Chad’s electoral body disqualifies senior ruling party official/in /by
The National Election Management Agency published a provisional list of candidates for the legislative and local polls due to take place on 29 December.
Nigeria: Customs Intercepts 67,000ltrs of PMs Worth N84m/in /by
[Vanguard] Amid the fuel scarcity and hike in fuel price in Nigeria, Operation Whirlwind of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 67,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol, valued at N84, 870,000,000 from smugglers.
South Africa’s soccer president Danny Jordaan arrested on fraud and theft charges/in /by
Jordaan is accused of using about R1.3 million ($72,372) of South African Football Association (SAFA) funds to hire a PR firm and a private security company for his personal benefit.
Nigeria: Angola Plans More Multi-Year Oil, Gas Licence Rounds/in /by
[This Day] Angola intends to replicate its maiden multi-year licensing round for oil and gas acreage from 2026, a senior government energy official said, as the country looks to boost production and investment.
Nigeria: Neiti, Ncdmb Partner On Deployment of $40m Women in Oil Intervention Fund/in /by
[This Day] Abuja -- The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) have agreed to forge a closer partnership to enhance women's participation in the oil, gas, and mining industries.
Panelists call for climate momentum on Africa to be maintained/in /by
Panelists at this year’s Africa Climate Summit called to maintain and amplify momentum from last year’s event, at which leaders called for initiatives to advance green development on the continent in a document called the Nairobi Declaration.
World’s oldest active footballer to return for 40th season at age 58/in /by
Nicknamed ''King Kazu'', Kazuyoshi Muira intends to play again next season for his fourth-tier Japanese club Atletico Suzuka, the Kyodo news agency reported this week
Senegal’s legislative elections: Prime minister calls for retaliation against “attacks” on supporter/in /by
Prime Minister Sonko urged his supporters to “avenge” alleged attacks attributed to the supporters of his rival, Barthélémy Dias, mayor of Dakar. The opposition condemned his statement as an “incitement to murder.”
World’s longest detained journalist wins rights prize/in /by
He was arrested in 2001 after his newspaper published letters demanding democratic reforms.
Ghana’s Supreme Court restores NPP’s Parliamentary majority ahead of December election/in /by
The case was brought to the apex court by Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the leader of the NPP caucus in Parliament, who sought to overturn Speaker Alban Bagbin’s ruling.