Dangote Refinery Raises In-country Petrol Supply by 5.5m Litres Daily Amid 11.48m Deficit Nigeria records high PMS reserve vulnerability with only 17 days sufficiency
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The Dangote Refinery raised
in-country petrol supply by about 5.5 million litres per day in November, up from 18.03 million
litres in October to 23.52 million in November, despite a pledge of 35 million litres per day average,
Fuel consumption falls by 3.8 million litres per day m-o-m
fresh data from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority
(NMDPRA) showed yesterday. Besides, the NMDPRA November fact sheet indicated that
Nigeria recorded an average Continued on page 9
New Tax Laws: Zacch Adedeji Signs Digital Transformation Deal with French Tax Authority... Page 5 Thursday 11 December, 2025 Vol 30. No 11204. Price: N400
www.thisdaylive.com TR
UT H
& RE A S O
N
Turaki Meets 29 States Chairmen, Declares PDP Set Go and Win Osun,Tinubu Charges APC Aspirants Deji Elumoye and Chuks Okocha in Abuja
After a meeting with 29 Chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the states, the Na-
tional Chairman of the party, Taminu Kabiru Turaki, has said his agenda was to take the party down to the grassroots across the country. Turaki, who leads the mainstream faction of the
PDP, spoke at the meeting with forum of the states chairmen of the party, where they passed a vote of confidence on him and members of the National Working Committee (NWC),
however, boasted that the party was set to reclaim the Ekiti State governorship. Also, in a move that underscored the importance of the Osun State governorship to him, President Bola
Tinubu, yesterday, charged all the eight All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants ahead of the primary election scheduled for Saturday, December 13, to work together and win
the main elction. Speaking at his meeting, the PDP national chairman, noted that, “From the beginning, this is our desire, to Continued on page 9
President Talks Tough, Says Police Must Protect Vulnerable, Not VIPs
Directs NSA, others to enforce directive on withdrawal of police escorts from ministers, VVIPs
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
President Bola Tinubu yesterday in Abuja reiterated that the directive to redeploy police officers working with Very Important Persons (VIPs) and Very Very Important Persons (VVIPs) as well as ministers was non-negotiable. He therefore admonished all ministers to ensure immediate compliance, maintaining that cops must return to their constitutional duty of protecting Nigeria’s vulnerable, rather than the privileged. Speaking at the opening of the Federal Executive Continued on page 9
SIGNING OF MOU ON AREAS OF MUTUAL INTEREST IN TAX ADMINISTRATION...
L-R: Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Dr. Zacch Adedeji; and French Ambassador to Nigeria, Marc Fonbaustier, during the signing of a memorandum of understanding on areas of mutual interest in tax administration at the French Embassy in Abuja, yesterday