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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has challenged the Dangote refinery to provide a discount on its Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) following the refinery’s statement disputing the sale of petrol to NNPCL at N898 per litre.  Tribune Online reports that Olufemi Soneye, NNPC spokesman, disclosed that the nation’s oil company lifted petrol from Dangote Refinery at N898 per litre.  In a swift reaction, …

•N898 per litre based on crude imported in dollars — DANGOTE•NNPC lifts 16.8m litres out of 25m The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, and Dangote Refinery yesterday disagreed over the pricing of the petrol to be supplied by the refinery. The disagreement came against the backdrop of the first lifting of the product from the refinery by NNPCL yesterday. …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has announced the estimated prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, to be sourced from the Dangote Refinery in September 2024. The released pricing estimates forecast what Nigerians can expect to pay at NNPCL retail stations across different country regions. In a statement issued on Monday via X by the Chief Corporate …

*Targets over one million free kits The Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI), a scheme which seeks to expand the use of gas for fuelling vehicles in Nigeria, has signed separate deals with 75 conversion firms nationwide as part of government’s  policy of reducing addiction to petrol and diesel.With the agreements now covering eight states and expansion set for nine …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former President Donald Trump is safe following what the FBI says “appears to be an attempted assassination” while playing golf two months after another attempt on his life at a rally in Pennsylvania. Local authorities said the U.S. Secret Service agents protecting Trump fired at a man pointing an AK-style rifle with a scope as Trump was playing on one …

*Moves to stop petrol import by October  *Scotland’s only refinery to shut down as competition heightens• Lagos promises free flow of traffic along Lekki-Ajah corridor The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has deployed over 100 trucks, lighter vessels and personnel to the Dangote Refinery in Lagos for the lifting of petrol from the 650,000 barrels per day facility from …

In the next eight days, results of the much-awaited September 21, 2024, Edo State governorship election would have started coming in. Until last Wednesday during a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, INEC, 17 political parties were billed to participate in the exercise. But INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said the commission made some adjustments on the final list of candidates based on …

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew is home, capping off a five-day mission to orbit — which included the world’s first commercial spacewalk — by splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico. The Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts landed off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida, at 3:37 a.m. ET Sunday. The Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts returns to Earth on September …

•Our cry to fix major cracks fell on deaf ears – Survivor Last Tuesday, many residents of Maiduguri and Jere Local Government Area of Borno State were displaced, no thanks to an “unavoidable” disaster that wreaked havoc on residents. It was the third disaster in 32 years, the first two having occurred in 1992 and 2012 respectively. Following the flood …

MALINDI, Kenya — Shukran Karisa Mangi always showed up drunk at work, where he dug up the bodies of doomsday cult members buried in shallow graves. But the alcohol couldn’t numb his shock the morning he found the body of a close friend, whose neck had been twisted so severely that his head and torso faced opposite directions. This violent death upset …