Ghana welcomes US deportees amid global controversy over migrant policies/in /by
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama stated that Ghana has agreed to accept West African nationals who were deported from the US.
Nigeria: EFCC Interrogates Mele Kyari Over Turn Around Maintenance of Refineries/in /by
[This Day] Abuja -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently interrogating the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, over finances related to Turn Around Maintenance of refineries during his tenure as NNPCL GCEO.
Gaza aid flotilla delays departure from Tunisian port after drone attacks/in /by
The Global Sumud Flotilla was scheduled to leave the Sidi Bou Said port in Tunisia on 10 September but activists said poor weather delayed the departure.
Nigeria: Dangote, NUPENG Face-Off – Lessons for Stakeholders/in /by
[Vanguard] The recent dispute between the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and Dangote Refinery, may have ended for now, but the fallouts should provide critical lessons for stakeholders in nation's industrial relations space, particularly on unionisation, industrial relations, and rule of law.
Nigeria: EFCC Detains, Grills Ex-NNPC Chief Mele Kyari/in /by
[Premium Times] "He is facing intensive questioning relating to funds earmarked for the maintenance of refineries during his tenure," the source said.
Nigeria: Petrol Stations in Port Harcourt Reopen As NUPENG Suspends Strike/in /by
[Premium Times] A commercial driver in the city said the price of petrol increased "unimaginably" within 24 hours after filling stations stopped selling fuel to the public.
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk assassinated at Utah university/in /by
Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump who played an influential role in rallying young Republican voters, was shot and killed on Wednesday at a Utah college event in what the governor called a political assassination carried out from a rooftop.
Nigeria: Mele Kyari in EFCC Custody Over Refinery Probe/in /by
[Daily Trust] Mele Kyari, a former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), is currently at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Daily Trust can confirm.
South Africa sentences 7 Chinese nationals to 20 years for trafficking, forced labor/in /by
A court in Johannesburg sentenced seven Chinese nationals on Wednesday to terms of 20 years in prison each for trafficking people from Malawi and forcing them to work at a factory in South Africa. The group was convicted on Feb. 25 of trafficking 91 undocumented Malawian nationals from 2017 to 2019
Flash floods wash away crops, roads in Morocco/in /by
The floods swept away cars, submerged homes, and disrupted traffic between Marrakech and Moulay Brahim