DANGOTE REFINERY TO SUPPLY 60 MILLION LITRES OF PETROL WEEKLY TO IPMAN TO BOOST CRUDE IMPORTS. (PHOTO).

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 Dangote Refinery To Supply 60 Million Litres Of Petrol Weekly To IPMAN To Boost Crude Imports The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reached an agreement to supply 60 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on a weekly basis, which translates to 240 million litres per month. This comes as the $20bn Lekki-based refinery seeks to raise billions of dollars to import crude oil and increase production to reach its full capacity of 650,000 barrels per day. IPMAN National Publicity Secretary, Chinedu Ukadike, confirmed that the association is finalizing discussions with Dangote and expects to start lifting PMS from the refinery before the end of November. The agreement has already led to a drop in petrol prices by N10 to N15 due to increased competition in the downstream sector following deregulation. In the past 42 days, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and other marketers have imported over two bil

AFRICA RECORDS 134 NEW POLIO CASES-WHO. (PHOTO).


 Africa records 134 new polio cases: WHO


Africa has recorded 134 new polio cases in at least seven countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday.


WHO regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, in a message to mark World Polio Day 2024 said the circulating variant polio type 2 has been found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Niger and Nigeria.


In 2024 alone, 134 polio type 2 cases were detected as of September 5, Moeti disclosed, Anadolu reported.


She said significant improvement in polio eradication has been recorded in the Southern African region with no case of poliovirus reported in South Africa since 2022, hoping for an end to the virus in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia.


Unity among countries


Moeti commended the unity among the countries in the Lake Chad Basin and Sahel to tackle "a new and pressing challenge."


She urged countries to step up the campaign to end polio on the continent.


World Polio Day is celebrated annually on October 24, calling f or more action in the fight against polio.

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