Mtwara — CONSTRUCTION of Mbamba- Bay Port in Ruvuma Region is set to commence in this month, Director General for Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA), Mr Plasduce Mbossa has affirmed. Mr Mbossa said over the weekend that TPA was aware of the importance of the port, reaffirming the authority’s commitment to ensure the plan to develop […]
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PREMIUM TIMES visited schools that the state government claimed to have rehabilitated and found decrepit and inadequate facilities. Governor Dapo Abiodun said last year that over 400 primary and secondary schools have been renovated in Ogun State under his administration. However, when PREMIUM TIMES late in 2022 toured the three senatorial districts of the state, […]
THE Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, has announced the indefinite shutdown of Ekehen Station in Edo State. The announcement came on the heels of the attack and abduction of some passengers on Saturday. In a message shared on the passengers’ WhatApp Group, the Corporation said, “Public Announcement: This is to inform our general public and most […]
The Abuja-Keffi highway is a major entry point into Abuja from Nasarawa State. It is currently being dualised. The Abuja-Keffi expressway, the major highway between the North-Central state of Nasarawa and Abuja, the nation’s capital, has descended into chaos due to a traffic gridlock. The closure of traffic to the Ado Bridge linking the One […]
NAMIBIA’S planned energy transition would impoverish the country, while contributing virtually nothing to global emission reduction, says American science policy analyst Perry Green. Green says Namibia’s renewable energy ambitions would have no real impact on global carbon emissions. The government has committed to a 90% reduction in its carbon emissions by 2027, and to reaching […]
GOVERNMENT is aiming at achieving world-class standards when it comes to waste management, an official has said. Environment Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu made the revelation during a clean up exercise in Redcliff on Friday. He called for local authorities to set up modern waste management infrastructure to support the dream. Ndlovu added that a clean environment […]
Eskom is expected to ramp up load shedding to Stage 4 from 4pm this afternoon (Thursday) and will drop to Stage 3 from 5am on Friday morning. The power utility said this pattern will repeat until Sunday morning. The scaling up of the rotational power outages is due to challenges at some six power stations. […]
An environmental expert, Mr Gafar Odubote, has tasked Nigerians on adaptation and adoption of renewable energy to address climate change effects. Odubote, the Network Coordinator, Let’s Do It World (LDIW) Africa Region, an environmental non-profit organisation, made the call in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Lagos. Odubote said the fight […]
The European Union(EU) has given approval for a $3.4 million working capital facility under the ElectriFI Country Window for Nigeria for Okra Solar to use solar mesh-grids to target 76,000 energy access beneficiaries by the end of 2025. Okra Solar will provide access to electricity through mesh-grid technology to mini-grid developers. The initiative, which was […]
Africa has contributed negligibly to the changing climate, with less than 4% of global emissions. Yet it stands out disproportionately as the most vulnerable region in the world. It was therefore fitting that the UN climate change conference last year, COP27, was hosted in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The African continent is facing some of the […]
Masai Ujiri, who is an NBA executive is putting forward his plans to invest in young Africans through his Giants of Africa basketball development foundation. Of course, the aim of this investment is to find the next big basketball stars while also empowering young Africans with vital life skills. Each year, Ujiri travels across Africa […]
Western Cape Government will move faster this year in making province more energy secure Today Premier Alan Winde visited a Macassar-based business, Taylor Technology, that is taking steps to ameliorate the impact of ongoing load shedding. The Premier was accompanied by former Eskom executive Alwie Lester, who has now joined the Western Cape Government (WCG) […]
Cape Town — Major Plans Ahead to Move Western Cape Away from Load Shedding, Premier Claims According to Business Tech, plans are in place for the Western Cape to lower its reliance on Eskom’s unreliable electricity supply to the province. In a visit to a Macassar-based business, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde the provincial government […]
The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources strongly condemned Genel Energy’s illegal activities in Somalia’s northern breakaway region of Somaliland. The ministry warned of the potential risks to its investment and the legal ramifications of carrying out illegal exploration in the Horn of Africa country.
Petroleum Minister Tareq el Molla said on Tuesday 27/12/2022 that Egypt plans to hold a fresh international tender for natural gas and crude oil exploration in 12 new blocks in the Mediterranean and Nile Delta regions. The international tender is set to be launched by the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) with the aim […]
Cape Town — EFF Visits Holiday Resort Where Viral Racial Incident Was Filmed Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters have demonstrated at the Maselspoort Resort where an incident involving two black teenagers who were attacked by several white men was filmed and shared on social media, IOL reports. In a tweet, the political party vowed […]
Lagos — -Data show country barely drilled 60% of 1.88 million bpd budget benchmark -$30bn Brass, Olokola LNG projects suffer 19 years delay despite lucrative gas market -IOCs spent over $1bn on projects without FID, says NCDMB With a projected 1.88 million barrels per day crude oil production in the 2022 federal budget, Nigeria under-produced […]
The Association of Progressive Traders (APT) of Nigeria, has called on the federal government to urgently intervene on the state of the road infrastructure around the trade fair complex and gridlock caused by trucks and articulated vehicles parked along Badagry expressway. This, according to them, is causing them low business turnover, high demurrage of goods […]