Nigeria: President Tinubu suspends anti-corruption chief under investigation/in /by
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has suspended the country's anti-corruption chief, who is under investigation for abuse of office, the government has announced.
Nigeria: Reps to Tinubu – Roll Out Fuel Subsidy Palliatives/in /by
[Vanguard] The House of Representatives yesterday urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to, as a matter of urgency, implement palliative measures to mitigate the effects of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians.
Nigeria: Subsidy Removal – Our Priority’s to Get Salary Award On June 19 – NLC/in /by
[Vanguard] ·Says minimum wage discussion'll come up next year·Faults govs reducing working days·Insists on probe of subsidy regime
Sudan slips into crisis with critical shortages as conflict enters third month/in /by
The war between rival generals enters its third month on Thursday, with no end in sight in Sudan, where planes bombed a southern town for the first time and the regular army accused paramilitaries of "abducting and murdering" a governor in Darfur.
Nigeria: ExxonMobil Butane Lifting At Bonny Terminal Approved By NUPRC – Official/in /by
[Premium Times] "It is important to state that ExxonMobil formally applied to NUPRC for approval of its operations as an integrated operation...," an official said.
South Africa: Injured Kolisi to remain Springboks captain for World Cup ‘until ruled out’/in /by
"Siya will stay our Springboks captain, and captain for the World Cup, until he is ruled out, until medically they say this guy will not make it. So he will stay there, and then we will use interim captains. We discussed it with the players and they know it's going to be like that, so we will use in
Nigeria: Nigeria’s Oil Palm Sector Struggling As Demands Surge/in /by
[Premium Times] Over half a century ago, Nigeria was a world leader in oil palm production, but its status has since changed due to neglect of the sector and extreme weather events
Vatican envoy urges a return to peace after a massacre in eastern DRC/in /by
Vatican envoy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, appealed for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a visit to the Bushagara camp in the east of the country. His visit came one day after the killing of more than 45 people, including 23 children in the camp.
South Africa approves controversial universal health bill/in /by
South Africa's National Assembly approved on Tuesday (June 13) a bill to introduce national health coverage in the country; the opposition fears that the overstretched public health system will collapse.
Algeria’s president on a 3-day state visit to Russia/in /by
The Algerian presidency said in a statement that Tebboune will attend an economic forum to be held this week in the city of St. Petersburg. The visit at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin is officially meant to strengthen relations of “friendship and cooperation”.