MALI’S army-dominated government has called for nationwide demonstrations on Friday against stringent sanctions imposed by the West Africa bloc ECOWAS over delayed elections. The Sahel state’s interim government stated Monday night that the sanctions – which include border closures and…
TWENTY two suspected oil thieves and a vessel: MT. TIS IV handed over to the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by the Nigeria Navy are being quizzed in connection with alleged illegal dealing…
BHP Group has invested $40 million in a Tanzania nickel project, UK-based private company Kabanga Nickel said on Monday, the first new bet by the world’s biggest miner in Africa in years. BHP has not been active in Africa since…
THE trial of a former Director, Legal Services of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Grace Taiga, for alleged fraud in the case involving Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID) before Justice O.A Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High…
Pius Alile sheds more light. UNEMPLOYMENT is a menace that have eaten deep into our economy thereby reducing nation building to near zero percent even though the government is striving to do something about it. The point we should take…
SOCIO-ECONOMIC Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila for “their failure to probe, and to refer to appropriate anti-corruption agencies fresh allegations…
THE Centre for Democracy and Development has revealed that military leaders “stole” as much as $15billion (N6.1trn at N411 to a dollar) through fraudulent arms procurement deals in the last 20 years. The report affirmed that successive presidents’ failure to…
SEVERAL shops and goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed by fire at Nguru popular central market in Yobe State. The Chairman of the Nguru Local government council, Madu Kachalla who confirmed the incident to Channels Television said no…
KENYAN President Uhuru Kenyatta inspected the ongoing construction of the KSh40bn (about $350 million) offshore Kipevu Oil Terminal, the largest of its kind in Africa. The construction of the 770-metre-long jetty, currently at 96 percent complete, is wholly funded by…
PALIARMENTARY Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) appears to be divided over the emergency meeting called by the National Assembly management to avert the union’s industrial action fixed for Monday, January 10, 2022. The emergency meeting is scheduled to hold on…
