The Management of Dangote refinery says it has resumed the sale of fuel in naira. In a memo sent to marketers on Saturday, 27th September, 2025, where it explained that that the previous decision was reversed due to the intervention of the naira-for-crude technical committee. “Following the intervention of the Naira for Crude Technical Committee Chairman, we are pleased to inform you of the resumption of PMS sales in Naira commencing immediately. “You may kindly proceed to place your orders in naira for both self-collection and free delivery of PMS…
Day: September 27, 2025
DANGOTE HALTS NAIRA-BASED PETROL SALES, CITING DOLLAR MISMATCH
The Management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery has suspended the sale of petrol in naira. In an email sent to its customers on Friday, 26th September, 2025 the refinery announced that the decision would take effect on September 28, attributing it to the depletion of its crude-for-naira allocation. The Group Commercial Operations of the Refinery signed the document titled; “Suspension of DPRP PMS Naira Sales – Effective 28th September 2025”. “We write to inform you that Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals has been selling petroleum products in excess of our Naira-Crude…
DANGOTE REFINERY FACES SHUTDOWN THREAT AS PENGASSAN CUTS GAS, CRUDE SUPPLY
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (Pengassan) has directed its members to cut gas supply to the Dangote refinery. Friday, September 26, the association said the refinery laid off some of its staff members, noting that the group was working to “resolve” the issue. Subsequently, the Dangote refinery confirmed sacking some workers, saying that “only a small number were affected” in what it described as a reorganisation exercise. Following the announcement, the association urged the management of the refinery “to recall all terminated Nigerian workers”. In…
World Tourism Day: Governor Bala Mohammed’s Vision Takes Centre Stage
By: Bashir Hassan Abubakar As the world celebrates World Tourism Day 2025 with the theme “Tourism and Sustainable Transformation,” Bauchi State is being hailed as a model for sustainable tourism practices. The state’s tourism sector has witnessed significant transformation under the leadership of Governor Bala Mohammed, who has implemented various initiatives to boost tourism development. According to Dr. Nasiru Muhammad Yusuf, Managing Director and State Conservator General of the Bauchi State Tourism Development Corporation (BSTDC), Governor Mohammed’s visionary leadership has repositioned Bauchi as Nigeria’s leading eco-tourism destination. “The governor’s unwavering…
DISMISSED NIGERIAN SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR MURDERING DRIVER
Justice Bassey Nkanang, ofhigh court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, has sentenced Stephen Iweh, a dismissed soldier, to death by hanging for the murder of a Port Harcourt-based clearing and forwarding manager. Iweh, was a corporal with the Nigerian Army’s 6 Battalion, Ibagwa in Abak, was convicted of killing 42-year-old Christopher Enobong Jimmy after the victim offered him a lift on May 23, 2021. The court heard that Jimmy met Iweh at the Trailer Park in Onne, Rivers state, and agreed to give him a lift in his Toyota Matrix to…
