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Petrol imports crashed to record low in June – Report
Punch
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July 9, 2025
Nigeria’s import of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, by oil marketers fell to a record low in June, majorly driven by a ramp-up in output from the 650,000 barrels-per-day Dangote Petroleum Refinery, new data has shown. An Argus...
Coca-Cola Africa Restructures Bottling with ECCBC Deal
Liberian Observer
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Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company (ECCBC) and Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) have reached an agreement for ECCBC to acquire Voltic (GH) Limited (Voltic) and West African Refreshments Limited (WARL). Voltic is a subsidiary of CCBA and WARL...
The Sordid History of Offshoring Migrants
Foreign Affairs
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July 10, 2025
Just weeks into Donald Trump’s second presidency, the Department of Homeland Security began sending immigrants living in the United States to prisons in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Panama and to the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. At the...
Political Watch: July 10, 2025
Santa Maria Sun - California
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July 10, 2025
• On July 3, U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) released a statement on the passage of the Republican reconciliation bill. Carbajal voted against the bill, while opposing its unprecedented cuts to essential programs like Medicaid and food...
Petralon to add 2,500bpd to Nigeria’s Crude production by August
Business Day
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July 8, 2025
Nigeria’s crude oil production is set to receive a modest boost as indigenous oil firm Petralon Energy prepares to add 2,500 barrels per day (bpd) to the country’s output starting in August. Ahonsi Unuigbe, the company’s CEO, confirmed the...
Dangote Refinery targets end to crude imports from US, other countries by December
The Chronicle News Online
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July 10, 2025
Dangote Refinery has announced plans to dump imports from the United States and other countries and rely 100 percent on domestic crude. According to Bloomberg, the vice president of Dangote Industries, Devakumar Edwin, made this known during an...
Flanking tactics
Business World
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July 9, 2025
Don’t look now, but if we’re not careful, we could find ourselves legally outflanked over the West Philippine Sea. In a move widely reported abroad on May 30 but which merited just minor, bottom-page treatment in the “World” pages of two local...
E.Guinea launches ICJ case against France over Paris mansion
RTL Today
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Equatorial Guinea launched a case against France at the top United Nations court on Friday, the latest salvo in a long-running legal battle over a swanky Paris mansion confiscated by French authorities. The west African nation asked the...
World AFP E.Guinea launches ICJ case against France over Paris mansion
Yahoo News
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Equatorial Guinea launched a case against France at the top United Nations court on Friday, the latest salvo in a long-running legal battle over a swanky Paris mansion confiscated by French authorities. The west African nation asked the...
Visualizing The State Of Freedom Around The World
Zero Hedge
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In 2024, 60 countries saw their freedom decline in a historic election year. Strikingly, 40% of countries and territories that held elections experienced targeted attacks on candidates amid heightened instability. Yet bright spots were seen in...
CHRDI’s Abdul Fatoma Joins African Leaders at ECOSOCC Citizens Forum to Tackle Fiscal Justice and Transparency
Sierraloaded
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July 9, 2025
Abdul Fatoma, Chief Executive of the Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI), joined other African civil society leaders and policymakers at the 2025 ECOSOCC Citizens Forum in Malabo, where pressing issues around fiscal...
OPINION: Brand New Jet For Flying To St Lucia: How Nigeria Became The 12 Poorest Nation On Earth
The Will
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July 9, 2025
July 09, (THEWILL) — A few months ago, I came across a video on Facebook that deeply troubled me. In the video, a young boy attempted to snatch a phone from a passenger on a moving bus. The passenger caught his arm, and as the bus slowed, the boy...
Baltasar Engonga sentenced to 18 years in prison
Daily News Tanzania
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July 3, 2025
EQUATORIAL GUINEA: 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....
Netanyahu’s Third White House Visit Brings Higher Stakes
Foreign Policy
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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting the White House, the United States issuing new trade threats, and Poland reinstating temporary border controls. Sweetening the Deal Israeli...
Dangote to Halt Crude Imports by December
News Central TV
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July 9, 2025
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery plans to end crude importation by December 2025, a move that will replace hundreds of thousands of barrels per day of foreign oil. According to a Bloomberg report, Devakumar Edwin, Vice President at Dangote...
Dangote refinery to end crude imports December
Punch
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July 9, 2025
The Dangote oil refinery is planning to end crude importation by December 2025, a report by Bloomberg has said. The refinery is willing to rely fully on Nigerian crude by the end of the year, a move that would replace hundreds of thousands of...
Dangote Refinery to Stop Importing Crude Oil by December 2025
Nigerian Eye
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July 9, 2025
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery plans to stop importing crude oil by December 2025 and rely solely on Nigerian crude, according to Devakumar Edwin, Vice President of Dangote Industries. The refinery, which currently processes 550,000 barrels of...
Vocal critic of West wants reelection as Ugandan president
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has declared his intention to run for a seventh term in the 2026 elections, potentially extending his nearly four-decade-long rule to almost 50 years. Known for his strong opposition to Western influence...
Dangote Refinery Hopes to Process 100% Nigerian Crude By Year End
This Day
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July 9, 2025
•Foundation to contribute to climate fund Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja 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...
Dangote refinery says it’ll switch to 100% local crude by year end
The Cable
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July 9, 2025
Devakumar Edwin, vice-president, Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), says the Dangote Petroleum Refinery aims to rely totally on Nigerian crude oil by the end of the year. According to Bloomberg on Wednesday, Edwin spoke last week during an...