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Thank God for Dangote, NNPCL CEO urges Nigerians
Bayo Ojulari, the Group Chief Executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, has asked Nigerians to thank God for the Dangote refinery, saying it provided a “breathing space” when state-owned refineries were shut down.
Ojulari spoke during the Nigerian International Energy Summit (NIES) 2026.
He said because NNPC was the supplier of last resort, there was significant pressure to ensure continuity of the state-owned refineries.
However, he said the Dangote refinery provided relief as it was functional during the period when NNPC decided to shut down its refineries
“Thank God for Dangote refinery. Whether you love Dangote or you hate him, say whatever you want to say. And thank God he’s a Nigerian; he’s not someone from another continent or another planet,” Ojulari said.
The NNPC executive said the Dangote refinery provided relief, and “that gave us an opportunity because we have a refinery that is working”.
“Yes, it may not meet our full needs, but it gives us breathing space. And luckily, we are shareholders in that refinery as well,” Ojulari said.
“So we said, what’s the hurry? We have a refinery that is working. It’s not owned by NNPC, but it’s built in Nigeria, working in Nigeria.”
He said the NNPC decided to collaborate with the refinery while continuing its role as the supplier of last resort.
“Dangote is not the supplier of last resort by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). So our responsibility is whatever we do, we have to ensure that that is held in competition as well,” the NNPC boss said.
“So once we secured that part, we were a little bit more relaxed to ensure that we found out what was going on around the [Port Harcourt] refinery.”
After a two-month review, Ojulari said “we saw that it’s just one way”, which he described as a way of “value destruction for the next 30 years”.
Consequently, he said the NNPC decided to completely stop the revamp of the state-owned refineries and undertake a comprehensive review.
In July 2025, the GCEO said NNPC was considering the sale of the refineries, as revamping them was becoming a ‘bit more’ complicated.
He later announced the NNPC’s plans to partner with private refinery operators to repair the state assets, noting that “agreements will be finalised by mid-2026”.
On September 3, 2024, Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, officially announced the commencement of petrol production at his refinery — with diesel and aviation fuel production starting eight months earlier.
The Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) was shut down in May 2025 for maintenance, after reopening for ten months.
The closure of the Warri and Kaduna refineries quickly followed to allow for repair work.
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Breaking: Court of Appeal rules in favour of Turaki -led PDP candidate for Osun governorship election
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, ruled that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in Osun State was validly nominated by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee.
The court also ordered INEC to list the PDP logo on the ballot ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
The Court held that access code is neither a creation of the Constitution nor the Electoral Act; rather, a creation of INEC’s guidelines and cannot, in any way, override the provisions of the Constitution.
Section 288 of the Constitution does not specify the method for nominating candidates; it only states that the names of candidates should be forwarded to the Commission.
The court further held that the defendant (INEC) should take steps to include the name of the appellant on the ballot paper.
Additionally, the court ruled that the primary election conducted by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP was a valid primary election in law.
The three-man panel of justices—Justice Mahmud, Justice Jaro, and Justice Ankawere, was unanimous in its judgment.
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Breaking: NHRC sets up situation room to monitor and document hate speech, intimidation, threat to life ahead 2027
The national Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has set up a situation room to monitor and document all incidences of hate speech, intimidation and threat to life by politicians and other actors ahead of the 2027 general election.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, revealed this on Thursday in Abuja at a press conference.
He said the situation room would enable the Commission harvest data, analysis and document persons, agencies and others involved in the negative statements in order to ensure they are properly tracked and brought to book by relevant agencies.
Ojukwu also took journalists on a tour of the newly set up situation room.
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Breaking: NHRC expresses concern over rising incidences of hate speech, threat to life ahead 2027 elections
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
At a press conference in Abuja Thursday, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, recalled statements credited to Senator Francis Fadahunsi and Sheikh Yahya Jingir and described the das dangerous with capacity to set the nation ablaze.
He called on politicians, religious and traditional rulers, among other stakeholders to call their supporters and faithful to orders.
He urged government to act before rhetorics turn to violence, saying the forthcoming election in Osun State should serve as example of Nigeria’s capacity to conduct political contest in compliance with international best practices.
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