ONLINE retail giant Amazon could pull out of a deal to create its Africa headquarters in Cape Town, if a legal challenge by indigenous activists is allowed to proceed, a Cape Town court heard Thursday. Construction is already underway for…
JUSTICE Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday, 17 January 2022 remanded Grace Taiga, a former Director of Legal at the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, in prison custody pending perfection of her bail condition. The defendant who…
MALI said it has obtained the support of fellow West African countries Guinea and Mauritania in its bid to bypass sanctions imposed by regional bloc ECOWAS which pose a threat to its ability to import goods. According to a statement…
THE Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) paid a cumulative sum of N8.268 billion to 443,946 depositors and N100.080 billion to uninsured depositors of deposit money banks in-liquidation as at September 30, 2021. The Corporation, which yesterday confirmed the various sums…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday grilled the managing director of Assets Management Company of Nigeria, (AMCON), Mr. Ahmed Kuru. Kuru was quizzed in connection to alleged diversion of assets. A top official at the anti-graft agency…
GLOBAL tourism experienced a 4 percent increase in 2021, compared to 2020. However, the United Nations World Trade Organisation (UNWTO) says in a report released on Tuesday that international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) were still 72 percent below the pre-pandemic…
THE federal government has said it will soon begin consultation with the relevant agencies on the proposed removal of subsidy on petrol. The minister of information and culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed dropped the hint yesterday in Abuja after the Federal…
GROUPS representing the descendants of South Africa’s earliest inhabitants, the Khoi and San, went to court on Wednesday to try to halt construction of Amazon’s new 70,000-square metre Africa headquarters on land they regard as sacred. The culturally-intertwined San and…
KENYA will soon commence exporting avocado to China amid growing bilateral trade between the two countries, an executive said on Tuesday. Okisegere Ojepat, the chief executive officer of the Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya (FPC Kenya) said at a briefing…
A FEDERAL High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, awarded a N10 million fine against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Related Commission (ICPC) over malicious prosecution of a public servant, Emmanuel Ibe. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that…
