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Dangote trains 60 journalists in North West

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As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, the Dangote Group Wednesday kicked off a special training program for sixty journalists in Kano.

The training, according to the company, is targeted at sharpening the Multi-Media Skills of newsmen drawn from the North-Western States of Sokoto, Katsina, Kebbi, Kano, Kaduna, Zamfara and Jigawa States.

The training is in collaboration with the Folio Media and Creative Academy and had been conducted previously in other zones of the country.

The three-day workshop is themed: The Convergence Journalism.

At the commencement of the training in Kano on Wednesday, the company’s Group Chief, Branding and Communication, Anthony Chiejina, said the training was planned to upgrade the capacity of practicing journalists on multimedia skills.

He said the training will help equip newsmen to face the challenges associated with the transition from traditional to the new media while describing the media as a partner in progress.

He described the company’s relationship with media as cordial.

The Project Coordinator, Folio Media and Creative Academy, Alabi Pius, said (FMCA) is the training arm of Folio Communications Plc. Publishers of Daily Times newspaper, adding that the training was conceived to equip Journalists, Media Executives, Public Relations Officers and other professionals.

In his presentation, a lecturer from the Bayero University Kano, Dr. Mukhtari Magaji urged journalists to prepare for the transition, as the skill will empower them and make them relevant in the new world.

Dr. Magaji described convergence Media as a mixture of texts, audio, and video for production and consumption via a single medium of communication.

He categorized the overlapping convergence into economic, technological, and socio-cultural.

Other lecturers scheduled to speak at the training program include Dr. Bala Muhammad, a former journalist with the BBC World Service in London and lecturer with Bayero University Kano; as well as Dr. Saminu Umar, a lecturer with the same University.

Speaking, a participant and founder of Good Governance Website, Dr. Aliyu Machika, said the training was apt as it will enable newsmen from North West Zone to sharpen their skills and economically empower them.

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Stampede at Catholic Church in Maitama Claims Ten Lives During Food Distribution

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Ten people have been confirmed dead in a stampede at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Maitama, on Saturday, 21st December 2024, during the distribution of food items to vulnerable and elderly individuals.

The unfortunate incident, which occurred around 6:30 am, resulted in the loss of ten lives, including four children, and left eight others injured with varying degrees of severity. Four of the injured have been treated and discharged, while the remaining victims are still receiving medical attention.

The FCT Police Command, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the tragedy, extended condolences to the families of the deceased, and wished the injured a swift recovery.

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Port-Harcourt Refinery Fully Operational- Says NNPC

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The attention of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has been drawn to reports in a section of the media alleging that the Old Port Harcourt Refinery which was re-streamed two months ago has been shut down.

We wish to clarify that such reports are totally false as the refinery is fully operational as verified a few days ago by former Group Managing Directors of NNPC.

Preparation for the day’s loading operation is currently ongoing.

Members of the public are advised to discountenance such reports as they are the figments of the imagination of those who want to create artificial scarcity and rip-off Nigerians.

 

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Port Harcourt Refinery Halts Production Less Than a Month After Resumption

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Less than a month after the porthacourt  appeared to have resumed production, the facility has stopped working.

It was gathered that the lifting of petrol actually stopped last Friday, December 13, as the 18-arm loading bay of the new Port Harcourt refinery was empty.

While about 18 trucks littered the stretch of the busy road leading to the refinery itself, nine trucks were spotted inside the parking yard, while the loading bay was empty.

Journalists who visited the refinery on Thursday, December 19, 2024, observed that the lifting of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) had stopped completely.

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The depot, which is usually a beehive of activities where tankers scramble for space at the parking yard, was a shadow of itself with literally no vehicular or human activity relating to operations.

This was after $1.5bn was approved in March 2021 and spent on the rehabilitation of the facility.

The inauguration of the 60,000 barrel per day production capacity plant by the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, was met with celebration and fanfare.

During the re-opening of the facility, there was lifting of petrol to the excitement of the cheering crowd.

However, less than 10 trucks of petrol were lifted that day as against widespread claims that about 200 trucks carried petrol out of the bay.

 

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