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September 22, 2023 Super Eagles Drop to 40th in The World Rankings, 6th in Africa

Super Eagles Drop to 40th in The World Rankings, 6th in Africa

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped 1 position in the latest FIFA rankings, despite their impressive performance in the AFCON Qualifiers against Sao Tome and Principe.

The  Eagles, who were ranked 39th in the rankings released in June, lost three points and dropped to 40th on the world stage and 6th on the African continent which knocks Nigeria out of Pot 1 ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations draw slated for 12th October, 2023.

Morocco remains Africa’s number one nation, sitting in 13th place in the world ranking.

While Senegal dropped two places and now rank 20th in the world, they maintained their second position in Africa.

Tunisia are the only African country among the top six on the continent to move up globally. They were ranked 31 in the previous rankings but in the update released by FIFA on Thursday, they now occupy the 29th position in the world.

Algeria (34) and Egypt (35) complete the Top 5 in Africa.

Globally, World Cup winners, Argentina, are still the number one ranked nation ahead of France, Brazil, England, and Belgium, while to major move was Portugal moving up to replace Italy in the 8th Position.

September 22, 2023 Police Disperse Mohbad “Protesters” with Tear Gas.

Police Disperse Mohbad “Protesters” with Tear Gas.

Some fans of the late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba a.k.a Mohbad, were on Thursday night  dispersed with teargas at the Lekki Tollgate, Lagos State, after the candle procession and tribute concert which held at the Muri Okunola Park, Victoria Island.

While announcing the event on Monday night via the official X handle of the deceased, the management said it did “appreciate the outpouring of love from fans across the world to the ones who’ve organized events in their communities as a way to honour and pay respect to our shining light we say thank you. Join us for Mohbad’s candlelight procession and tribute concert.”

Some participants after the event however moved to the Lekki tollgate where they obstructed traffic, and refused to leave despite Videos of Police pleading with them to do same.

Popular Radio Celebrity Dotun took to his instagram page to condemn the attempt to turn the candle procession into a protest.

September 21, 2023 The Many Regrets of Muhammadu Buhari – Femi Adesina

The Many Regrets of Muhammadu Buhari – Femi Adesina

Former President Muhammadu Buhari’s has pointed at his regrets at some of the decisions he took while in office and felt he could have done some things better. This was made known by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, at a programme tagged ‘Media Dialogue with Femi Adesina’ organised by the Association of Veteran Journalists in Osun State.

Femi Adesina, who spoke in Osogbo on Wednesday, such regrets were normal for any human being.

He said before Buhari left office, he had a two-hour chat with him, during which he asked all manner of questions.

There is no living human being that will not regret certain things. It is one of the questions I asked the President.

“Before we left office, I sat with him for about two hours and I asked him every question under the sun; there was no question I didn’t ask him. There were things he (Buhari) felt could have been done better,” Adesina said.

He, however, defended Buhari’s controversial naira redesign policy, saying it was for the good of the nation.

You will recall that even during that time, there was no kidnapping. I remember some people went to kidnap an APC chairman or is it secretary in Kano. After holding him for three days and nobody was calling to ask how much they will collect because there was no cash, they just slapped him three times and told him to go.

“Even kidnappers were out of business because there was no naira and do you know that we have a cleaner election because of that policy?

“Nine serving governors couldn’t go to the Senate. They contested but lost. Have you ever seen a governor who will contest an election and will not win? But because there was no money to spread around, they couldn’t win. The policy was not bad in its entirety. There were issues with it but it was not bad in its entirety,” he said.

September 20, 2023 Dangote Refinery Still Importing Crude, To Start Supply from October

Dangote Refinery Still Importing Crude, To Start Supply from October

The Executive Director of Dangote Group, Devakumar Edwin, has revealed that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery is currently importing crude oil and expects its first crude cargo in about a Forthnight.

Although the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited trades crude oil on behalf of Nigeria, Edwin in an interview  on Monday, said the NNPCL had committed its crude to other entities.

The Dangote refinery boss did not disclose the other entities receiving the oil company’s crude but NNPC disclosed last month it had entered into a $3bn crude oil-for-loan deal with African Export-Import Bank.  The deal allowed the company to pledge future oil production to the bank  as repayments for the loan.

Sources within the NNPC are quoted to have said the company had entered into crude oil contracts with a number of entities, a development that made it impossible for the organization to meet Dangote’s need earlier.

A top official of the oil company, however, said  plans were already underway to ensure Dangote’s refineries crude oil needs were met in November.

Also, Edwin pointed out that the importation of crude by Dangote refinery was temporary, as the firm would receive supply from NNPCL from November.

Edwin went ahead to state that the firm would begin the production of up to 370,000 barrels per day of crude that would give rise to Automotive Gas Oil, popularly called diesel, and jet fuel in October 2023.

For Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, the Dangote Group’s boss said the plant would produce it by November 30, 2023.

This came as oil marketers stated that the prices of diesel and jet fuel would only crash when the Dangote refinery starts receiving crude oil from Nigeria, and not by importing crude.

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