By Victor Akaa More than 18 million children is to be immunised against measles, rubella and polio through a massive vaccination campaign programme in Uganda. Children under 15 years are to benefit from this immunisation exercise. According to the statement made known to newsmen in Abuja, not fewer than 18 million children in Uganda were […]
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Zimbabwe: U.S. Issue Ban On Zimbabwe Diamonds
United States of America Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a ban on the sale of Zimbabwe’s rough diamonds citing the use of forced labor in the extraction of the precious gems in the Marange diamond fields. US embassy In Zimbabwe tweeted the confirmation of five Withhold Release Orders (WROs) issued on September 30, […]
Govt to Reintroduce Toll Gates On Federal Roads
The Federal Government yesterday announced plans to return toll gates on federal highways across the country. The administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo had in 2004 scrapped toll gates across Nigeria. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, unveiled the plan to reintroduce toll gates while briefing State House Correspondents after the cabinet meeting […]
Nigeria’s Oil Revenue Threatened As India Shifts to Alternative Market
Nigeria is about losing one of its major oil customers, India, as the world’s third-largest oil importer has found a new market in cheap crude oil supplies from Iraq, according to a report yesterday by Reuters. Also after nine years of using the persuasive approach and warnings to compel oil and gas industry stakeholders to […]
Nigeria: How Technology in Agriculture Can Reduce Extreme Poverty – Nigeria’s Robotic Engineer
Ndubuisi Ekekwe, a serial high school distinction scholar, is also a holder of four master’s degrees, two doctorates in Management and Microelectronics, and in Electrical Electronics & Computer Engineering, specialising in Robotics and Neuromorphic systems, from the John Hopkins University in the United States. He is an engineering graduate of the Federal University of Technology […]
East Africa: EAC Keeps Europe Guessing Two Months to Crucial Meeting
Two months to the East African Community’s Summit, partner states are keeping the European Union guessing over the controversial Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) whose signing stalled in 2016. When the 21st EAC Summit takes place in November, the bloc is expected to have reached a decision that was deferred when the heads of state last […]
Liberia: Pres. Weah Wants to Print L$34 Billion in New Money
Based on reported advice from authorities of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), President George Weah, has written the Senate, to authorize the printing of new local currency (money) to replace the current one. While the communication is being circulated in the Legislature, it is reported that President Weah’s Government has already printed the amount […]
Liberia: Lonestar Cell MTN – “We’re Still Offering 3-Days ‘Free’ Calls Promotion”
Christal-Dionne Reeves, Corporate Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Manager for Lonestar Cell MTN, has assured Liberians that the company will maintain the ‘3 days free calls’ promotion.’ Ms. Reeves, who spoke to the Daily Observer, said that Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have adjusted the package to comply with the new floor prices prescribed by […]
Nigeria: Rising Debts Fuelling Vulnerabilities in Nigeria, Others, Experts Warn
Rising debt levels are fuelling vulnerabilities in Nigeria and other African countries, especially as external debt is shifting from the public to the private sector, experts have warned. Owing to this, recovery in the continent remains patchy as debt levels are soaring, adding urgency to the continent’s drive to boost trade, the experts that participated […]
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe ex-president, dies aged 95
Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe has died aged 95, the country’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on his official Twitter account. Mugabe died in Singapore, where he has often received medical treatment in recent years, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. “It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing […]