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PriceActionZ:
As if it will reflect on the retail prices. All of them are so greedy. But trust dangote to outsmart them. He may slash his own price any moment sighting international price fluctuations and spoiling some shows for them.

IamWonderful:
Baby factory people always say Yoruba are coward and backstabbers, fajuyi insisted they can't take away his visitor with him, despite igbos were the cause of the retaliation and retribution that was melted on them and which righteous fajuyi became part of it

The guy got what he deserved by being nepotistic, killing Northerners and Westerners excluding his Eastern Brothers. He was the one that form Unitary Govt abolishing Regional Govt and Devolved Powers that his people are clamoring for today in the name of restructuring all because of greed and the grand plan to make his tribe to dominate other tribes in Nigeria.

His people started nepotism in Nigeria

DeepSight:
May thunder also fire anyone who agrees with the award of a N15 Trillion Contract to a Lebanese paddy of the president without appropriation, BPP Processes or any public tender.

zero8zero:
https://tribuneonlineng.com/2024-top-10-african-countries-with-the-highest-debt-to-imf/amp/

Seunmsg1:
See, you need to look at things holistically. Prior to the coup, an ethnic group in Nigeria was recognized by other ethnic groups in the same enclave as having a supremacists and expansionist ideology which was regularly touted by a certain leader of that ethnic group, identified as Zik. Infact, Zik said in a newspaper publication that the Ibos were primed to rule the rest of Africa. Imagine making such a careless statement in a country, albeit, a continent with a myriad of cultures and ethnicity? This mentality was objectified by the activities of this same ethnic group in that, despite trailing behind the Western region in all things, they had the highest number of personnel in the federal civil service, most senior army officers, highest number of VCs in Nigerian Universities, and the list goes on. They dominated everywhere. This was not because the Ibo had the most talented peoples. It was simply because of nepotism and graft fueled by the Zikist agenda. He was so greedy that he attempted to become the Premier of the Western region. He was booted out by Yorubas. Zik then went back to the Eastern region to unseat the Premier who was an Ibibio man and installed himself as Premier. Zik later became president and he used all his resources to fight Awolowo after even betraying the latter. He used his position as president to make the aforementioned nepotism and graft an endemic which propelled his ethnic group to the forefront. The other nationalities saw this but kept quiet, not until a coup was executed by predominantly Ibo officers. The coup was unnecessarily bloody. Top ranking Yoruba and Northern officers were killed. Somehow, Ironsi and other Ibo officers were spared. The Premiers in the North and West were killed. But somehow, Michael Okpara, the Eastern Premier went on vacation moments before they struck. The Prime Minister, Balewa, was killed, but somehow, Azikiwe, the president went on vacation a day before the coup. So who is fooling who? Then Ironsi took over and instead of meting out justice on the coup plotters, he kept them in a lounge in Dodan Barracks, pretending to imprison them. Instead of executing Zik and Okpara, to make the equation balanced, he went about imposing a decree that concentrated all powers to himself. As if that wasn't enough, Ibo residents and traders in the North, in their characteristic arrogance, disrespect and disdain for their hosts anywhere they go, even up till date, started mocking the Northerners, making jest of their killed leaders (the Sadauna and the Prime Minister) and drawing their caricatures with a goat head. They mocked them to their faces and bragged about their now established dominance in Nigeria. That was what culminated to the bloody retaliation from the North which Ibos can never forget till today.


He who breaks the wasp nest must not complain about being stung.

AmazingGenius:
Barely two months after the September completion deadline flop, the Nigerian National Petroleum Commission has explained why it could not deliver the much-awaited Port Harcourt Refinery Company.

In an interview with our correspondent on Monday, the NNPC Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, said the company encountered risks and challenges while carrying out the rehabilitation, being a brownfield project.

He noted that the NNPC began the commissioning of critical equipment and processing units after the mechanical completion in Nigeria.

“You may recall that mechanical completion of the PHRC revamp was successfully achieved several months ago, marking a significant milestone in the project. Following this, we began the commissioning of critical equipment and process units.

“However, as is common with brownfield projects of this scale and complexity, we encountered unforeseen risks and challenges,” he stated.

Nonetheless, he told The PUNCH that the issues were resolved and commissioning activities have resumed.

Soneye stressed that work is being carried out to ensure the project’s completion.

“These issues have since been effectively resolved, and commissioning activities have resumed.

“Work is being carried out around the clock to ensure the successful completion of this critical project,” he told our correspondent.

Asked if there is any timeline for the completion of the project, he replied, “Shortly.”

It was observed that the NNPC desisted from giving new deadlines for the delivery of the refinery, having failed to meet its deadlines seven times.

The moribund Port Harcourt refinery is one of three owned by the Federal Government and managed by the NNPC.

Nigerians have been hopeful that the cost of fuel could crash if the country refines its crude and ends the import of refined products.

The NNPC said last week that it would continue to import fuel, saying it was not the sole off-taker of petrol at the Dangote refinery.

The refinery, situated in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region, has been in operation since 1965, but later became moribund for several years.

In March 2021, the Nigerian government acquired a $1.5bn loan for the renovation and modernisation of the refinery, but the contractor handling the project has yet to announce its completion.

