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Dangote to end crude imports by year-end
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 9, 2025
cuts petrol price to N820 The Dangote Petroleum Refinery plans to stop importing crude oil by December 2025 and rely solely on Nigerian crude, according to a report by Bloomberg. Vice President of Dangote Industries, Devakumar Edwin, who oversees...
Dangote Refinery Sourced 53% Local Crude in June, Aims for 100% by December
Arise News
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July 9, 2025
Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) expects Africa’s biggest refinery to rely totally on Nigerian crude by the end of the year, a move that would replace hundreds of thousands of barrels a day of imported oil, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The plant...
Baltasar Engonga faces over 18 years imprisonment as corruption trial begins
TUKO
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July 3, 2025
Baltasar Engonga became famous beyond the borders of Equatorial Guinea in 2024 after his private videos leaked The former director-general of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF) has been accused of serious crimes The...
Dangote Refinery To End Crude Oil Imports By December
Leadership
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July 9, 2025
The Dangote Oil Refinery will stop importing crude oil and rely entirely on Nigerian supply by December 2025, a report by Bloomberg has disclosed. The 650,000-barrel-per-day facility in Lagos, aims to fully transition to domestic crude supply to...
Eminent persons gather for National Dialogue - Ockham Observer weekly news diary
Politicsweb
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Tuesday, 08 July 2025 08/07/25 iSERVICE Eminent persons gather for National Dialogue - Ockham Observer weekly news diary Ockham Communications | 7 July 2025 | 06 July 2025 President Ramaphosa’s Eminent Persons Group meets to set agenda for...
Dangote Refinery To End Crude Importation By Year-end – Report
Leadership
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July 9, 2025
The Dangote Refinery may end crude oil import as it considers sourcing the entire crude required for the 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery capacity in-country. According to a Bloomberg report, the refinery will rely entirely on Nigerian crude oil by...
Public private partnerships can help close Africa’s infrastructure deficit
Mail & Guardian
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July 5, 2025
There is a consensus that Africa can increase economic growth by making significant investments in connecting infrastructure. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP) There is a consensus that Africa can increase economic growth by making significant...
Emulating Norway’s Triumph: How Ghana Can Transform the Eban...
Modern Ghana
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On July 3, 2025, Ghana marked a historic milestone with the Declaration of Commerciality for the Eban-Akoma oil and gas discoveries in the Cape Three Points Block 4 (CTP-B4). This breakthrough, confirmed by the Ministry of Energy and Green...
Ex-Equitorial Guinea anti- corruption chief with 800 s3x tapes faces 18-year jail term
Nigerian Eye
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July 3, 2025
The embattled former Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, is set to face 18 years imprisonment after he appeared in the Malabo court for his corruption trial. Engonga had been...
Southern cooperation, myth and redemption
Pressenza
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July 8, 2025
Between October 12, 1492, and the end of the second millennium, Western expansionism had a major influence on the global community. European empires, which originated in countries poor in raw materials, developed a system for finding natural...
Ex-E'Guinea anti-corruption chief with over 400 sextapes faces 18-year jail term
Punch
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July 3, 2025
The embattled former Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, is set to face 18 years imprisonment after he appeared in the Malabo court for his corruption trial. Engonga had been...
Dangote refinery to rely 100% on Nigerian crude by year end –Report
The Sun Nigeria
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July 9, 2025
From Adanna Nnamani, Abuja Dangote Industries Ltd. has said that its 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery, the largest in Africa, will rely entirely on Nigerian crude oil by the end of 2025, potentially displacing hundreds of thousands of barrels of...
Dangote Refinery to process 100% Nigerian crude by December 2025
Business Hallmark
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July 8, 2025
The 650,000-barrel-per-day Dangote Refinery in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos will rely entirely on Nigerian crude oil by the end of 2025, potentially displacing hundreds of thousands of barrels of imported crude daily. This is according to a new...
Baltasar Ebang Engonga sentenced to 18 years in prison
Zambian Observer
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July 3, 2025
Baltasar Ebang Engonga, the former Director-General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), has been sentenced to 18 years in prison following a high-profile corruption trial. The verdict, delivered on June 30, 2025,...
Dangote Refinery set to process 100% local crude by end of 2025 – Report
Nairametrics
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July 8, 2025
Dangote Industries Ltd. expects its 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery—the largest in Africa—to rely entirely on Nigerian crude oil by the end of 2025, potentially displacing hundreds of thousands of barrels of imported crude daily. This is according...
The Gambia 2026: A nation’s reckoning, a Republic reborn
The Standard Gambia
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July 8, 2025
- Advertisement - By Dr Lamin K Janneh I. Introduction: A nation’s reckoning The year 2026 stands as a crucible for the soul of The Gambia. It is not merely an election cycle, it is an existential referendum on whether our republic becomes a...
Dangote refinery to process 100% Nigerian crude by end of 2025
Business Insider Africa
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July 8, 2025
Dangote refinery will be fully reliant on Nigerian crude by the end of 2025, according to Devakumar Edwin, vice president of Dangote Industries. The 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery, owned by Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, sourced half of its...
What you need to know about Trump’s travel ban
Frontier Media - Alaska
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Donald Trump has banned people from 12 countries entering the US, in a move he said protects against "foreign terrorists" and other security threats. Some countries are subject to a full travel ban, while others are under a partial ban - with the...
2025: Dangote Refinery Targets 100% Nigerian Crude Supply
New Telegraph
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July 8, 2025
Vice President of Dangote Industries, Devakumar Edwin, has disclosed that the 650,000 barrel-per-day Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals, located at the Free Zone in Lekki, Lagos, aims to rely entirely on Nigerian crude oil for its operations by...
Liberia’s Ambassador-Designate to Nigeria Vows to Pursue Oil & Gas Opportunities for Liberia’s Benefit
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
Ballout, a former Senator of Maryland County, was recently nominated by President Joseph Boakai to serve as Liberia’s Ambassador to Nigeria. Monrovia, Liberia – The Ambassador-Designate to Nigeria, John Ballout, has pledged to prioritize economic...