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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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Lagos Assembly may pass law creating Amotekun today






There is every indication that the bill seeking to amend the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps Agency law to accommodate a unit to be called Amotekun Corps will be passed by the House of Assembly today.

The report of the public hearing was presented by the Chairman of the Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, Tunde Braimoh, at plenary yesterday.

During the debate, some amendments were made and the committee was directed to incorporate the amendments in its report and bring it back to the House today.

The House may adopt the report today and subsequently take the third reading, which is more of dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s, and pass the bill for the governor’s assent.

Some of the amendments to the report include: Amotekun Corps must not operate like the police; they are not to be hired and cannot follow politicians or be used for political purposes.

That if you have spent 20 years and above in Lagos and are able to speak the Yoruba language, you are eligible for recruitment into the Amotekun Corps; that Amotekun is not a regional outfit but can collaborate with other states.

That Amotekun should bear arms and they must be people who are mentally balanced.

That the name of the law is Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC) not Amotekun and that an Amotekun commander will be under the LNSC boss.

The lawmakers also clarified that the animal in the Amotekun logo is Leopard and not Cheetah.

As Southwest states move to perfect the legislative processes leading to the take-off of Operation Amotekun, Nigerians from other parts of the country are being urged to be open minded about the security outfit.

Speaking yesterday in Abuja, a security expert, Jackson Leka Ojo, urged non-Yoruba not to see the Amotekun Corps as exclusively for the protection of Southwest people.

He said when the Amotekun Corps comes on stream; it will protect the indigenes and non-indigenes.

Ojo also said that the concept of the Corps embraced the protection of people of diverse ethnic groups, who might find themselves travelling through any of the six Southwest states to their destinations.

The security expert said Amotekun will not discriminate when it comes to dealing with criminals of Southwest origin anywhere they may be found.

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