SacOil Joins Consortium to Develop Equatorial Guinea’s Bioko Oil Terminal
Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy confirms SacOil has signed MoU to join the Bioko Oil Terminal partners. The company will work with Taleveras Group, Gunvor Group and the Strategic Fuel Fund to set up Bioko Oil Terminal An MoU signed October 30, 2015 in Cape Town expanded the scope of previous plans to develop […]
Kaspersky Lab reveals: 14% of users in Nigeria faced cyberthreats emanating from the Internet
In its Q3 IT Threat Evolution report, Kaspersky Lab has published the details of the key security incidents of the quarter. Using statistics from the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), which obtains information from millions of Kaspersky Lab product users in 213 countries, the report sheds light on the increase in mobile threats, the attempted theft […]
Financing development under President Buhari: The role of Pan African development finance institutions (DFIs)
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has prognosticated a possible economic recession in 2016. This possible worst outcome of the present slump is something I am sure President Muhammadu Buhari would do everything to prevent. No president wants to be known in history as a ‘Recession President.’ However, this undesirable economic situation can sometimes become […]
German FA chief Wolfgang Niersbach resigns over World Cup bid
The president of the German Football Association, Wolfgang Niersbach, has resigned over a Fifa payment related to the 2006 World Cup bidding process that has resulted in a tax evasion investigation. Germany beat South Africa by one vote to host the tournament. The sum of $7.2m (£4.9m) was allegedly used to bribe officials of world […]
Deadly’ suicide bombing in Cameroon’s Fotokol town
Two female suicide bombers have killed three people in an attack near a mosque in northern Cameroon’s Fotokol town, the AFP news agency quotes residents and security sources as saying. One suicide bomber blew herself up while a second was “neutralised and killed”, a local source told AFP. “Three civilians also died,” added a security […]
UK court hears Libya dissident Abdul Hakim Belhaj rendition claim
One of the most controversial claims of rendition involving the UK is being heard by the Supreme Court in London. Ex-Libyan dissident Abdul Hakim Belhaj says MI6 helped to arrange his and his wife’s rendition – saying they were covertly taken from Thailand to Libya. The case, involving allegations against ex-Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and […]
South Africa to buy a $280m jet for President Jacob Zuma
Opinion among South Africans on Twitter is divided over reports of a plan to buy a jet for President Jacob Zuma at a cost of around 4bn rand (($280m; £185m): Please follow and like us:
Why #IStandWithJanet is trending in Kenya
#IStandWithJanet hashtag has been trending on Twitter in Kenya after a concert was held last night in support of a popular TV presenter, Janet Kanini Ikua, who was last month diagnosed with cancer. It was attended by several Kenyan musicians and other celebrities. Mrs Ikua, who hosts a weekly show on privately owned station NTV, […]
Zimbabwe MDC MP ‘arrested’
Zimbabwe’s police have detained an MP and 16 opposition supporters after breaking up a rally on the outskirts of the capital, Harare, a spokesman for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party has said, AFP news agency reports. Obert Gutu said police arrested the group yesterday as supporters gathered for the rally that the police […]
Liberian teenager Abraham Keita wins top prize for fighting rape in West African state
A Liberian teenager has been awarded a prestigious international prize for his role in fighting sexual abuse against girls in the West African state. Abraham Keita was only nine years old when he joined a child-led protest in West Point, one of the biggest slums in Liberia’s capital, to demand justice for a teenage girl […]
