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Nigeria DRE Fund reaches commercial launch milestone, A model for scaling DRE investment across Africa

Congo began vaccinating health care workers against Ebola on Saturday in Bunia, the epicenter of the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in the country’s history.

Hundreds of Tunisians protested on Saturday to demand the release of jailed pro-Palestinian activists accused of money laundering when they helped organise a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla.

President Bola Tinubu has said more Nigerians should begin to see measurable reductions in transportation costs from October 1, citing the more than N3.5 billion in transport costs he said CNG-powered buses saved commuters in Kaduna in their first year of operation.

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has sealed businesses along Ago Palace Way over persistent illegal waste dumping and arrested 11 persons for unauthorised waste disposal on Lagos Island.

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has said it cannot fix petrol pump prices, but will step up surveillance against price-gouging and other exploitative practices amid the latest increase in Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) prices.

Nigeria's government has appointed a 10-member independent panel to investigate the deaths of 37 people in a paramilitary civil defence force holding cell, the interior minister said Saturday.

French energy group accused of failing to protect British subcontractor killed during 2021 Islamist assault on area surrounding $20bn LNG project

YILPORT Holding has increased yard productivity at its Gebze Terminal in Türkiye by 21% following the deployment of Kaleris’ RTG Optimization technology. The improvement was recorded within three months and reflects an increase in moves per hour across the terminal’s fleet of 31 rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes. Gebze improves performance without adding cranes Before the […] YILPORT Holding has increased yard productivity at its Gebze Terminal in Türkiye by 21% following the deployment of Kaleris’ RTG Optimization technology. The improvement was recorded within three months and reflects an increase in moves per hour across the terminal’s fleet of 31 rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes.…

Bengal Tiger Line has joined the Malabar X-Press service operated by its associate X-Press Feeders, according to DynaLiners. BTL will market the weekly connection under its South India Service brand. Service links Sri Lanka and India The service connects Colombo in Sri Lanka with New Mangalore and Kochi in India. Its rotation is: Colombo – […] Bengal Tiger Line has joined the Malabar X-Press service operated by its associate X-Press Feeders, according to DynaLiners. BTL will market the weekly connection under its South India Service brand. Service links Sri Lanka and India The service connects Colombo in Sri Lanka with New Mangalore and Kochi in India.…