Saudi Arabian state oil producer Aramco, on Tuesday, posted a 39 per cent jump in its third-quarter net income that beat analysts’ forecasts, boosted by higher crude oil prices and volumes sold. Aramco’s net income rose to $42.4 billion for the three months to Sept. 30 from $30.4 billion a year earlier, it said in […]
Oil prices rose on Tuesday, paring losses from the previous session, as a weaker U.S. dollar offset widening COVID-19 curbs in China that have stoked fears of slowing fuel demand in the world’s second-largest oil consumer. Brent crude for January delivery rose 73 cents, or 0.8 per cent, to $93.54 a barrel at 0406 GMT […]
Ghana required a minimum of two billion U.S. dollars in capital investments to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on universal sanitation coverage, a senior official has said. Amidu Issahaku Chinnia, Deputy Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, announced the figure in his keynote address at the annual national conference of the water, sanitation and […]
A businessman, Mr Justine Onu on Monday, pleaded with a Customary Court in Abuja, to dissolve his marriage with his wife, Joyce, for allegedly having secret affairs with his cousin. The petitioner told the court that his wife was promiscuous and he was tired of the marriage. “I caught my wife having sex with my […]
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has placed a ban on political rallies in both public primary and secondary schools in the state effective from Nov. 1. Umahi also banned commercial motorcycle operators in the state from 7.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m. He made the announcement during the stakeholder summit on citizens’ input and consultation on […]
Kenya’s African Union (AU) peace envoy, Uhuru Kenyatta, has called for a ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where fighting has led to the loss of lives and property as well as mass displacements. Kenyatta, the former Kenyan President who is also the East African Community (EAC) facilitator of the Inter-Congolese […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana has outlined measures to halt the depreciation of the country’s currency, cedi. Akufo-Addo announced these measures in a televised nationwide address, blaming the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict for the country’s economic woes. He also blamed currency speculators and unlicensed currency dealers dubbed as “black market operators” […]
Kachia and Kagarko Federal constituencies of Kaduna State have commended Vice President Yemi Osinbajo over his contributions to national unity and stability. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said the vice president received a delegation of Southern Kaduna leaders from Kachia and Kagarko Local Government Areas, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The […]
The Adamawa branch of the Road Transport Employees Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) has called on the state government to create additional motor parks in Yola and Jimeta towns to decongest the existing ones. Alhaji Isah Isami, the state chairman of the group, made the call in an interview with newsmen on Monday in Yola. According […]
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has condemned the deadly terrorist attack in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. “IGAD is deeply saddened by the loss of lives caused by the terrorist attack in Mogadishu, Somalia; and condemns this heinous crime in the strongest terms,” the eight-member East African bloc said on Saturday. Twin car […]