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The Esionwun family of Delta State have asked a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba to dismiss a suit filed by one of their kinsmen, Augustine Jemeriegbe Ayavoro against Chevron Nig. Ltd and Ugborodo Community Trust on the ground that he (Augustine) lacks the authority of the family to file his suit.
President Jacob Zuma has urged the Norwegian and the South African governments to continue implementing the agreements they have already signed.
Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has stressed the need to strengthen cooperation and coordination to fight piracy on the Indian Ocean.
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed resource firm Falgold has released its 2008 full year financials 11 months after its year-end.
HWANGE Colliery Company Limited will later this week receive the first batch of equipment acquired under a US$5 million deal with a South African mine equipment firm for its open cast operations.
Charles Magaiza is a consummate Human Resources and People Development expert with over 12 years experience.
British Airways will resume flights to Zimbabwe early next year following a two-year absence in a move expected to improve tourist arrivals into the country.
SOUTH African investors are keen to establish businesses in Zimbabwe and are anxious to see Zimbabwe's economy stabilising, a Rustenburg municipal officer has said.
AT the closure of the 2009 Abuja Carnival yesterday, Vice President of Nigeria, Dr Jonathan Goodluck prescribed the development of the culture sector as the basis for speedy socio-economic and political growth of the country.
The Investment and Securities Tribunal (IST) has adjudicated on 300 cases with a monetary value of N100billion, in the last 6 years.
Nigerians in Diasporas remitted $10 billion in 2008, indicating a 10 per cent increase to amount remitted in 2007, says a World Bank report.
Eastern Africa coffee farmers, roasters and exporters will in February next year meet to discuss policy issues and measures that can facilitate the logistics and easier movement of coffee across borders.
Less educated and visually impaired Ugandans will in future access information on the internet by talking through their mobile phones, a visiting British computer scientist has said.
Life is about to turn around for the bee farmers in Kisoro District after they received a bee breeding centre to boost their honey production output.
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the Ugandan National Agricultural Research Organisation (Naro) are encouraging farmers to intercrop their coffee with banana plantations, a practice that has been found to improve yields. Piet van Asten, a scientist with IITA discovered this in 2005 while evaluating the success of the Agricultural Enhancement Programme in Uganda.
Uganda Martyrs University - Nkozi chancellor, Bishop Matthias Ssekamanya has asked government to create jobs for graduates to reduce on the number of those seeking greener pastures abroad. Speaking at the university's 15th graduation ceremony last Friday, Bishop Ssekamanya said the country continues to lose skilled professionals yet the locals are dire need of their services.
East African Growers (EAG) has temporarily suspended its business operations in Rwanda citing unfavourable prices for its exports in the European market.
Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Rwanda is in the process of installing a new banking software that will link all its branches to those of its affiliates across East Africa and Sudan, the bank's Managing Director said on Monday.
As negotiations to admit Rwanda into the Commonwealth get into the final lap, Canada, one of the most influential member of the grouping, has affirmed its support for Rwanda's bid to join the 53-nations bloc.
I was quite tickled that Mr Tony Buckingham, the shrewd ex-mercenary and chief of Heritage Oil, is set to make £80million (Shs240 billion) from selling its lucrative oil fields in Uganda.
Makerere University has set up an internal tribunal for its staff members, Daily Monitor has learnt. In an October 15 letter, the university secretary, Mr Sam Akorimo, said the institution has set up court in accordance with the Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act.
The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) in conjunction with the Netherlands Centre for Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI) is training Rwandan commercial attachés and some diplomats on how to analyse information related to trade and exports.
MTN Rwanda, the country's largest mobile operator announced on Monday that it has acquired Rwf10b in form of a syndicated loan from seven local banks to upgrade its network.
After lengthy rounds of negotiations among partner states, the EAC Common Market Protocol was finally signed by all the five Heads of State last Friday, in what many described as a landmark agreement.
Heritage Oil and Gas Company is apparently offering its business stakes in Uganda to Italian energy giant Eni S.P.A because it lacks sufficient financing to construct oil infrastructure such as refineries and pipeline, according to a top official.
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