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Philippines Boosts Ties with Non-Aligned Movement Member States

Philippine DFA Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and International Economic Relations (UMAIER) Carlos Sorreta discussed bilateral and multilateral cooperation with 14 countries at the sidelines of the Senior Officials and Ministerial Meetings of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Baku, Azerbaijan from 3-6 July 2023. In line with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s instructions to look for non-traditional […]

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NCDMB, NLNG to Launch Local Content Opportunities on E-Marketplace

…Affirms Board’s mandate to support local companies The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Nigeria LNG Limited are collaborating to roll out tender opportunities from the gas production and processing company on the Oil and Gas E–Market Place, thereby implementing a key provision of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development

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MARITIME ACCIDENT: Japanese bulk carrier hard aground in Vietnam

By Our Correspondent Bulk carrier NEMRUT BAY ran aground on De Britto Bank in the morning of June 21, 2023, 10 nm off Binh Thuan Province coast, southern Vietnam, according to FleetMon. It stated: “The ship was approaching the port of destination Vung Tau from Korea, with 25510 tons of steel on board. Salvage is

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With temperatures rising and rainfall decreasing, “water is life” in The Gambia

The village well that supplied previous generations of Fatou Sey’s family and their animals with drinking water had begun to run dry, leaving her and her children sickly and weak. All that changed when a community-led climate adaptation project set about harnessing the power of the West African sun to bring clean water from deep

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African Energy Chamber Drives Intra-African Energy Investment in Lagos

From Discovery to First Production: What Africa’s Hottest Frontier Oil Play-Namibia Can Learn from Guyana

By NJ Ayuk Recently, a number of headlines recently have referred to the world’s “hottest frontier oil play,” a site of massive oil and gas finds with great promise for investors. Not long ago, the media would have been talking about Namibia. When France’s TotalEnergies and the United Kingdom’s Shell announced large discoveries in Namibia’s

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United Arab Emirates opens field hospital in Chad to support Sudanese refugees

Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE President, the UAE has built a field hospital in the Chadian city of Amdjarass to support Sudanese refugees. The initiative is the result of joint cooperation between three humanitarian entities in the UAE represented by the Emirates Red Crescent Authority, Zayed Bin

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Energy Expert Urges President Tinubu to End Petrol Import Racket, Prioritise Local Refining

ECOWAS: Thank you for electing me chairman, Tinubu tells West African leaders

By Eyo Nsima President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria has expressed appreciation to leaders in West Africa for electing him as the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. He was elected on Sunday at the 63rd ordinary session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Bissau, the capital

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ICAN calls on President Tinubu to populate his cabinet with chartered accountants

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) identifies with some bold economic policy reforms which President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has initiated within the short time of assumption of office such as removal of fuel subsidy and exchange rate unification as outlined in our previous position papers. We also identify with his support for clean

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SERAP sues Akpabio, Abass over ‘plan to spend N110bn on bulletproof cars, others’

Court orders Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan, Buhari govts to account for $5bn Abacha loot

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, in a landmark judgment, has ordered the disclosure of the spending details of about USD$5 billion Abacha loot by the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari.” The court ordered the government of President Bola Tinubu to “disclose the exact amount

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