Category: AfricaThe Edo government on Sunday threatened to destroy commercial motorcycles or tricycles, popularly known as Keke NAPEP, that flouted the orders on their use. Gov. Adams Oshiomhole, in a state broadcast, banned the use of motorcycles and tricycles in major streets in five local government areas of the state. The governor said the decision was [...]
BENIN CITY – The Commissioner of Police, Edo State, Mr. Foluso Adebanjo has advised commercial motorcycle riders to comply with the state Government ban on the use of “Okada” as the police are ready to enforce the ban in the affected areas. COMPOL Adebanjo who disclosed that the police have concluded arrangements for enforcement of [...]
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Benin — SOME communities in the three oil producing local government areas of Edo State, have commended the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for ameliorating their hardship through the provision of infrastructure. They spoke during the inspection of on-going projects in the oil producing councils of the state by the state Commissioner for NDDC, Mr. [...]
President Obama’s upcoming trip to Africa will require extraordinary security measures and will likely cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, according to a confidential planning document obtained by the Washington Post. In addition to the hundreds of agents that will be required to secure the president when he visits Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania [...]
— The economic report for Africa prepared by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union Commission has been presented officially in Cameroon. It predicts that African economies will continue to grow in the next couple of years but dependence on exports could open African economies to shocks. It also complains of [...]
Tickets On Sale Now With more than 85% of its population under the age of 35, the most naturally rain fed arable land in the world, a huge power deficit, and over 650 million mobile phone subscribers, “Africa has arrived,” says Ugandan businessman Ashish Thakkar, founder and chief executive of pan-African business conglomerate Mara Group. Mara Group operates [...]
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British Prime Minister David Cameron has appeared on a special edition of the BBC’s World Have Your Say programme, answering questions ahead of the G8 summit which he is hosting in Northern Ireland next week. The prime minister took time to answer some questions from Africa. Gertrude Chelimo from Nairobi, Kenya, accused the G8 group [...]
By Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG | Fri Jun 14, 2013 7:01am EDT JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Hackers opposed to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe took out the website of the African National Congress (ANC) on Friday, accusing South Africa’s ruling party of a corrupt and bloodstained relationship with the former British colony’s leader. The group also said it [...]
South Africa 230 for 6 (Ingram 73, Bravo 2-43) v West Indies Live Scorecard and ball-by-ball details South Africa summoned their inner Twenty20 selves to set West Indies a target which would require them to score at 7.42 runs an over if they hope to avoid Champions Trophy elimination. A 68-run fifth-wicket partnership between Faf [...]
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The U.S. Marines’ Osprey tilt-rotor vertical aircraft will be used to fly the rapid reaction force from Spain to trouble spots in Africa.(Photo: Chung Sung Jun, Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps and Army have developed quick-reaction forces to respond to attacks such as the one in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including [...]
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BENIN CITY – An Ijaw youth leader in Edo State, Comrade Andrew Igiri has applauded Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s decision banning the use of motorcycles in three metropolitan Local Government Area in the state. Comrade Igiri in a chat with newsmen in Benin City said the governor’s action is a welcome development that is long overdue. [...]
Actis LLP, a private-equity company, will lead investment of as much as $1.5 billion in African commercial property to meet rising demand from international companies targeting a growing middle class. “We are seeing a shift in interest from South African brands to European retailers” seeking opportunities in fast-growing economies such as Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya, [...]
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The Public Investment Corp., Africa’s largest asset manager, will consider investing in more companies linked to Aliko Dangote, the continent’s richest man, as it seeks to tap industries benefiting from economic growth. The pension fund this week invested $289.3 million in Nigeria’s Dangote Cement Plc (DANGCEM) to take a 1.5 percent stake and said the [...]
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN | Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:05pm EDT CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela was responding better to treatment in hospital on Wednesday morning after a “difficult last few days”, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma said. Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, was rushed to a Pretoria hospital on [...]
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