A bidder sits late at night, refreshing a portal, checking documents again, worrying about silent backroom changes. Nigeria 2025 licensing round talks have pushed that worry into open light. NUPRC transparency and petroleum licensing transparency sit at the centre of the plan, with Nigeria oil block bidding promised under tighter checks. The Nigeria upstream regulator […]
Morning greetings are changing across Africa, and the old “good morning” is getting company. In offices, markets, school gates, and online posts, people look for another way to say good morning that fits mood, timing, and the person in front. Alternatives to good morning now show up in everyday talk, even in formal messages. It […]
A 44-year-old tailor, Rebecca Adeniyi on Wednesday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos State that she caught her husband red-handed making love with a married woman. Rebecca said that her husband, Yusuf, built a mosque and started sleeping with his female members both single and married. She said: “I caught him having sexual intercourse […]
A member of the Qatar royal family was forced out of the presidency of financially troubled Spanish football club Malaga on Thursday by the official receiver. “As soon as the administrator takes office, all the members of the board of directors will be dismissed,” a court in Andalusia said in a statement. Abdullah bin Nasser […]
The family of Malaga owner Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani used the club’s money for their personal expenses and business interests, say police reports. It is said that the club leant the family €5.5m on top of their €1.4m annual fee of being on the club’s board of directors, but the money was never returned and […]
Qatari businessman Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani has been removed as president of Spanish club Malaga for six months on a series of charges including alleged illegal appropriation, a regional court said. The alleged charges, which also included conduct ‘causing unfair prejudice and improper management’, were brought by a group called The Association of Small […]
Egypt’s Health Ministry has deployed a medical team of 60 doctors and nurses to the workplace of the country’s second confirmed coronavirus case to conduct a comprehensive medical survey of anyone who might contacted the patient, medical sources announced Tuesday. The sources noted that samples taken from the second case, a foreigner of Canadian citizenship, […]
The coronavirus has sent global markets to a stand still as its ramifications to a swath of businesses and industries becomes more apparent. Companies that make and sell products are struggling to secure supply lines as business people face one of the most devastating moment in global economy. Globally, the airline industry is set to […]
Ethiopia on Tuesday accused the United States of being ‘undiplomatic’ in its role facilitating talks between three countries on the Nile River over a giant dam. Ethiopia’s remarks which included a commitment to continue massive negotiations comes amidst reports that U.S. president Donald Trump called his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pledging his support. The […]
The economic and financial fallout from the coronavirus outbreak for African airlines all over the world is only becoming clearer now. For Kenya airways, the losses amount to $8m almost a month since the airline stoppled flying to China. Before the outbreak, Kenya’s flag carrier used to fly to the industrial hub of Guangzhou three […]
Ex-Nigeria international Victor Moses faces lenghty spell on the sidelines at Inter Milan after suffering a muscle strain. The injury of the 29-year-old Nigerian was confirmed on Monday at the Humanitas Research Hospital, after he underwent a scan. ‘Victor Moses underwent medical tests at the Humanitas Research Hospital in Rozzano this morning, with an MRI […]
Owerri based king of night life, Cubanna Chief Priest dropped a wonderful message for Davido’s lover and baby mama, Chioma over her relationship with the sensational singer. Cubana Chief Priest noted that Chioma caught a big fish and she’s so lucky with her engagement to popular pop star Davido and that the singer’s wealth could […]
For the first time, Uganda’s major external funding partner, the World Bank, in its 14th Uganda Economic Update, emphasised Social Protection programmes as an important policy tool for building resilience and supporting households to invest in human capital development. Uganda has continuously prioritised investment in physical infrastructure over the years and indeed, the proposed budget […]
Kenyan pupils, some as young as five, are getting less and inadequate sleep because they are being required to be at school by 06:30am, though classes doesn’t commence until 08:00am. Experts are concerned that this widespread practice is turning children into ‘working machines’, workaholic and robot putting their health at risk and in jeopardy. The […]
Four Nigerian men were on Tuesday arrested in Cambodia on Tuesday, for alleged online fraud. The suspects were also arrested for kidnapping and other offenses. It was gathered that they were caught during a search and raid by Deputy Prosecutor Seng Heang and his team in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior in a condominium […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo, which has already been facing an Ebola epidemic for more than a year, is preparing to face the coronavirus. Given the volume of its trade with China, one of its major economic partners, the country has invested in surveillance and screening. The populations fearing the spread of this deadly virus […]
The South African economy shrank by 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to recent Gross Domestic Product numbers, released by Statistics SA on Tuesday March 3. This followed a contraction of 0.8% in the third quarter, which means that the economy was in recession for the last half of 2019. South Africa last […]
Prime Minister Thomas Thabane of Lesotho is under increased pressure to resign after appearing in court over the entrangled his late wife, Lipolelo Thabane’s suspected murder. Lipolelo, 58, was shot dead two days before Mr Thabane became prime minister in 2017. He would be the first African leader to be charged with a domestic murder […]
According to the Khartoum based Al-Sudani newspaper, the decision was signed by the head of the Sovereign Council upon a request made by the interior minister at a cabinet meeting. However, the daily did not notify the date of the decree. The former regime had given Sudanese passports to some Islamist opposition leading members from […]
