Master fined over cargo ship grounding in Ireland

By Jite Eriabie  The captain of a Dutch cargo ship that ran aground off Northern Ireland…

124 ships dumped on South Asia’s beaches in Q3, says NGO 

Some 124 ships out of 227 ships broken in the third quarter of 2017 ended up…

Italy busts int’l migrant smuggling ring

Italy’s Finance Guard said Thursday it had busted an international migrant smuggling ring that had brought…

Spain rescues 111 migrants from the Mediterranean

Spanish Maritime Rescue services confirmed Thursday that for the last 24 hours they had saved 111…

OPEC’s Barkindo welcomes rebalancing of oil market

Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) secretary general, Mohammed Barkindo says he welcomes the rebalancing…

MOSOP raises alarm over SPDC resumption oil exploration activities in Ogoniland

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has accused the Shell Petroleum Development…

Nigeria-Turkey to ramp up security and and economic cooperation

President Muhammadu Buhari and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday agreed to ramp up security…

South African court revokes shale gas regulations; AgriSA

South Africa’s High Court has quashed regulations governing proposed shale gas fracking, farmers lobby AgriSA said…

Shell lifts force majeure on Nigerian Bonny Light crude exports

Royal Dutch Shell’s subsidiary in Nigeria (SPDC), lifted force majeure on Bonny Light crude oil exports…

Buhari orders EFCC, ICPC, others to compile names of looters

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abukabar Malami, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari…

Buhari submits 2018-2020 fiscal strategy paper to National Assembly

    President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the 2018-2020 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), and Fiscal Strategy…

AfDB to invest $24bn in agriculture, says Adesina

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said it will invest 24 billion dollars in agriculture over the next…