Russian firm begins bauxite shipment from Guinea

Russian aluminium producer Rusal says it has started shipping bauxite from its Dian-Dian bauxite project in…

Italian coastguard vessel berths with 522 migrants in Sicily

An Italian coastguard ship carrying more than 500 migrants, including dozens rescued by the US Navy…

Buhari signs budget into law, concerned by changes

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday signed Nigeria’s record N9.12 trillion 2018 budget into law. Buhari…

Customs intercepts smuggled African Artifacts in Italy

Italian Customs Police on Tuesday said that they had intercepted a load of precious goods smuggled…

Lagos, Abuja top destinations with highest airfares – NBS

    The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has disclosed that Lagos, Abuja and Edo are…

Police arraign man for phone theft, fraud in Apapa

A 29-year-old man, identified as Chukwuemeka Kingsley Ugwu was on Tuesday arraigned before an Apapa Magistrates’…

Ship splits into two off Taiwan

One of two tankers that ran aground off Kaohsiung, Taiwan last week, split in two in the…

China accuses U.S. of stoking trade war as Trump issues new $200bn threat

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 10 percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese…

Shipping industry organisations call for progress on key sulphur cap issues at IMO

The main shipping industry trade organisations say International Maritime Organization (IMO) member states “must make” progress…

NNPC restores ruptured gas pipeline

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said gas supply to generating stations had built up…

Italy urges EU border agency to stop migrants in Africa

Italy’s Transport Minister, Danilo Toninelli, has called on Europe’s border agency to stop migrants in transit…

Russia, Saudi seeks big hike in oil output

Russia and Saudi Arabia are pushing Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies…