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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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Insecurity: Gunmen Kidnapped Students, Teachers in Niger State School


Some students and teachers of the Government Science College Kagara in Niger State staff quarters have been kidnapped.

Multiple reports said gunmen started attacked the school around 2:00 am on Wednesday, beginning with sporadic gunshots.



One student is feared killed by the shooting.

“Bandits went into GSC Kagara last night and kidnapped hundreds of students and their teachers,” said an official told AFP.

“One of the kidnapped staff and some students managed to escape. The staff confirmed a student was shot dead during the kidnap operation,” the official added.

A former senator and former student of the school, Shehu Sani, also said the principal of the school confirmed the abduction.



Sani said the bandits abducted some students and staff of the school.

While the school has about 1,000 students, the number of students kidnapped is still not unknown. But a headcount was underway.

PRNigeria reported that security agencies were able to detect the coordinate and nature of the area, and have started tracing the bandits’ movement while NAF aircraft have been seen hovering in the air to track the location of the students.

The latest abduction came less than three months after gunmen abducted hundreds of students of Government Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State. The Katsina students were later freed after negotiations.

Niger, Katsina and many other states in North-west and North-central Nigeria have increasingly been targeted by “bandits” who kidnap for ransom, rape and pillage

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