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Russia’s Rosgeo in $400m deal to drill gas in SA

Russian exploration company Rosgeo will drill for gas off the southern coast of South Africa under a $400 million deal with PetroSA to help build the African country’s reserves.

4 soldiers, civilian killed in an ambush in Nigeria

Gunmen ambushed and killed four soldiers and a civilian in Nigeria's oil-rich south, local sources said Wednesday, breaking months of uneasy calm after unrest over the distribution of the country's oil revenues.

Ex-oil minister of Nigeria to lose $37.5 million property

Nigeria has been told by a court it can permanently seize a $37.5 million apartment block owned by a former oil minister who is wanted for money laundering.

16 kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria

Gunmen abducted 16 people from a passenger bus near southern Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt on Monday, witnesses told AFP.

Video of 3 kidnapped oil survey team members in Nigeria released

Suspected Boko Haram members released a video on Saturday that shows three kidnapped members of an oil exploration team in northeastern Nigeria, one of...

Africa rejects Europe’s ‘dirty diesel’

Governments in West Africa are taking action to stop the import of fuel with dangerously high levels of sulfur and other toxins. Much of...

Oil-smuggling tankers captured in Libya after firefight

Libyan naval forces captured two vessels suspected of smuggling oil from the North African country after gun battles lasting several hours west of the...

Ghanaians and Pakistanis among those arrested on ship of stolen oil

Three Ghanaians, a Nigerian, two Pakistanis, one Indonesian, one Beninois and two Ukrainians have been arrested for stealing two thousand metric tonnes of crude...

Ex-Nigerian oil minister charged with money laundering

Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with money laundering, the country’s financial crimes agency said on Wednesday. Alison-Madueke, described as “at large”...

Oil companies in Nigeria to relocate to Niger Delta

Nigerian’s acting president, Yemi Osinbajo has directed the relocation of all International oil companies head offices in the country to the Niger Delta. Osinbajo gave...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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