The PUNCH observed that promises made to Nigerians by the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the NNPC about the refinery have continued to hit brick walls.

After the failure of the sixth deadline in early August, the then Chief Financial Officer of the NNPC, Umar Ajiya, said the refinery would commence operations in September 2024.

However, September ended without a word from the NNPC about the refinery, and Nigerians have been left in the dark since almost two months ago.

Recall that the contractor overseeing the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery, Maire Tecnimont SPA, refused to disclose the completion date for the project, despite a formal request from a human rights lawyer, Femi Falana.

Apparently baffled by the delay in the completion of the project, Falana had filed an official request under the Freedom of Information Act, seeking clarity on the date set aside for the project completion.

In response, Maire Tecnimont’s legal representative, Muyiwa Ogungbenro, a partner at Olajide Oyewole LLP, sent a letter to Falana in early October, declining to reveal the information.

Ogungbenro stated that the Managing Director of Maire Tecnimont SPA, as part of an independent private contractor, is not obligated to disclose such information under the FOI Act.

“We are counsel to Maire Tecnimont SpA, and we have our client’s instruction to respond to your letters dated 17 and 24 September 2024 requesting information on the contract between our client and Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd.

“Our client is a private company. Being a private independent contractor, our client is not a company in which any government has a controlling interest, and does not provide public services, functions or utilising public funds for them to be bound by the obligations in the Freedom of Information Act.

“On this ground, our client regrettably cannot provide the information you have requested,” Ogungbenro declared.

Since then, information about the refinery has been kept from the public, whose hope for cheaper petrol lies in the facility.

From December 2023, NNPC had been giving Nigerians different dates, assuring them that the refinery would begin the sale of refined products soon, having attained mechanical completion.

In July, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, stated categorically that the refinery would come into operation in early August. He had said in 2019 that the NNPC would deliver all the country’s four refineries before the end of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration last year.

When he appeared before the Senate in July, Kyari boasted, “I can confirm to you, Mr Chairman, that by the end of the year, this country will be a net exporter of petroleum products.

“Specific to NNPC refineries, we have spoken to a number of your committees, and it is impossible to have the Kaduna refinery come into operation before December, it will get to December, both Warri and Kaduna; but that of Port Harcourt will commence production early August this year.”

However, the promise was not fulfilled in August which was the sixth postponement.

Though the NNPC said it was on course, the refinery has yet to commence operations even as the fourth quarter of the year nears the end.

The PUNCH recalls that the 210,000 barrels per day refinery was said to have reached what the NNPC called mechanical completion of rehabilitation work in December. It stated that the facility would start refining 60,000 barrels of crude oil daily after last year’s Christmas break.

Later in January, Kyari said the refinery was being tested and would be ready by the end of the first month.

During the second month of the year, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited completed the supply of 475,000 barrels of crude oil to the facility, raising the expectations of marketers that production would soon start.

This came a few weeks after the NNPC said in January that it was seeking to engage reputable and credible operations and maintenance companies to run the refinery.

In mid-March, Kyari said the Port Harcourt refinery would commence operations in two weeks, April.

“We are serving this country with honour and dignity. And we will make sure that the promises we make on the rehabilitation of these refineries will take place,” Kyari stated after he appeared before the Senate Ad-hoc Committee investigating the various turnaround maintenance projects of the country’s refineries.

As the April deadline elapsed, independent petroleum marketers told The PUNCH that the facility would begin production by the end of July.

Commenting on this then, NNPC’s spokesman, Soneye, said that regulatory approvals from international bodies were the only impediment stalling the operational commencement of the refinery.

Source: https://punchng.com/nnpcl-admits-challenges-delaying-pharcourt-refinery-take-off/

malali:
Come to my house ....kill my father.

After we will have a cup of tea and dance together.

Richtaiwo:
To think this is the same character talking about going to school. So FAAC is about money from state to federal government? Abeg meet someone to help you explain the meaning of FAAC, so you stop polluting this site with jaundiced understanding.

Omooba77:
https://saharareporters.com/2024/09/15/tinubu-gives-each-minister-1200-bags-rice-distribute-palliatives-amid-food-scarcity

Paraman:
https://punchng.com/full-list-ikedc-unveils-lagos-areas-enjoying-20-24-hours-power-supply/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social

FreeStuffsNG:
https://nairametrics.com/2024/02/26/fec-approves-construction-of-lagos-calabar-coastal-highway-to-hitech/

Balemall:
The road is be handled by 3 foreign construction companies
First section will be handled by caneburg a reputable Germany company
Another section (This section which stretches from Uzuakoli to Abiriba ) was handed over to Ferotex Construction company, the 3rd section will be handled by Chinese civil engineering company CCEC with the Governor insisting that this project shouldn't exceed 12months.

Balemall:
The road is be handled by 3 foreign construction companies
First section will be handled by caneburg a reputable Germany company
Another section (This section which stretches from Uzuakoli to Abiriba ) was handed over to Ferotex Construction company, the 3rd section will be handled by Chinese civil engineering company CCEC with the Governor insisting that this project shouldn't exceed 12months.
Craneburg sound German right. It is actually a tacit one by the founders who are Lebanese Hustlers is in the mirky water of Nigeria Politicians. However they still deliver quality ( Nigerian quality) But not world class