Nigeria revokes dormant mining licences, opens opportunity for investors

Nigeria revokes dormant mining licences, opens opportunity for investors

Nigeria's government has revoked with immediate effect, 924 dormant licences across four sectors in the mining industry. It has also invited investors to freely apply for the affected licences which it says will be offered on a "first come, first served" basis.

April 25, 2024 25

Africa

Nigeria freezes over 300 suspected accounts to secure its foreign exchange market

Nigeria's anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC says it has frozen about 300 accounts to ensure the safety of its foreign exchange market.

April 24, 2024 23

Africa

13 Dead and 40 Injured in Road Accident in Nigeria

Thirteen people have died, and 40 others injured in an accident in Kaduna state, northwest Nigeria. The incident occured around 11pm on Saturday as reported from Jos by our Nigeria correspondent Tesem Akende.

April 22, 2024 13

Africa

Nigeria cracks down on illegal jet operations

Nigeria has suspended the licenses of three private jet operators in the country. Aviation authorities say they were engaged in commercial operations in violation of the law. Tesem Akende reports from Jos.

April 17, 2024 33

Africa

A decade after the kidnapping of the Chibok girls in Nigeria, what has the #BringBackOurGirls movement achieved?

By Temitope Oriola, University of Alberta In April 2014, the terrorist organization Boko Haram kidnapped 276 high school girls in Chibok, a town in northeast Nigeria. About 57 of the girls managed to escape on the night of their capture. Boko Haram had demonstrated its intentions regarding the education of girls and young women prior to the mass kidnapping — two months before the Chibok kidnapping, Boko Haram […]

April 17, 2024 12

Oshiwambo

Namibia ina gumwa komuti ngoka tagu kuthwamo momalandithilo -Ben Nangombe

Omunambelewa kuluntu guuministeli wuuhaku Ben Nangombe okwa koleke konzonkundana yetu kutya Namibia kena omuti gomeya gomukolo gwaanona gonomola yehwata lyomiti dhehangano lyo Johnson&Johnson ,dhoka tadhi kuthwamo momalandithilo. Nangombe ta kwashilipaleke oshigwana kutya sho iilongo yimwe moshitopolwa nomuuyuni tayi kuthamo momalandithilo omuti go Benylin Paediatric Syrup molwaashoka oguna ondjele yili pombanda yo diethylene glycol,oonomola dhomahwata ngoka inadhi etwamo moshilongo. Iilongo ya gumwa omwa kwatelwa South Africa,Eswatini,Rwanda,Kenya,Tanzania na Nigeria.

April 17, 2024 20 1

Health / Medical

More African countries recall Johnson & Johnson cough syrup

A batch of the children's cough syrup manufactured by Johnson & Johnson in 2021 has now been recalled by drug authorities in six African countries. This the BBC reports is after Nigeria's drug agency warned that it contained high levels of a toxic and potentially fatal substance. Drug regulators in Tanzania and Zimbabwe are the latest to recall the syrup as a precautionary measure. South Africa's drug regulator said batch […]

April 16, 2024 39

Africa

Local manufacturing of drones is on the rise in Africa

By Bonface Orucho, bird story agency Rising demand for unmanned aerial vehicles used in various commercial applications is fueling the growth of the local drone manufacturing industry as startups and governments ramp up production within the continent. Following South Africa's successful test flight of the Milkor 380, a groundbreaking unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of carrying up to 1300 kilograms among other unique capabilities, the landscape is […]

April 11, 2024 18