IN pursuit of its commitment to support members of its neighbouring communities, management of Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC has donated relief materials worth millions of naira to victims of the viscous attacks on Okomu community, which led to the…
TANZANIA’S state-owned National Development Corporation (NDC) has partnered with the Chinese company Fujian Hexingwang Industrial Co. Ltd to develop the Maganga Matitu iron ore project in the Njombe Region. The agreement, valued at $77.4 million, was signed on August 3…
ZAMBIA has secured a $13.2 million loan from the African Development Fund to enhance access to drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene for 460,000 residents in Kabwe and Bauleni. The project also aims to bolster the resilience of these communities to…
SWISS federal prosecutors announced on Monday that Glencore’s international unit has been found ‘criminally liable’ and ordered to pay over $150 million in fines and compensation after concluding a probe into bribery related to the Congo mining industry over…
CHIDIMMA Adetshina, a 2024 Miss South Africa pageant finalist, continues to face criticism over her eligibility due to her Nigerian heritage. The controversy intensified after a video of her traditional Nigerian wedding surfaced online, allegedly violating competition guidelines. Adetshina, born in South…
THE Save Public-Education-Campaign, Nigeria, SPEC has condemned in strong terms the abduction of Michael Lennin, an educational Rights Activist by operatives of the State Security Services, under the direction of the Office of the National Security Adviser, NSA. in the…
JUST two weeks after a major global IT failure rendered millions of computer systems inaccessible, another ten-hour outage, this time as the result of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, recently affected users of the same global organisation across…
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri BORNO South Senator, Mohammed Ali Ndume yesterday unveiled the second phase distribution of 2,800 assorted bags of fertilizer to genuine farmers across the nine (9) local government areas. Ndume said, the gesture which was facilitated through…
DESPITE President Bola Tinubu’s June announcement suspending import duties and tariffs on essential food items for six months, Nigerian importers claim they are still being forced to pay these fees. The presidential directive aimed to curb soaring prices of food,…
THE immediate past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has alleged what he claims as a surreptitious plot by some to drag him into the sponsorship of the ongoing protest against hunger with the aim of bringing down the…
