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Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has completed the acquisition of Twister B.V., a gas processing company headquartered in the Netherlands.
Twister B.V. used to be owned by Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1, before its recent acquisition by DIL along with its partner - First E&P.

A statement yesterday from DIL said the acquired company would help design and build the gas plants which would be critical in processing gas from oil fields for transportation via Dangote’s planned sub-sea pipeline (EWOGGS) for ultimate consumption by various industries and power plants.

Aliko Dangote, President & CEO of Dangote Industries Limited said, “This was an important acquisition for us. Twister’s cutting edge gas processing technology is fundamental to delivering our strategy to unlock about 3bcfd of gas in order to meet Nigeria’s gas needs.”

Twister’s CEO, John Young said, “We are delighted in the confidence DIL and First E&P have shown in Twister to be their core provider of gas separation solutions. After a very thorough due diligence our technology has been recognised as a key enabler to reduce gas project costs which is crucial in this current environment. We are excited to be part of the Dangote family of companies.”

It would be recalled that the refinery and fertilizer projects of Dangote Industries Limited are reported to have the capacity of creating a minimum of 235,000 new jobs - both direct and indirect jobs - as it becomes operational in the first quarter of 2019.

Aliko Dangote, who revealed this recently, also stated that the projects would cost a minimum of $17 billion.
Dangote said the $12 billion refinery would have a capacity of 650,000 barrels a day.

He assured that there would be market for the refined products because even in Africa, only three countries had effective functioning refinery with others importing from abroad.

He said: “Our refinery will be ready in the first quarter of 2019. Mechanical completion will be end of 2018 but we will start producing in 2019.”
When the projects fully take off in 2019, Dangote said it would help the country save $5 billion spent on the importation of oil into the country.

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Politics / Re: Aisha’s BBC Interview – She Got It All Wrong, My Respect For PMB Just Soars by Farmerforlife: 5:24pm
PassingShot:
We’ve all been inundated by the interview granted bbc by the president’s wife which revealed personal and political happenings within the household of the buharis. In response to the interview, we’ve also heard the president remark that his wife belongs in his kitchen and other rooms in his house. Without mincing words, I make bold to say that the president’s wife has lost much of the respect she used to command by her act and has made a bad situation far worse. On the other hand, the revelation has made my love for the president to increase.

Prior to the election of March 2015, GMB, as he was known then, made unambiguous statement on several occasions that “there won’t be an Office of the First Lady” if he became president. Majority of Nigerians applauded the statement on the strength of what past First Ladies had caused the country. We know of First Ladies who practically ordered appointed ministers around. We saw a First Lady embarrass a sitting governor. We saw many First Ladies having their own multitude of staff. The past First Ladies used to have budget drawn out for their office even though the Constitution of Nigeria has no recognition for such. These are only a few of many anomalies that were done in the name of Office of the First Lady. So, when PMB made the statement then, he clearly wanted to depart from that culture of impunity and Nigerians loved him for it.

In the said interview, aisha clearly expressed frustrations at not having undue influence on the man appointed by Nigerians to do a job. She obviously is not having enough say on how ministers, DGs and other top government officials are appointed and this has disappointment her a great deal. Just like the Lagos Assembly shamelessly revealed their frustration about PMB not consulting with Tinubu on appointments, aisha thought it right to express similar frustration but in the worst possible manner.

Let's Examine Key Statements of Her interview:
1. "The president does not know 45 out of 50, for example, of the people he appointed and I don't know them either, despite being his wife of 27 years."

This clearly shows aisha’s disposition to have undue influence on appointments. If not, why does the president need to know those who work for him or the country? What is important is those people’s qualifications and ability to do the job. Why should the appointees be known to aisha on the strength of being the president’s wife of 27 years? This statement by the president’s wife reveals a lot about why/how the past First Ladies and their husbands appointed incompetent political jobbers to positions.

2. "Some people are sitting down in their homes folding their arms only for them to be called to come and head an agency or a ministerial position."

If anything, this is a positive on the part of the president. This simply means “no one needs to lobby for an appointment under Buhari once they’re qualified to do the job”. Won’t any reasonable being love the man?

3. "He is yet to tell me but I have decided as his wife, that if things continue like this up to 2019, I will not go out and campaign again and ask any woman to vote like I did before. I will never do it again."

This is about the most ridiculous of all her statements! It smells arrogance and pompousness. Who makes who? Who is known in the political arena? It is because of Muhammadu Buhari that we got to know aisha Buhari. It is Muhammadu Buhari that’s the politician and not aisha Buhari. Buhari won the last election not because his aisha was on the campaign train even though she might have swayed a few voters. In fact, report had it that PMB was reluctant to allow aisha join the campaign train but for Tinubu’s intervention. So, it is overestimation of her contribution to her husband’s success at the polls to make this statement because she has no political structure or clout to wield such influence.

As I said earlier, PMB by this development has earned further respect from me and many like me. He has proved over and over that he cannot be dictated to whether you are a Tinubu, Obasanjo or even the person who many would have thought could be used to get him – aisha his wife and mother of four of his children. PMB has once again proved to be a man of principle and high moral standards! This is the kind of leader Nigeria needs to get out of the mess bestowed on us by undue interference from those close to past presidents.

PMB’s “aisha Belongs to My Kitchen” Comment
As unnecessary as the response from the president might seem, one has to put himself in a position of a man, the president of the most populous black nation on earth, whose wife has become rebellious and a political foe (frenemy sort of) ready to crash the castle built over many years. I must even commend him for finding the strength to beam with laughter when answering question on his wife’s interview.
The president’s comment at that time couldn’t have been better worded to a wife who behaved with arrogance and insubordination. To make it clear to the bigots and hypocrites, a wife’s primary place is in the kitchen and her husband’s home. Any and every other duty is secondary to that.

