Angolan President Joao Lourenco, on Monday, said the country should start constructing warships and invest in building shipyards. Initiating warship construction in Angola could lay the groundwork for the country’s naval industry, the president, told a ceremony marking the 47th anniversary of the Angolan Navy. Lourenco is also Angola’s commander-in-chief of the armed forces. He […]
Most NATO members stand together with Ukraine and the alliance’s upcoming Lithuania summit must confirm Kyiv is a de facto member, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says. Zelenskyy also indicated, on Monday, that further pledges of arms supplies for Ukraine will be forthcoming at the Vilnius gathering. “The majority of the alliance stands firmly with us,” Zelenskyy […]
From Abdulfatah Babatunde Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has stressed the need to build bridges across African nations to change the narrative of higher education through a bottom-up approach. Oloyede gave the advice in a presentation at the ongoing 22nd Conference of Rectors, Vice Chancellors and Presidents of African […]
Egypt has begun a $1.8 billion programme to drill natural gas exploration wells in the Mediterranean Sea and Nile Delta. Egyptian Petroleum Minister, Tarek El Molla, disclosed this to UAE state news agency, WAM on Tuesday. The programme is in cooperation with Eni, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and BP. The aim is to drill 35 exploration […]
The Association of African Universities (AAU) has just honoured Emeritus Professor Peter Okebukola of Nigeria as a Goodwill Ambassador of Higher Education in Africa. Okebukola received the award during the opening of the 22nd Conference of Rectors, Vice Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities (COREVIP). The NewsZenith reports that the five-day biennial conference is an […]
Oil prices rose on Tuesday as markets weighed supply cuts for August by top exporters – Saudi Arabia and Russia – against the backdrop of an uncertain global economic outlook. Brent crude futures climbed 32 cents, or 0.42 per cent, to $75.73 a barrel by 0805 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $70.96 […]
Senegal President Macky Sall in a speech on Monday said he would not run for reelection next year, thus ending speculation that he would seek a third term. His critics said would have been illegal for him to seek a third term. Rumours that Sall would try to extend his stay in power have fuelled […]
The Mozambican Government has confiscated assets worth more than 1 billion meticais (about $16 million) over the past year, in a renewed effort to fight against crime and corruption, a senior official said on Monday. Helena Kida, Minister of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs, said the suspects acquired the seized assets through criminal means. “It […]
Anambra indigenes residents in Cote d`Ivoire have called on the state government to create an enabling environment that would attract people in the Diaspora to invest at home. They also said that Anambra people in the Diaspora were eager to invest in the state to boost its economy. Nze Chiadi Chinazo, Vice-President of Anambra State […]
Former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on various sides of a conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to embrace dialogue in order to achieve lasting peace. Kenyatta made the call after meeting with stakeholders on cantonment matters in North Kivu, DRC, on Friday in Nairobi. “We must adequately consult all parties […]