@AhmadGanga@maanaaallll Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun... May Allah have mercy on him... I don't see any reason for negotiating with /rehabilitating those lunatics
According to recent corporate filings, Dangote Refinery just consolidated its legacy construction debts into a fresh $4 billion senior syndicated term loan underwritten by a syndicate of 31 lenders (led by Afreximbank and Access Bank).
On the flip side, financial advisers are targeting an initial market valuation of $40 billion to $50 billion for the public listing.
If we take the conservative lower end of that valuation ($40 billion) and run the standard Islamic equity screen:
4 Billion Consolidated Debt/40 Billion Target Valuation = 10%
For a stock to be halal, its interest-bearing debt must not exceed 33% of its market value.
At a provisional 10%, the refinery is well positioned within the safe zone. The absolute final confirmation will drop the moment the SEC-approved prospectus locks in the exact initial share price.
However, structurally, it is on track to comfortably pass the halal screen. Itโs will be a 100% halal investment.
(My Sources: Institutional investor briefs, Bloomberg valuation reports, and the Afreximbank syndicated loan disclosures).
URGENT CIVIC APPEAL: FOR THE SURVIVAL OF MALAM NASIR EL-RUFAI.
To: His Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR)
President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria
And To:
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), @UN
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC),
The Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria and ECOWAS, @ECOWASParliamnt
The Embassies and High Commissions of the Diplomatic Community in Nigeria,
SUBJECT: URGENT APPEAL AGAINST INSTITUTIONAL LAWLESSNESS, CUSTODIAL TORTURE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE DETENTION OF MALAM NASIR EL-RUFAI
Your Excellency, Distinguished Representatives of the United Nations, and Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
We are compelled to write this open letter to draw the immediate attention of the federal government of Nigeria and the international community to a dangerous escalation of state-sponsored trauma, institutional overreach, and the systematic erosion of constitutional safeguards surrounding the ongoing three-month detention of the former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai.
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A democracy is defined by how it treats those within its penal systems. Recent events inside the detention facilities of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have raised severe alarm across Nigeria:
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We are raising an immediate, preemptive alarm regarding credible, underground intelligence indicating plans by the authorities to abruptly transfer Malam El-Rufai from the ICPC to the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
Violations of Section 35 & 36 (1999 Constitution).
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A. Section 37 (Right to Private and Family Life)!
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โOur world bleeds before our eyes. Children in conflict zones, nations silenced by hunger and war, and it begs the question: Are we witnessing the collapse of conscience in real time?โ
-Nigerian poet and spoken word artist Maryam Bukar Hassan delivered a passionate speech at the 80th United Nations General Assembly, urging for global peace.
Nigerian Petrol from Dangote Refinery Arrives in the U.S. for the First Time
According to Reuters, referencing industry insiders and ship-tracking information, Sunoco and the commodity trading company Vitol organized the shipment. VesselFinder indicated that the Gemini Pearl, a product tanker registered under the Panama flag, docked at the Port of New York on Sunday. The ship was loaded with 320,000 barrels of gasoline. Sunoco purchased the majority of the cargo, with Vitol retaining the rest.
Reuters reported that an additional shipment of Dangote petrol, which Glencore sold to Shell, is planned to reach New York on September 19. Industry experts indicate that these consecutive deliveries demonstrate the Nigerian refinery's ability to satisfy the stringent fuel quality standards in the United States, representing an important achievement for the $20 billion project.
Dangote, the refinery and cement factory owner, would not have existed without Dangote, the baby food and frozen fish seller. You do not need to know what the end of the journey will look like before you begin. Just trust the process and hold on to hard work, discipline& honesty.
One of my fears and something I keep praying against is being occupied with other peopleโs lives, shortcomings while ignoring mine. Itโs a destructive path, before you know youโve wasted so much time judging others instead of working on your flaws.. a doomed journey.
When he passed, I knew I had to be there. I flew to London to capture his final momentsโnot just as his photographer, but as someone whose life he had impacted deeply. This was history. This was honor. And I had to document it one last time.
For 8 years, I served as President Muhammadu Buhariโs personal photographer. Through those years, he never interfered in my workโnot once. He trusted me completely and gave me wings to fly. That kind of leadership and belief is rare. ๐๏ธ๐ณ๐ฌ