Unless it is backed up with an ambitious manufacturing plan the opening of the Dangote refinery is no more than a PR exercise. Let us start off with 10 basic consumer goods

Ayo Akinfe

We need to get manufacturing facilities build around the Dangote refinery area producing these goods immediately:

[1] Wrist watches

[2] Mobile phones

[3] Laptop computers

[4] iPads

[5] Plasma Television sets

[6] Fridge-freezers

[7] Handbags

[8] Irons

[9] Generator sets

[10] Bicycles

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Tony Blair visits Tinubu in Abuja and pledges to work with the incoming administration

FORMER British prime minister Tony Blair has arrived in Abuja for the inauguration and sweating-in of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria's new president and already held a meeting with him where he promised to support the administration.

 

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Police slap a whopping total of 12 charges against Afrobeat musician Seun Anikulapo-Kuti

AFROBEAT musician Seun Kuti is facing the prospect of a lengthy jail sentence after the Lagos State Police Command slapped a shocking 12 charges against him in response to his recent altercation with a policeman on Third Mainland Bridge.

 

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UK introduces Draconian foreign student laws in a crackdown in Nigerians and others

BRITAIN has introduced new Draconian foreign student immigration laws stop Nigerians and others studying in the UK from bringing their family members into the country as dependents except under specific circumstances.

 

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Incoming governors complain that their predecessors are not cooperating with them on an orderly handover

SEVERAL incoming governors have lamented about the fact that the transition process is not going smoothly in their states as the outgoing governors are not cooperating with their successors making the handover process laborious and difficult.

 

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President Biden names the members of the US delegation that will attend Tinubu's inauguration

PRESIDENT Joe Biden has revealed the details of the members of the US contingent that will be travelling to Nigeria for the swearing-on of president-elect Bola Tinubu and his deputy Kashim Shettima on May 29.

 

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Newcastle set their sights on purchasing Chukwueze during the summer transfer window

ENGLISH Premier League giants Newcastle United are planning to secure the services of Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze during the summer transfer window as part of a rebuilding plan to equip them for the Uefa Champions league next season.

 

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With the Dangote refinery now operational, the NNPC has to be privatised and converted into an industrial conglomerate that manufactures everything from automobiles to solar panels

Ayo Akinfe

[1] With oil prices still nowhere near the past highs of over $100 a barrel and the Dangote refinery poised to take over as Nigeria’s main source of petrol products, this is the time to cannibalise the NNPC and convert it into an industrial concern

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Buhari commissions Dangote Refinery in move expected to end Nigeria's fuel shortages

NIGERIA'S latest industrial venture the Dangote Refinery in Lagos State has begun operations today processing 650,000 barrels of oil a day in what is seen as the long term solution to Nigeria's chronic petroleum product crisis.

 

Despite being a major crude oil producer, Nigeria suffers from a domestic shortage of petroleum products and has to rely on imports. This is due to the fact that the country's three refineries are non-functional at the moment.

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It is unfortunate that Tinubu did not fly to Hiroshima this weekend to present Nigeria’s case for technology transfer and foreign direct investment to the G7

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Our insecurity crisis has spiralled out of control. We need a whole mechanised division of the Nigerian Army trained into a commando unit of special forces up to the standards of say the US Navy Seals or the British SAS. They must become the world’s leading force at hostage rescue

[2] We need at least $10bn invested in cattle ranches, dairy plants, animal feed compounders and leather factories to address our chronic Fulani herdsman crisis

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