A Swedish-Kenyan company, Opibus, has introduced the first African-designed and manufactured electric bus in Kenya with the aim of bringing clean energy to public transportation. A report by VOA says Opibus, Kenya’s first company to make electric motorcycles, plans to launch the…
THE Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today January 27, 2022 arraigned one Oluremi Philips before Justice S.O. Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Philips, alongside her company, Omritas Energy Limited, is…
JUSTICE S.M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, convicted and sentenced one Omo-Ogbebor Uyioghosa to two years imprisonment on one count charge of impersonation and obtaining by false pretence brought against…
GHANA’S economic rebound is on course despite global challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic, as stimulus packages for various sectors were beginning to yield positive results, Minister of State of the Ghanaian Finance Ministry Charles Adu-Boahen said Monday. ‘Our Gross…
THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has stopped the registration of alcohol in sachet, small volume PET and glass bottles below 200 millilitres. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this in a…
AS mobilisation for the January 27 planned protest by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) across the 36 States of the Federation against the planned subsidy removal on Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) gathers momentum, the Union has cautioned that many Nigerians…
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…
FINANCE ministers from Tanzania and Burundi have signed an agreement for the construction of a $900 million railway aimed at boosting trade between the East African neighbours. The deal was inked in the western Tanzanian town of Kigoma on Sunday.…
BRITAIN is partnering with Kenya to build a new rail hub in the capital Nairobi, and its development arm CDC Group will invest $1bn in various sectors over the next five years, officials said on Tuesday. Britain, the former colonial…
OBI Iyiegbu popularly known as Obi Cubana has broken his silence on his investigation by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for alleged drug links. Cubana presented himself at the Abuja headquarters of the anti-drug agency on Thursday after…
