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Stakeholders task Nigerian youths on national integration, unity

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Stakeholders during the workshop

 

Stakeholders in interfaith dialogue have urged youths to promote national integration and unity among Nigerians.

The call for was made in Kano at the TETFUND/National Research Fund- sponsored workshop on using interfaith dialogue to promote national integration at Bayero University Kano on Saturday.

Director, Centre for Quranic Studies, BUK , Prof Muhammad Babangida, who is also a Principal Investigator, said the Programme was sponsored by TETFUND with researchers from universities in the six geopolitical zones of the country.

Babangida urged the students who were also selected from universities across the six zones, to promote national integration.

He further called on them to promote peace, tolerance and understanding.

The principal researcher appealed to Nigerian youths to develop nationalistic feelings.

According to him, youths who form the critical segment of the country are not involved in interfaith dialogues.

He said that the TETFUND programme for the students of higher institution would inculcate the importance of national integration in them.

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Babangida noted that the Principal Investigators would develop a curriculum on interfaith relations which would be promoted by National Universities Commission so that a special course under General Studies (GST) would be offered in universities across the country.

Prof. Jacob Ayantayo of Department of religious studies, University of Ibadan, said the workshop would open the eyes of the students in the corollation between the two major religions to explore for unity.

Ayantayo said that the forum would foster open communication and intercultural learning among young people from diverse ethnicity and background.

“We discovered that politicians and some ill- informed religious leaders use religion to divide Nigerians.

” As a human nature, we need one another and nobody can leave alone. We can leave inter dependently.

“We want to remove ignorance that has sorrounded our religious practices and also remove suspicion, mutual suspicion, fight and bigotry,” he explained.

Dr. Sa’idu Dukawa, Head of Department, Public Administration, BUK, said unity of the country could not be negotiated.

He said that the event was an opportunity for the students to learn more about peace building.

Dukawa explained that the workshop would bridge the gap between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria.

He added that the forum would raise awareness among the youth and educate them on interfaith and intercultural dialogue in Nigeria.

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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.

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.

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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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