded with Nigerians, especially the youths to shun the proposed nationwide protests scheduled to begin on August 1, 2024, saying it is time for unity and focused development in the country. This is just as the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general election, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has also urged the organisers to shelve the planned protests and change any bad government through a democratic process. While Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has urged the organisers to shun violence, Governor Lucky Continued on page 5
FOR A BETTER EKITI… L-R: Former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Niyi Adebayo; Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji; and immediate past Governor of the state, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, during the Ekiti State All Progressives Congress Caucus meeting held at Adebayo’s residence in Iyin-Ekiti…yesterday