Nigeria: Bayelsa West APC Elders Caucus Decries Diri, Deputy’s Inability to Revitalize Oil and Gas Projects/in /by
[Vanguard] The Bayelsa West APC Elders Caucus, has decried last Wednesday's meeting between Governor Douye Diri and Nigeria's Minister of State Petroleum - Oil, Heineken Lokpobiri as shameful to the homogenous Ijaw state.
Concerns rise among Malians in Ivory Coast over ECOWAS exit plan/in /by
A group of Malian nationals residing in Ivory Coast convened in Abidjan on Sunday to express their opposition to Mali's planned exit from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) next January.
Nigeria: Tinubu’s Lifeline for Dangote, Other Local Refineries/in /by
[This Day] President Bola Tinubu has taken a bold step to rescue Dangote Refinery and other local oil refineries from collapse by directing the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to make crude available to them directly in naira. However, to ensure sustainability and consistency of feedstock supply to these local refineries, the president should do more by also directing the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission to expedite actions on the reactivation of all idle oil fields to ramp up
Nigeria: NNPCL’s Recruitment Exercise Will Ensure Selection of Best Candidates, Says CCCO, Soneye/in /by
[This Day] ·Says subsidy is a thing of the past ·Insists profitability is unshaken
Lagos protests: Citizens respond to Tinubu’s appeal for calm/in /by
On Sunday, demonstrators in Lagos expressed their thoughts on an early request made by Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to halt the weeks-long protests in the country against economic challenges.
Uganda’s blind assistant app: a step forward in education/in /by
Visually impaired students in Africa often face challenges accessing braille texts, resulting in high dropout rates in high school because of the slow advancement in assistive technology. Fortunately, a group of developers from Uganda has developed the Blind Assistant app.
Nigerian women’s basketball team qualifies for Olympic quarterfinals/in /by
Ezinna Kalu scored 21 points as Nigeria made Olympic history by becoming the first African team, male or female, to reach the Olympic quarterfinals in basketball when it beat Canada 79-70 on Sunday.
Noor Slaoui on Olympics pride and charlotte Dujardin controversy/in /by
Nour Slaoui is called trailblazer and a pioneer, the first Arab and African woman to participate in the Olympics in the eventing discipline.
Simple genius: Slamdams protect Kenyan communities from floods/in /by
Slamdams, made from heat-resistant rubber, have a water capacity of 8,000 litres each. Each slamdam measures five metres in length, 1.5 in width and stands one metres tall.
Venezuela: President Maduro and his opponents organize parallel rallies/in /by
President Nicolas Maduro and his opponents proclaimed themselves winners while international pressure grew to find a negotiated solution to the crisis.