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Afolabi Odeyemi At last, the Dangote Refinery on Friday, January 12, started production. The largest single-train refinery in the world located in Nigeria’s commercial hub began operations in the early hours of Friday. This followed the delivery of six million barrels of crude supply to the refinery this week. It had earlier also received other batches. The development has boost ...
January, 2024
May, 2023
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17 May
Motorists beware, as Buhari opens Dangote refinery May 22
Ahead of the proposed commissioning of the Dangote Refinery by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, twenty-second of May, 2023, the Lagos State Government has urged residents to plan their movement in and out of the Lekki-Epe corridor between eight a.m and two p.m. A statement released by the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation and signed by the Commissioner, Frederic Oladeinde ...
June, 2016
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30 June
Dangote Refinery, Fertilizer Projects To Create 235,000 New Jobs
The Refinery and Fertilizer projects of Dangote Industries Limited is expected to create a minimum of both direct and indirect job of 235,000 new jobs, as it becomes operational in the first quarter of 2019. President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote who revealed this also stated that the projects will cost a minimum of $17bn. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo however assured ...
March, 2016
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30 March
‘Dangote Refinery ,The Only Solution To End Fuel Scarcity’
The Dangote Group, which is currently building what it calls the world’s largest refinery, has given an assurance that when the plant comes on stream, it will put an end to the recurring fuel crises in the country. The Executive Director, Stakeholder Management and Corporate Communications, Dangote Group, Mr. Mansur Ahmed, said by the time the refinery was ready, Nigeria ...
January, 2016
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14 January
NNPC Raises Hope; Another Refinery For Construction In Bayelsa
A Nigerian firm, Epic Refinery Group, has signed a consulting agreement with a foreign firm, Chiron Refineries, for the construction of a 100,000 barrel refinery in Bayelsa State in south-eastern Nigeria. The Managing Director of Epic Refinery, Barango Wenke Jnr., said that the agreement followed the granting of licence to the company by the Nigerian Government. He said that his ...
December, 2015
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22 December
Kaduna Refinery Resumes Production
The Kaduna refinery has resumed production following its closure three months ago, the Managing Director, Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited, Mr. Seidu Muhammed, has said. Three of the nation’s four refineries in Warri, Kaduna and Port Harcourt had resumed production of refined petroleum products in July after undergoing rehabilitation, but they were shut down in August, September and October, ...
May, 2015
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6 May
Nigerians Criticize Dangote Over Plot To Buy Arsenal Football Club
Dangote should put his money into building refinery or floating a new club to make Nigeria and Africa proud. These are critical views of Nigerians as Dangote, Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said he is still working towards buying Arsenal Football Club, despite the fact that his bid to acquire a stake in the club was rebuffed by the owners ...
