AFRICA’s mining and logistics sectors are gaining momentum in early 2025, as fresh investments from Ambrosia Investment Holding, AD Ports Group, and other UAE entities promise to reshape the industry across multiple countries. In February 2025, Ambrosia Investment Holding acquired a 50 percent stake in Allied Gold’s operations in Ethiopia …
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THE Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced plans to introduce electronic visas (e-Visas) soon, aiming to reduce inefficiency and curb corruption across the country. NIS Comptroller General, Mrs Kemi Nandap, made this statement during the opening of the 3rd nationwide sensitisation campaign on ensuring efficient service delivery and zero tolerance …
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THE United Kingdom has issued a travel advisory, urging its citizens to avoid all but essential travels to Rivers State and nearby riverine communities. The advisory followed President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a six-month State of Emergency in the South-South Nigerian state on March 18. The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has commended the National Assembly for ratifying the state of emergency proclamation in Rivers State. Tinubu, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday, March 20, 2025, described the decision as a crucial step in restoring stability. The president stated that the prolonged political …
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has reversed its earlier order restraining the Nigerian Senate from investigating embattled Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is presently on a six-month suspension for unruly behaviour against the leadership of the Upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly. The reversal of the interim order …
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THE founder of Mammy Market in military barracks across the country, Maria Ochefu, is dead. Her son, Professor Yakubu Ochefu, on Thursday, said that she passed in her sleep on Tuesday. Aged 86, she was married to Colonel Anthony Ochefu, who was once a military governor in Enugu State. In …
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GUNMEN have abducted an officer of the Benue State command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Nathaniel Kumashe, in the state. The command’s spokesperson, SRC Ngozi Ahula, confirmed the abduction on Thursday, March 20, 2025. Ahula said the FRSC officer serving in Wannue, Tarka Local Government Area of Benue …
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TWENTY-nine individuals arrested for internet fraud have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms in Benin City, Edo State, after they pleaded guilty to charges brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The suspects appeared before Justices A.N. Erhabor and W. I. Aziegbemhin of the …
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UNITED States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to essentially dismantle the federal Department of Education. Trump signed the order on Thursday, March 20, 2025. The order is designed to leave school policy almost entirely in the hands of states and local boards, a prospect that alarms liberal …
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GUNMEN suspected to be kidnappers have abducted 18 passengers of an Abuja-bound ABC Transport bus in Kogi State. Retired Commodore Jerry Omodara, the security adviser to the Governor of Kogi, confirmed the development to newsmen on Thursday. He said that the incident occurred on Sunday, March 16, when the bus, …
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