Nigeria: Nigeria’s N12.1trn 2023 Budget Deficit May Widen As Oil Production Shrinks By 58m Barrels in Four Months/in /by
[This Day] Abuja -- Nigeria's already high budget deficit of N12.1 trillion may widen in 2023, following the country's underproduction of crude oil to the tune of 58 million barrels in the first four months of this year, THISDAY analysis of data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has shown.
Nigeria: NNPC’s Renewed Fight Against Oil Theft/in /by
[This Day] Emmanuel Addeh writes that the results of recent renewed effort by the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, and activities to redirect the national oil company, appear to be attracting positive feedback from industry operators
Comoros to accept migrants voluntarily returning from Mayotte/in /by
The latest announcement comes a week after President Emmanuel Macron and his counterpart Azali Assoumani met in Paris to ease the situation. Interior and foreign ministers from both countries also met last week, pledging to "cool the tensions"
10 lions killed in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park/in /by
One of Kenya’s oldest wild lions was killed by herders and the government has expressed concern as six more lions were speared at another village on Saturday, bringing to 10 the number killed last week alone
AfDB working to raise billions to compensate Zimbabwe’s white farmers/in /by
The bank's president Akinwumi Adesina, while speaking during a press conference in Harare, said the new proposal would leverage capital markets to avoid aggravating Zimbabwe's debt situation
US impose visa ban on disruptors of recent general elections in Nigeria/in /by
The US did not name the Nigerians affected by the latest visa ban although some Nigerians including controversial Lagos bus transport chief, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, were caught on video threatening potential voters.
President Buhari celebrates Hilda Baci for breaking Guinness world record/in /by
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated 27-year-old gourmet chef, Hilda Bassey Effiong, aka Hilda Baci, who made history by breaking the world record of longest hours of cooking.
A month into Sudan’s war, no end in sight/in /by
The fighting in Sudan has killed around one thousand people and displaced many more
Kenya-Somalia agreement to reopen their land border/in /by
Kenya and Somalia announced on Monday an agreement to reopen their land border at three points by July 1, officially closed since 2011 due to the insurrection of radical Islamists Shebab.
Senegal: Clashes in Casamance on the eve of Ousmane Sonko’s trial/in /by
Clashes between the police and young supporters of the Senegalese opponent Ousmane Sonko Monday morning in Ziguinchor, Casamance (south), on the eve of the planned rape trial against the latter, noted a correspondent for the AFP.