Yes, our wives are educated, work and participate in governance and aisha Buhari’s case is no different as she’s known to have been educated by the same man she’s trying hard to destroy now. We all know aisha had a beauty salon/spa and a few other businesses before PMB became president. PMB has appointed a few women into high position in his administration. We also know that his daughters are educated. Clearly, all these are a proof that the president is not someone who does not believe in women’s ability to be equal to that of men in every aspect of life.
However, if a woman thinks 'she has a right to have undue and unwanted influence in a man’s job/life, there is nothing wrong in putting such women where they primarily belong - the kitchen and other rooms.

What aisha did is capable of ruining her marriage and she will be the ultimate loser at the end of it. If that happens, all those urging her on will not be there to console her or offer any help. I could have asked her to ask PMB’s first wife (Safinatu of blessed memory) if she regretted accepting money from IBB who was holding her husband in a cell. Surely, she must have regretted her action one way or the other.

Spending a large portion of one’s income on food and drink — which are needed for basic survival — is an indicator of poverty. Such a spending pattern means that little money is left over to be spent on other things that are important for quality life, including clothing, shelter and transportation

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has said that the average Nigerian spends 73 per cent of their income on food and beverage products, noting that increased investment in the sub-sector would reduce the cost of living.

Emefile said this at the 37th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Association of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Employers (AFBTE), held at the weekend in Lagos.

The governor, who was represented by Mr. Ade Adedeji, said that the expanding middle class has a disposable income that has caused increased demand of packaged goods, adding; “Government ban on importation of pasta, noodles and other consumer food items has enhanced local demand for the products. As a response, investment in the sub-sector has risen by 53.6 per cent to $49.9b in the second half of 2013, with potential for further growth of five per cent in the next five years. The growth potential is expected to create 2.5 million skilled jobs.”

President of the AFBTE and Group Managing Director (GMD) of Flour Mills of Nigeria, Paul Gbededo said the apex bank’s forex policy has adversely affected members of the association.

He added that though manufacturers are searching for local alternatives, many of the substitutes are still unavailable, hence the need for the CBN to prioritise the restriction of forex so that essential industries are not adversely affected.

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EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Eiye Confraternity Boys Stab Sickly Dubai Policeman to Death…Retaliates for Murder of a Nigerian Cult Member in Deira *UAE Govt Places Visa Ban on Citizens of Nigeria, Morocco, Cameroon, Iran and Bangladesh *Mass Arrest, Deportation, Stop and Frisk in Full Swing

BY CLEM DANIEL/CORRESPONDENT/DUBAI

IT HAS been discovered that United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government’s hostile decision few days ago against people of Black nationalities and other nations which resulted in placing a ban on UAE Visa Issuance to citizens of Nigeria, Morocco, Cameroon, Iran and Bangladesh was caused by a group of six Nigerian cult group, whose identities were found to be rusticated undergraduates from Nnamdi Azikiwe University in South-East Nigeria.

In a shocking undercover investigation, our correspondent found out that these six Nigerian cult boys of ‘Eiye Confraternity’ violently took on self help and stabbed a sickly Dubai Policeman in a heated argument for allegedly killing a Nigerian illegal immigrant earlier arrested by the deceased corp.

Further investigation confirmed that the late Nigerian Ndubuisi Chigioke was in Deira, a suburb of Dubai when he realised his earlier issued 2 weeks Visa to UAE had expired. He had gone to a night club, had a misunderstanding with the club’s bouncers which led to an invite of Dubai police to look into the matter.

Ndubuisi was asked by the late policeman of his nationality and status of residence in UAE, to which he confessed that he was trying to renew his permit, immediately after then, he was beaten, gripped down and subdued with assistance from the bouncers who were natives of UAE.

Our correspondent Investigation revealed that Ndubuisi was thoroughly beaten, wounded with blood flowing out of his mouth and nose, yet no one would come to his aid. For hours he was punched, slapped and treated like a criminal because he vehemently refused the late policeman order to be handcuffed and forcefully taken to the station. This continued in full glare of those present until Ndubuisi slumped. His agonized body was thrown into the back of same policeman truck.

By the time few eyewitness recount the ordeal to the Nigerian cult boys, eye witness said they were angry, made fractic phone calls to few of their friends from Morocco, Cameroon, Iran and Bangladesh who joined them where the late policeman was sipping a bottle of drink in Deira.

These six Eiye Confraternity boys in company of friends mentioned above unleashed terror on the sickly Dubai Policeman, collected his walkie-takie, seized his cellphones and beat him into coma. At that juncture, other passers-by who are UAE natives had used their cellphones to inform and call Dubai Police Headquarters.

When the Nigerian cult boys realized the sickly Dubai policeman had become unconscious, they all fled into various hideouts to avoid police arrest. On arrival of horde of armed policemen, they sprayed tear gas into the air, began to make indiscriminatory arrest of any black person on the streets, roads and several working places.

As a result of the attack on this stabbed policeman that was rushed to a nearby hospital in the Deira but died in the process, the Dubai Police have commenced stop and frisked on streets, roads and various working places where many black communities are located to verify if they have legal status to remain in UAE or be deported afterwards.

The incident which took place in Deira, the hub of business in Dubai, resulted in the massive arrest of blacks irrespective of their nationalities. The officer was said to have died immediately from the injuries he sustained from the incident.