Dangote Refinery: Deregulation Not Licence to Blend Off-spec Products Insists Nigeria caught between industrialisation or remaining dumping ground
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals
yesterday told Pinnacle Oil and Gas Limited that deregulation should not be used as a justification for the
importation of off-spec petroleum products or the undermining of Nigeria’s national interests.
The refinery made the statement in response to remarks by Chief Executive of Pinnacle Oil and Gas Limited, Robert
Dickerman, concerning the importation and blending of petroleum products, which Dangote refinery alleged
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Trump Leading Harris in Electoral College Count, Harris Sees Narrowing Possibilities
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
Former President Donald Trump widened his lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in states expected to support him in the 2024 presidential
race, while election officials in the seven battlegrounds continued to tally ballots as at press time Wednesday morning. As of 5.20 this morning, the ex-US leader had racked up 230 Electoral
College votes compared to Harris’ 153, according to several media projections. The Associated Press reported that total of 270 votes are needed to win. Projections had not yet been made for some key swing states of Arizona,
Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin at the time of going to press. Trump won North Carolina’s 16 votes and boosted his part to 270 mark as Harris chances narrow.
Trump picked up apparent wins in is not winner-take-all. Iowa, Missouri, Montana and Utah The AP had already projected as polls in the western United States Trump wins in Alabama, Arkansas, closed. The former president also Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, gained a portion of electoral votes Continued on page 5 in Nebraska, one of two states that
Go and Sin No More, Shettima Tells All 119 Protesters, Including 29 Minors Facing Trial Says they’re released on compassionate ground, declares over N300bn properties lost Kano gov: You committed treason, you owe your lives to Tinubu’s magnanimity IG vows to implement recommendations of investigative report on prosecution of underage
Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha, Linus Aleke, Kuni Tyessi in Abuja and Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano Vice President Kashim Shettima, yesterday, told all the 119 protesters, including 29 minors facing trial for treason as a result of the August #endbadgovernance protest to go and sin no more. The vice-president, who justified President Bola Tinubu's directive for their release, said his principal took the decision on compassionate ground, revealing that, Nigeria lost over N300 billion from the destruction and halting of economic activities caused by the protesters, to both the public and private properties. Also speaking, the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, who expressed gratitude to Tinubu for his compassionate decision, told the protesters that though they committed treason, they owed Continued on page 5
ARMY CHIEF, OLUYEDE DECORATED LT GENERAL...
L-R: Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar; acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla; and Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Undiandeye, during the decoration of Oluyede as the newly appointed acting COAS, at the Presidential Villa Abuja..... yesterday GODWIN OMOIGUI