The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is preparing to import a cargo of Brazilian crude oil, according to Bloomberg. Nigeria’s crude oil sector has been facing challenges with low production levels, impacting local refiners like the Dangote Refinery and modular refineries. Despite efforts by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission to improve production, output remains low. Most of the country’s oil is exported under existing contracts with International Oil Companies and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, making it difficult for local refiners to access enough crude. Traders with knowledge of the situation revealed that the Dangote Refinery, which is still ramping…
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World leaders reacted with shock to the wounding of Donald Trump in an assassination attempt against the former US president at an election rally. Presidents and prime ministers globally spoke out against political violence and expressed their support for those affected by the shooting on Saturday, which killed one bystander and left two other spectators critically wounded. – Europe – The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, condemned the attack. “Once again, we are witnessing unacceptable acts of violence against political representatives,” the bloc’s top diplomat said. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday he was “appalled by the…
Donald Trump will next week receive the Republicans’ official blessing to run for president — the first ever convicted felon to be a nominee for one of the two major US parties. The 78-year-old billionaire will be the star of the show as Milwaukee rolls out the red carpet for the Republican National Convention, transforming the Wisconsin city into a fortress to welcome 50,000 attendees. Despite a year in which he was convicted of 34 campaign finance felonies and fined a fortune in fraud and sexual assault lawsuits, convention-goers will find Trump in good spirits as his opponent flounders. Trump…
Former US president Donald Trump was rushed off stage by Secret Service agents Saturday after a series of loud bangs that sounded like possible gunshots were heard at the start of a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. As the bangs ran out, Trump clearly grimaced and clutched a hand to his right ear, on which blood could later be seen. Agents swarmed onto the podium, surrounded the Republican candidate and escorted him roughly off the stage, as Trump raised a fist to the crowd in a gesture of defiance. The shocking incident will fuel anxiety in a country already concerned about…
Former president Donald Trump was rushed off stage by Secret Service agents Saturday after a series of loud bangs that sounded like possible gunshots were heard at the start of a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Trump was seen with blood on his right ear as he was surrounded by security agents, who rushed him off the stage as he pumped his first to the crowd. The “former President is safe,” the Secret Service said after Trump was bundled into an SUV and driven away. “This is an active crime scene,” Secret Service officers told reporters, ordering them out of the…
An oil depot was gutted by fire on Saturday in Russia’s Rostov region after a Ukrainian drone attack, its governor, Vasily Golubev said on Telegram. “After a drone attack, a fire broke out in a petrol refinery in the Tsimlyansky district,” Golubev wrote, adding that there were no casualties. The area is hundreds of kilometres from the front line. Russia’s defence ministry meanwhile announced that its forces had downed four Ukrainian drones — two in Rostov, one in the Belgorod region adjoining Ukraine and another in Kursk which is up further north. Both Moscow and Kyiv have used drones, including…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has announced the commencement of the enforcement of the digitalized Central Motor Registry (e-CMR) starting on the 29th of July, 2024. This was disclosed in a press statement released by ACP OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI, the force public relation officer. The statement reads; “NPF TO COMMENCE ENFORCEMENT OF E-CMR, TASKS VEHICLE USERS TO REGISTER FOR SAFETY, SECURITY COMPLIANCE As part of the efforts of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, NPM, Ph.D, to enhancing the security of lives and property, the Nigeria Police Force is set to commence the enforcement of the digitalized Central Motor Registry…
US President Joe Biden returned to the campaign trail Friday seeking to reassure voters and Democrats alike about his fitness for office after a major news conference failed to silence calls for him to quit. “We’ve got to finish the job. And I promise you I am OK,” the 81-year-old told supporters at a diner in Northville in the battleground state of Michigan, which he must win in November to beat Donald Trump. Biden was to give a speech later in Detroit warning of the “nightmare” of a second Trump term under a hard-right manifesto that his campaign is pinning…
US mobile operator AT&T reported Friday that hackers had stolen call and message data from virtually all of its customers for six months in 2022 — around 90 million people. The company said in a statement that “AT&T customer data was illegally downloaded from our workspace on a third-party cloud platform” and that it had opened an investigation. It added that the access point used by the hackers “has been secured” and that “based on information available to us…at least one person has been apprehended.” The data mainly comprised records of phone calls and text messages made between May 2022…
Kenyan police said they have launched an investigation after the mutilated bodies of six women were found on Friday in piles of garbage at a dump site in a Nairobi slum. Police briefly fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse an angry crowd at a police station near the site of the grisly discovery in Mukuru, in the south of the capital, an AFP journalist said. “The alarm was raised following the discovery of six severely mutilated bodies, all female, in various stages of decomposition,” the Directorate of Criminal Investigations said in a statement. “The bodies were wrapped in…
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United States Representative to the United Nations, announced the launch of the Alliance to Prevent Drug Harms (Prevent Alliance) on July 11, 2024. The initiative, a collaboration between the United Nations and tech giants like Meta, Snap Inc., and X Corp, aims to combat the global rise in synthetic drug use and overdose deaths. “Two out of every five Americans know someone who has died of an opioid overdose…in every corner of the world…we’re seeing a rapid rise in synthetic drug use, dependence, and overdose death,” said Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield. She stated the urgent need for international…
Hundreds of Boko Haram terrorists, criminals, and drug traffickers have escaped from the Koutoukalé prison near the capital city of Niamey. The prison break occurred on Thursday, causing significant alarm and prompting a swift response from security forces. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots and explosions around midday, signaling the beginning of the chaos. The inmates managed to overpower the guards, seizing weapons and vehicles, and eventually breaking through the prison’s formidable defenses, including armored gates, barbed wire, and trenches. This incident marks the first successful escape from Koutoukalé prison after two previous attempts by terrorists were thwarted. The escape has led…