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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...
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Iran frees more prisoners as coronavirus death surge to 988

Judiciary says overall figure of those briefly released is 85,000, has taken measures in jails to protect against virus.

People in Iran are being disinfected and their body temperature checked by officers as precautions against coronavirus [Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency]


Iran has temporarily freed thousands of additional prisoners, including political prisoners, in an attempt to reduce pressure on its prisons system as the country struggles to contain the spread of coronavirus.


The announcement on Tuesday came after the judiciary said last week that 70,000 prisoners had temporarily been released, mostly non-violent offenders serving short prison sentences.

"So far, some 85,000 prisoners have been released," judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said on Tuesday. "Also in the jails, we have taken precautionary measures to confront the outbreak."

Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera's Zein Basravi said many of the prisoners who were released most recently, "are likely to be protesters who were arrested during anti-government demonstrations in November", adding that all prisoners are expected to be taken back into custody on April 3.

The death toll in Iran from the new coronavirus has reached 988 out of total 16,169 infections, one of the worst national outbreaks outside China, where the new virus was first detected late last year.

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