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UN exploring scalable solutions Africa’s food, energy security challenges
NNPC supporting refineries meet Africa’s fuel demand Sopuruchi Onwuka The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, has declared intention of the global body to prioritize scalable solutions for mitigating Africa’s food crisis. Ms Mohammed who led a delegation…
Dangote flaunts fuel supply capacity, but price creates real gaps
Disproves government’s supply figures Sopuruchi Onwuka Private refinery behemoth, Dangote Industries Limited, has declared that it has optimized its plant processing operations, increasing fuel production capacity beyond perceived national peak daily demand. The company also stated that it now has…
Dangote Refinery declares cooperation with NMDPRA, raises output to 120m litres daily
Sopuruchi Onwuka Dangote Petroleum Refinery has declared its willingness to cooperate fully with the new management of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) following the removal of its former chief executive, Engr Farouk Ahmed. The company also…
Dangote takes fight with Farouk offstage, petitions EFCC
Sopuruchi Onwuka The dispute between Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, and the former Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engr. Farouk Ahmed, has escalated beyond a regulatory clash into a full-blown personal confrontation….
Dangote’s N1trn Fund to educate 1.3m Nigerian Students
Sopuruchi Onwuka Chairman of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Thursday launched a N1 trillion education fund expected to support about 1.3 million Nigerian students over the next decade, making it the largest private education intervention in the country’s…
Dangote deploys SAIPEM, others in fertilizer plant expansion
Dangote Group is announcing a set of new technical partnerships that support the next phase of its fertilizer expansion in Nigeria and the development of new plants in Ethiopia. These agreements move the Group closer to its long term goal…
Dangote signs on Honeywell Refinery expansion
Dangote Group has taken another major step in its long-term industrial growth plan, announcing a strategic partnership with Honeywell International Inc that will support the next phase of expansion at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. The collaboration brings in advanced technology…
Nigeria’s gas flare worsens despite commercialization plans
Oil output averaged 1.7 mbd between 2015 and 2024 Private refineries export 79,000 b/d since 2020 Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria flared about 229 billion cubic feet of natural gas in 2024, a jump of roughly 12 percent from the previous year,…
Will dom refining boost or burst our struggling economy?
Sopuruchi Onwuka Propositions and actual projects that portend over 3.0 million barrels per day of local refining capacity may raise serious challenges to the nation’s fiscal and economic stability, given that the emerging refining boom may impose acute foreign exchange…
Dangote reaffirms commitment to Zambia’s economic growth
President Hakainde Hichilema on Thursday received Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive of the Dangote Group, in a courtesy visit that underscored the company’s ongoing commitment to Zambia’s economic development. Dangote Cement Zambia Limited remains the single largest investment in…
