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Marketers Will Pay Naira for Dangote Fuel -IPMAN

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...

Coronavirus: NAFDAC approves production of Chloroquine for Clinical trial

The director general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, has approved the production of chloroquine for clinical trial in the search for a cure for COVID-19.

Making the announcement on Friday at the NAFDAC headquarters in Lagos, She clearly emphasized that NAFDAC is not approving Chloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 but only for clinical trials, to possibly find treatment for the virus.



She therefore called on experts and researchers , who are interested in doing a clinical trial on Chloroquine, to approach approved outlets.

For now, only one company has been contracted to make a batch of Chloroquine for the purpose of the clinical trial



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