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Aging workforce: IMF report wants relaxed immigration rules for Africa
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports With aging population and predicted drop in overall population of industrialized western countries, it has become necessary for Europe and America to relax immigration rules and allow inflow of younger generation of Africans to repopulate…
AAPL, partners ink deal for 300 MW power plant in Calabar
Alternative Petroleum and Power Limited (APPL), on November 10, signed an Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with Bergen Engines of Norway and Diesel Electric Pty Ltd of South Africa. The EPC agreement which was signed at the Executive Chamber…
African students pressed to fight Putin’s war
Desperate African students who face intense financial pressure in Russia are now lured with financial benefits and citizenship to pick up arms against Ukraine, according to reports by Daily Beast. The African student including Nigerians complain that they are under…
China’s Sinopec lands $60 bn LNG deal with Qatar Energy
China’s Sinopec on Monday concluded a $60 billion long term gas sales and supply agreement with the Middle East’s largest gas factor, Qatar Energy, setting a benchmark for the world’s biggest transactions for largest volumes of supply. Under the terms…
Gas scramble: Japan says LNG is sold out until 2026
The Japanese Ministry of Trade has sounded alarm of medium term gas crunch, pointing out that long-term contracts fLNGor liquefied natural gas shipments are sold out until 2026 due to limited liquefaction capacity at a time Europe unplugged from Russian…
Bandits kidnap 130 in Zamfara state
About 130 people, including women and children were on Sunday abducted when gunmen raided four villages in Zamfara state, worsening the spate of mass abduction of villagers in the Northwestern states of the country. State Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Dosara,…
Interpol arrest warrant for Angola’s dos Santos
Global police agency Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for Angolan billionaire and daughter of the country’s former president Isabel dos Santos, Portugal’s Lusa news agency reported weekend. According to Lusa, citing an official document, the INTERPOL warrant was…
Obiang set to extend 43 year rule of E. Guinea
The world’s longest-ruling leader, President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, staged a vote in the week to extend his 43-year-rule of a tiny, authoritarian African state where once plentiful oil wealth has been in a rapid decline. “What you sow…
454 Kg of wife! Tammy Slaton Weds Caleb Willingham
Tammy Slaton is now a married woman! The 1000 Lb. Sisters star, 36, tied the knot with husband Caleb Willingham on Saturday at Windsor Lane Rehabilitation Center in Gibsonburg, Ohio, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal. “You all knew me as Tammy…
Multiple windows: Investors adopt equity templates for forex rate
Sopuruchi Onwuka With inability of businesses to secure adequate foreign exchange at official rates to drive transactions that transcend the country’s borders, business proposals involving international transactions have become source of confusing calculations. Whereas the official rates for the exchange…
