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Aliko Dangote Refined petroleum products from the $20bn Dangote Petroleum Refinery are to be sold in naira and not in the United States dollar as speculated in some quarters, oil marketers clarified on Monday. Dealers in the downstream oil sector also stated that the registration process for marketers at the refinery was still ongoing, as many operators had continued to register with the plant. It was further gathered that officials of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority were meeting with the management of the refinery to perfect the pricing template for products produced by the facility. On January 12, 2023, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery announced the commencement of production of Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, and JetA1 or aviation fuel. The President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, had in a statement issued by the firm, said, “We have started the production of diesel and aviation fuel, and the products will be in the market within this mon...
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Shiites defy ban by Kaduna government, vow to continue activities


The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, has rejected ban by the Kaduna State Government on its activities, saying the move is a violation of the group’s rights of association and worship.

“We wish to draw the attention of those behind such an illegal order that the IMN is not an association or a society but a global concept that cannot be banned by fiat. We are, therefore, not distracted by this baseless move. Clearly, reason, logic, the law, constitution, conscience and propriety are all on the side of the Islamic Movement. Nothing can take away our rights as individuals or groups to worship and associate,” said spokesman, Ibrahim Musa, in a statement.

The group clashed with soldiers December 2015 in Zaria, leaving many of its members dead, and resulting in the arrest and continued detention of its leader, Sheikh El-Zakzaky.

Spokesman to the Kaduna State Governor, Samuel Aruwan, had said: “The Kaduna State Government has issued an order declaring the IMN an unlawful society. This action is taken in the exercise of the government’s duty to preserve peace and security in the state, and ensure that all persons and organisations are guided by lawful conduct, and with due allegiance to the Nigerian State and Constitution.”

Aruwan added that the group “has a paramilitary wing and that its members do not recognise or respect the laws of the country, and duly constituted authorities that have the responsibility to secure and administer the nation.”

Questioning the ban, however, the Shiites spokesman asked: “Why didn’t it also talk of prosecuting the Army Generals that were fingered by the Commission as perpetrators of the genocide in Zaria? We cannot be deceived by the hypocritical stance of Governor El-Rufai. The government is fretting, having failed to justify the continued detention of our leader, and having failed to show any rational basis for the whole attack, and are left with no option but resort to absurdity.”







Source;Guardian.ngr

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