The African Development Bank Group’s (www.AfDB.org) sixth edition of the Africa Energy Market Place (AEMP), focused on Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia under the theme: Delivering Desert to Power in the Horn of Africa – Enhancing Regional Power Trade. The virtual event was held from 25-27 October 2022 and brought together approximately 111 participants from governments, […]
Leading energy company and key stakeholder in the Niger Delta, Shell, has called on other players in the region to join in the efforts to provide relief materials for people impacted by the recent flood disaster and work together towards helping these victims restore their lives to normal. This is as Shell commenced distribution of relief materials to some impacted communities in Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta
By Our Correspondent A new vessel named the “Auto Achieve” has been introduced at Gothenburg by UECC, offering short-sea shipping services. The ship was christened on 16th November 2022, at the port of Gothenburg, according to FleetMon. It stated: “The vessel will call on the port of Gothenburg every week after entering service. The vessel
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By Our Correspondent A Fire erupted twice in a boiler on board of tanker ATLANTIC LILY, which is offloading jet fuel at Anchorage, Alaska, according to FleetMon. It stated: “First fire started at night Nov 18, with a lot of black smoke. Fuel offloading was immediately suspended. Fire was extinguished, but early in the morning
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The Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) (https://www.NelsonMandela.org) and the Gauteng Department of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation (SACR) proudly present the 9th edition ‘Mandela Remembrance Walk & Run’ at the Union Buildings, Tshwane, on Sunday 11th December 2022. Firmly becoming one of South Africa’s major social and recreational, the event honours the contribution of the global
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “promptly set up a presidential panel of enquiry to thoroughly, impartially, effectively and transparently investigate spending on all social safety-nets and poverty alleviation programmes and projects executed between 2015 and 2022.” SERAP also urged him “to ensure the findings of any such investigation
…As Obasanjo, late Makoju, Emefiele, Barth Nnaji, Kola Adesina bag award The Nigeria Power Sector Awards, a premier and most prestigious premier event instituted to celebrate organizations and individuals, who have contributed to improvements, growth, innovation, and progress in the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) has announced nominees for 2022. This was even as Nigeria
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced the adoption and publication of the final version of the Information Memorandum (IM) to guide the upcoming auction of the remaining lots of the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) Spectrum for the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) services in Nigeria. Earlier, the Commission had published a daft IM and
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A Container ship KAPPA suffered engine failure in Bosphorus at around 1955 UTC on November 18, 2022, in front of Kandilli, while transiting the Strait in the northern direction, en route from Ambarli to Novorossiysk, according to FleetMon. It stated: “Container ship KAPPA suffered engine failure in Bosphorus at around 1955 UTC Nov 18 in
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The Edo State has projected to attract an additional N10 billion in domestic and foreign investment as a result of improved power supply in the state. The state has already attracted N2 billion in investment, mostly in the agricultural sector, expected to create many multiplier effects, including enhancing food production, supplying raw materials to industries,
