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 […]
Former Orlando Pirates defender Rooi Mahamutsa’s return to professional football has been explained by his new club. Having spent some time without a club since parting ways with Free State Stars at the end of the 2018/19 season, and following training stints with different top and lower league teams in recent weeks, Mahamutsa has been […]
Ethiopia on Wednesday said it would release dozens of high-profile prisoners from jail, including opposition activists held over an alleged coup and other high-ranking government critics. A spokesman for the attorney general’s office said investigations had been dropped against 63 individuals and they would be released from custody later this week “for the national good”. […]
Malawian president Peter Mutharika’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Tuesday entered into an alliance with United Democratic Front (UDF). The UDF governed Malawi between 1994 and 2004, and has 10 parliamentary seats. The DPP has 61 while the main opposition Malawi Congress Party has 55. The UDF is led by Atupele Muluzi, who served […]
Itumeleng Khune has never had a better chance this season to take his place as Kaizer Chiefs’ number one back, but can ‘Spiderkid’ become first choice once again? Khune surprisingly lost his place in the Glamour Boys’ starting XI to Daniel Akpeyi this season, firstly after a long-term injury but then also as Ernst Middendorp […]
The African Union (AU) says despite the continent having only one confirmed case of coronavirus, the effects of the outbreak that have hit China the hardest will be felt in the continent owing to its strong trade ties with the Asian economic giant. There were 2,345 deaths reported mainly in China as at Saturday with […]
Luxor International Airport received on Friday EgyptAir’s first flight between the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh and Luxor. The flight is scheduled to be operated once per week, amid government efforts to connect the Red Sea resorts to archeological sites, link beach tourism with cultural tourism, and facilitate more tourists visiting Egyptian archeological […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Zone RS2 Command, comprising Ogun and Lagos States, says it has recorded 59 deaths from road traffic accidents in the states. The Zonal Commanding Officer, Mr Samuel Obayemi, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Lagos. Obayemi said that the […]
Cape Town – The DA has said it would not rest until South Africans were given the Public Protector they deserve, the party’s chief whip Natasha Mazzone said on Friday. Mazzone made the comments when her party submitted over 7000 pages of supplementary evidence to the National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise in its bid to […]
Controversial Media Personality, Daddy Freeze doesn’t agree with veteran actor, Pete Edochie, who is against men kneeling to propose to their girlfriends. Freeze shared a sexually charged photo of a man performing oral sex on a woman as he pointed out that most men who say they cannot kneel to propose, end up kneeling other […]
South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir on Friday appointed rebel leader Riek Machar as vice president, paving way for the formation of a unity government that seeks to end six years of war. “I President Salva Kiir Mayardit, president of South Sudan, do hereby issue a decree for the appointment of Dr. Riek Machar Teny as […]
Polling stations opened on Saturday morning in Togo where voters will choose their president in a ballot without much suspense as incumbent Faure Gnassingbé is expected to win a fourth term in office in the face of divided opposition. Some 3.6 million voters are being called to the polls until 4 p.m. (1600 GMT) in […]
Nigeria on Thursday asked the United States to abandon new visa restrictions on the West African country ahead of February 21 when they are set to take effect. U.S. President Donald Trump included Nigeria, Tanzania, Eritrea and Sudan in an expanded version of his travel ban list early this month. The United States said the […]
Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo: was his NYSC certificate fake? Was Bayelsa deputy-governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo using a forged discharge certificate of the National Youth Service Corps? An Abuja Area Court has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to wade into the matter by investigating the alleged forgery. An APC chieftain from Bayelsa State, Benjamin Youdiowei, had […]
Viva Fabrica made headlines back in 2019 after she was romantically linked to Diamond Platnumz; as his other woman living in Germany. The story was highlighted by a Tanzanian tabloid claiming Viva Fabrica was dating Diamond Platnumz on the low because Zari was already in the picture. To prove this, the tabloid shared never before […]
South Africa will not send its Olympic football team to Japan to play a friendly in March because of concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. The two teams were due to play in Sanga on 27 March, four months before the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. There have been 85 confirmed cases of coronavirus in […]
Around a year ago, on 22 February 2019, Algerians thronged the streets to protest against then-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term after nearly 20 years in power. Mr Bouteflika stood down in April. But Algerians kept on protesting. By this time, the protests had a name – the Hirak (movement). Ten months into […]
The Springbok Women’s Sevens team will revel in the opportunity to take the field again after their historic first appearance at the HSBC Cape Town Sevens in December last year. They travel to the coastal resort of Hermanus for the Hermanus Sevens on Saturday and although it is a far cry from the sell-out event […]
