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Dangote Refinery Moves To Import Crude Oil From Brazil – Report—-Dangote Petroleum Refinery is gearing up to import a shipment of crude oil from Brazil, according to a recent Bloomberg report.

This move adds to the substantial volume of overseas crude oil that the Nigerian company has been bringing in.

Local crude oil refiners, including Dangote and several modular refineries, as well as domestic crude producers, have frequently voiced their concerns over Nigeria’s low crude oil output.

Despite efforts by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission to address this issue, the country’s oil production remains insufficient.

This shortfall has made it challenging for local refineries to source crude oil, as much of Nigeria’s production is allocated to pre-existing contracts with international oil companies and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.

Bloomberg, citing traders familiar with the situation, reported that the Dangote refinery, which is still in the process of ramping up to full capacity, is set to receive a shipment of one million barrels of Tupi crude from Brazil in the latter half of next month.

The report highlighted that the refinery, seen as crucial to reducing Nigeria’s reliance on imported fuel, has already acquired millions of barrels of American crude oil. The choice of non-Nigerian crude appears to be driven by competitive pricing and suitability for the refinery’s needs.

The Brazilian crude was sold by Petrobras, a state-owned multinational corporation, according to the traders. Bloomberg noted that representatives from both Dangote and Petrobras did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Citing data from Brazil’s commerce ministry, Bloomberg mentioned that this marks the first instance of Brazil exporting oil to Nigeria. Additionally, Dangote refinery recently secured five million barrels of US crude, set for delivery in the coming months.

Earlier this year, it was revealed that the refinery plans to import 24 million barrels of US crude over the next year.

Meanwhile, modular refiners have indicated that crude imports will continue until Nigeria’s production can meet both domestic and export demands.

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Fire Razes 12 Shops In Ibadan, Destroy Goods Worth Millions Of Naira

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Fire Razes 12 Shops In Ibadan, Destroy Goods Worth Millions Of Naira—-Poperty worth millions of naira, including 12 shops, were on Thursday night burnt by fire  at the Agodi Mayegun Cement Store Market in Ibadan.

Mr Yemi Akinyinka, General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Service, confirmed this in a statement  on Friday in Ibadan.

Akinyinka said the fire service received a distress call about the inferno through a telephone call from one Mr Young.

The general manager said that fire fighters were quickly deployed to the scene and  they swang into action, preventing the fire from spreading to more shops.

Akinyinka said that efforts of the fire fighters saved property worth billions of naira from destruction.

He attributed the cause of the fire to power surge.

An eyewitnesses told NAN that the fire started at Block A, No. 64, Mayegun Cement Store Market and raged for more than three hours before fire fighters were able to stop it.

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Wema Bank Loses N2.9 Billion Over Transfer glitch

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Wema Bank Loses N2.9 Billion Over Transfer glitch

 

Wema Bank Plc is currently battling to recover about N2.9 billion funds allegedly withdrawn from the bank without authorization due to a system glitch.

In a lawsuit filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos, the bank is seeking a preservative order requiring the financial institutions involved to return the funds amounting to N2,906,226,083 that have been traced to accounts within their institutions.

The legal action follows an operational failure in Wema Bank’s core banking system on January 16, 2025, which led to the unauthorized transfer of the funds from customers’ accounts.

According to an affidavit by the bank’s Head of Special Review and Investigation, Kehinde Buari, the system glitch resulted in unintended transactions impacting accounts both within Wema Bank and 26 defendant financial institutions.

In response, Wema Bank said it launched an internal investigation to trace and recover the missing funds. While part of the unauthorized transactions was found within the bank’s own system, a significant portion was discovered in external accounts linked to the defendants.

The bank further disclosed that the total sum of N888,301,598.15 has been salvaged by some of the financial institutions.

Investigations revealed that some recipients attempted to hide or obscure the origin of the funds by transferring them between multiple accounts.

Wema Bank quickly alerted the affected financial institutions about the glitch and the fraudulent transactions, requesting that they freeze the affected accounts.

To support its ongoing recovery efforts, Wema Bank’s internal audit and legal teams compiled reports tracing the movement of the funds, identifying the recipient accounts, and detailing the amounts recovered so far.

The bank also engaged the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) to track the funds across several financial institutions, which led to further communication with the defendant banks regarding the unauthorized transfers.

Wema Bank is now seeking a court order compelling the 26 financial institutions to return the recovered funds and any additional amounts that can still be traced.

The bank is also requesting that the court direct the institutions to provide details of account holders who received and dissipated the unauthorized funds, to enable law enforcement agencies to carry out further investigations and recover additional funds.

Furthermore, Wema Bank is asking the court to place the affected account holders on the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Credit Risk Management System and other financial watchlists via their Bank Verification Numbers (BVNs) until the full recovery of the stolen funds.

The bank emphasized that, while some of the affected financial institutions have taken initial steps to restrict the unauthorized transactions, a formal court order is essential to ensure full compliance and restitution.

Wema Bank warned that failing to obtain the required legal directives could lead to the release of the frozen funds, undermining their recovery efforts.

TCN reports that this incident is not the first of its kind in Nigeria. In January, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) secured a court order to recover ₦1.9 billion that was mistakenly credited to customer accounts due to a system error in October 2024.

These incidents are raising concerns about how Nigerian banks protect interbank transactions, especially as transaction volumes increase. Some analysts suggest that outdated infrastructure and weak oversight could be contributing to the growing risk of errors and fraud.

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