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Senegal risks losing up to $50 million in US aid if it fails to bring former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre to justice, a regional rights group warned Wednesday. “More than 25 billion CFA francs risk being completely jeopardised by Senegal’s inability to comply with its international obligations and try or extradite Hissene Habre,” RADDHO said in a statement. The Dakar-based ...

Nigerian musician Tha Suspect a.k.a Person Pickin, has produced an upbeat music condemning the removal of oil subsidy by the federal government. The song echoes the voice of the masses who have gone on a nationwide strike and filled the streets of the West African country to protest against the subsidy removal. The song stresses the impact of the subsidy ...

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke on Tuesday explained how the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government will help curb the widely reported incidence of corruption in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry. Speaking in an interactive forum with journalists in Abuja, she noted that apart from providing the leeway for the re-investment ...

The Director General of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, Muda Yusuf, on Wednesday said that the country is losing a whopping N82 billion daily to the on-going strike, which started since Monday. Many economic activities in the country have been crippled by the ongoing strike which has entered its third day. Speaking to the News Agency of ...

South Sudan’s minister of petroleum and mining, Stephen Dhieu, has accused Sudan of blocking South Sudan crude oil exportation. In his words, “Khartoum authority has prevented two ships from leaving the port carrying 1.6 million barrels of Dar blend originating from south Sudan and preventing one additional vessel to load 0.6 million barrels of South Sudan Dar blend, and it ...