THE Federal Government has set up a 10-member Inter-Ministerial Committee to ensure the enforcement of the Supreme Court’s recent judgement granting financial autonomy to Local Governments in Nigeria. The committee was inaugurated by Senator George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) on August 20. The Supreme Court, …

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has granted pardons to nearly 5,000 individuals convicted or wanted on charges related to illegal cannabis cultivation, the justice ministry announced on Monday. This significant move is part of Morocco’s broader effort to regulate the cannabis industry and shift cultivation practices toward legal frameworks. Morocco, known …

GHANAIAN President Nana Akufo-Addo has officially launched the construction of a major oil refinery in the southwestern town of Jomoro, a move that aims to position the West African nation as a leading petroleum hub in the region. The ambitious project is designed to process 300,000 barrels of oil per …

GABON’S interim president, Gen Oligui Nguema, who came to power following a coup a year ago, has imposed new restrictions on his government officials, barring them from taking holidays abroad and limiting their leave to just one week. These measures were announced on state television after the general conducted a …

  THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) said on Monday that it hadn’t paid fuel subsidies to anyone in the last nine months. The Chief Financial Officer of the company, Alhaji Umar Ajiya, made the clarifications in Abuja. Ajiya said NNPC Ltd. was only handling Premium Motor Spirit …

  The Federal Government says it will begin crude oil sales in Naira to Dangote Refinery and others in October 2024. This is according to a statement by the Director Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Mr Mohammed Manga in Abuja on Monday. Manga said …

CONSTRUCTION has officially begun on East Africa’s first state-of-the-art liquid oxygen manufacturing plant at the Tatu Industrial Park within the Tatu City Special Economic Zone in Kenya. The groundbreaking ceremony, held on Friday, was attended by notable figures, including US Ambassador Meg Whitman and Finland’s Ambassador Pirkka Tapiola. This cutting-edge …

Malawi government has received an insurance payout of $11.2 million to assist in recovery efforts following a devastating drought caused by El Niño. The funds were presented during a ceremony in Lilongwe, the nation’s capital, on August 2, and was attended by President Lazarus Chakwera. The insurance payment, aimed at …

Atletico Madrid forward, Joao Felix, is set to arrive in the UK on Tuesday to undergo medicals ahead of a move to Chelsea. Both clubs on Monday, agreed a deal worth up to £46.3m for Felix, who was dropped for their La Liga clash against Villarreal. The 24-year-old will sign …

An Osogbo-based cleric, identified as Femi has been accused of having non-consensual sex and impregnating his stepdaughter when she was 13 years of age. The allegations were brought against Femi by his 16-year-old stepdaughter, name (withheld). The victim, aged 16, had approached a Non-Governmental Organisation, the World Institute for Peace, …