Yoruba Group , O’odua Stakeholders Council Blacklists Nigeria Navy By Mohammad Inuwa. The President, O’odua Stakeholders Council OSC, Alhaji Bashir Olaosebikan has described the Nigerian Navy as an “Albatross” to the economy of Nigeria. A statement jointly signed and released on Saturday in Ibadan by the President of the group , Alhaji Bashiru Olaosebikan and…
AIG-IMOKHUEDE FOUNDATION STRENGTHENS TIES WITH NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE The Director-General of National Productivity Centre, Dr Baffa Babba Dan’Agundi, received a team from the AIG-Imokhuede Foundation on Wednesday as part of a schedule for achieving their collaborative efforts. The National Productivity Centre (NPC) and AIG-Imokhuede Foundation are collaborating to enhance productivity and efficiency in Nigeria’s…
FHA Suspends Developments in Gwarimpa , Apo/ Guzape Estates in Abuja The management of Federal Housing Authority hereby announces the suspension of all developments in its estates in Gwarinpa and Apo/ Guzape, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. This includes all construction, structural and building developments. This follows management’s discovery of deliberate deviations from approved building plans…
Trapped miners in abandoned South Africa mine ‘starving’ Miners trapped in an abandoned South African mining shaft are experiencing starvation due to limited supplies, which police have restricted in an effort to evacuate the hundreds of people believed to be underground, according to a community leader and a rescued miner. Over the past week, roughly…
Mali wins $160m dispute after detaining British businessman Australian mining company Resolute Mining has agreed to pay $160m (£126m) to Mali’s military government to resolve a tax dispute after the detention of its British CEO and two other employees 10 days ago. Reports indicate that Terry Holohan and his colleagues were taken into custody while…
Mysterious Illness claims dozens of lives in Sudan town The Sudanese Doctors Union announced late on Wednesday that a minimum of 73 people have died from mysterious causes in the Sudanese town of Al-Hilaliya, currently under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. It is one of dozens of villages in eastern El Gezira state…
South Sudan’s former spy chief, under house arrest, faces gunfire at home Residents reported heavy gunfire erupting late Thursday in Juba, South Sudan’s capital, at the residence of Gen. Akol Koor, the country’s former spy chief, who has been under house arrest for the past two months. Eyewitnesses recounted that soldiers clashed with Gen. Akol…
Northern Group Calls For Sack of Chief of Naval Staff By Ibrahim Imam. The Arewa People’s Assembly (APA) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to relieve the Chief of Naval Staff, CNS Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla of his position. A media release issued on Friday by the coordinator and Director of Orientation and Mobilisation of…
Pastef Party Wins Majority in Senegal’s Parliamentary Election President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s Pastef party secured 130 out of 165 seats in Senegal’s legislative elections, thereby attaining a parliamentary majority. Former Political Opponents Clash Again in Senegal’s Parliamentary Elections This result, coming after Faye’s earlier dissolution of the house, empowers him to drive an ambitious reform…
The Nigerian government has entered into a $1.2bn (R21.67bn) contract with Chinese state-owned engineering company (CNCEC) to upgrade a critical gas processing facility that supports domestic aluminium production, according to the petroleum ministry. The agreement between CNCEC and BFI Group, core investor in the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria, constitutes the inaugural step in rejuvenating…