{"id":2581,"date":"2024-06-26T14:40:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T14:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/news-flash-dangotes-multi-billion-dollar-petroleum-refinery-on-fire\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T14:40:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T14:40:58","slug":"news-flash-dangotes-multi-billion-dollar-petroleum-refinery-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/news-flash-dangotes-multi-billion-dollar-petroleum-refinery-on-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS FLASH: Dangote&#8217;s Multi-Billion Dollar Petroleum Refinery On Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Freeborn Abraye<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Huge explosions have been reported to have been heard by individuals around the premises of the recently operational petroleum refinery owned by Africa\u2019s Richest Man, Aliko Dangote, in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <strong>Coastal Times Newspaper<\/strong>, the explosions occurred on Wednesday the 26th of June, 2024. Leading to all operatives of the refinery scampering for safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though the cause of the explosion has not been ascertained as at the time of filing this report. Efforts are being made to get the full details of the explosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More Details Shortly\u2026..<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Freeborn Abraye Huge explosions have been reported to have been heard by individuals around&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[545],"class_list":["post-2581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-news-flash-dangotes-multi-billion-dollar-petroleum-refinery-on-fire"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4217-1.jpg?fit=234%2C132&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":901,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/10\/28\/breaking-one-female-others-injured-as-police-opens-fire-on-protesting-niger-delta-students-in-benin\/","url_meta":{"origin":2581,"position":0},"title":"BREAKING: One Female, Others Injured As Police Opens Fire On Protesting Niger Delta Students In Benin","author":"Coastal Times","date":"October 28, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Coastal News The Protest by the Niger Delta students at the Benin head office of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Corporation has taken a different twist this Thursday as one of the female Protesters was allegedly hit by a bullet shot by one of the police attached to the corporation. 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