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Kachikwu- ‘How Dangote’s Refinery Will Make Government Refineries Useless’

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Kachikwu was speaking at a stakeholders’ consultative forum on the draft National Gas Policy and National Oil Policy in Abuja on Thursday. He further stressed that Nigeria had no other option than to ensure that its refineries work in the shortest possible time.

The Minister of State for Petroleum resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has disclosed that the four refineries belonging to the Federal Government may end up as scrap once the Dangote Group begins processing crude oil at its refinery in Lagos by 2019.

He said if the country fails to take urgent steps to revamp the refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna, the facilities may be worthless in three years’ time after the Dangote refinery must have come on stream.

 

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Breaking: Plane crash kills ten people

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Breaking: Plane crash kills Eight people

Breaking: Plane crash kills Ten people

 

 

 

 

A small private jet crashed into a motorbike and a car while attempting to land at an airport in the outskirts of Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, leaving at least 10 people dead, officials said on Thursday.

 


Breaking: Plane crash kills Eight people

 

A Beechcraft Model 390 (Premier 1) aircraft, a light private business jet, was carrying six passengers and two crew when it crashed near Elmina township at 2.08 p.m. (0608 GMT), just before it was due to land, Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan told reporters.

 

 

The aircraft lost contact with the air traffic control tower and crashed into a motorbike and a car on the highway, he said. “There was no emergency call, the aircraft had been given clearance to land,” Hussein Omar said. A search and rescue mission is underway. The country’s civil aviation authority (CAAM) said the flight had departed from the holiday island of Langkawi and was en route to Selangor’s Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport near the capital city Kuala Lumpur.

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Seven Passengers Burnt To Death Near Third Mainland Bridge In Car Accident

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Seven Passengers Burnt To Death Near Third Mainland Bridge In Car Accident

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Seven passengers have been confirmed killed after a commercial bus caught fire in Lagos on Sunday

At least five others were said to have sustained injuries in the tragic incident that occurred at Iyana Oworo, close to the Third Mainland Bridge.

 

 

 

The deceased comprises four females, two male adults and one male child.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said there were 14 passengers in the ill-fated bus with registration number KJA 699 GY.

 

 

 

 

Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, said the driver had some burns.

He added that three female adults involved in the incident were rushed to Gbagada General Hospital and that a male adult was attended to by the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) at the scene.

 

 

 

“LASTMA officials at the scene have made arrangements to remove the burnt vehicle from the road,” Oke-Osanyintolu said.

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Nigerian Deputy Governor Loses Seven-Year-Old Son In Car Accident

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Nigerian Deputy Governor Loses Seven-Year-Old Son In Car Accident

Nigerian Deputy Governor Loses Seven-Year-Old Son In Car Accident

 

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Nigerian Deputy Governor Loses Seven-Year-Old Son In Car Accident

 

The deputy governor of Yobe State, Hon. Idi Barde Gubana, lost a son in an auto crash which occurred yesterday

A statement signed by his press secretary, Hussaini Mai Suleh, in Damaturu said the seven-year-old boy who was a namesake to Governor Mai Mala Buni died in a crash along Maiduguri-Kano road.

He said the boy had been buried according to Islamic rites at the palace of the Mai of Fune in Damagum town in Fune local government area.
Reacting, the deputy governor said; “I will forever remember him as somebody close to me.’’

Top government officials and other personalities were at the residence of the deputy governor to sympathise with the family over the death.

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