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Spain monitors Moroccan energy megaproject in Africa
Atalayar
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August 23, 2025
The excellent synergies that exist between Spain and Morocco facilitate cooperation on energy and strategic matters. However, they also require constant monitoring of megaprojects such as the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline. Approved in 2016, Nigeria...
Local production: Emzor Pharmaceutical repays debut series 1 commercial paper
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 21, 2025
Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (Emzor), a leading light in the Nigerian pharmaceutical sector has announced the successful repayment of its inaugural Series 1 Commercial Paper. Originally issued in November 2024, under its ₦10 billion...
Meeting Between Minister For Foreign Affairs IWAYA And Chief Minister SENGEH Of Sierra Leone
MENAFN
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August 21, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo On August 21, commencing at 10:40 a.m. for approximately 15 minutes, Mr. IWAYA Takeshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, held a meeting with Dr. David Moinina SENGEH, Chief Minister of the...
2025 Mining Week: Nigeria’s reaffirming place in global practice – Minister
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 22, 2025
The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development is set to reposition the mining industry by acknowledging past achievements even as it projects into the future. This assertion was made on Thursday in Abuja by the minister Dr Dele Alake who was...
Emzor repays commercial paper, boosts local API production for health security
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 22, 2025
Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd has successfully repaid its inaugural Series 1 Commercial Paper, a ₦5.13 billion note issued in November 2024 under its ₦10 billion Commercial Paper Issuance Programme. The maturity on August 18, 2025, marks a...
Police nab Sierra Leonean ‘drug mule’ with 941 grams of cocaine hidden inside his body
The Macau Post Daily
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The Judiciary Police (PJ) apprehended a “body packer”* from the west African Republic of Sierra Leone on Sunday, seizing a total of 941 grams of cocaine that he had concealed inside his body, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press...
World Food Prize launches youth leadership program in Sierra Leone
Des Moines Register - Iowa
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For more than 30 years, The World Food Prize has sought to enlist young people to help solve problems of world hunger. Now it's extending those efforts abroad to countries where hunger is an ever-present threat. The World Food Prize Foundation,...
Entertainment News | Actor Randeep Hooda Lauds Women Architects of India
Latestly
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August 24, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): Actor Randeep Hooda attended the Wade Asia event, an architecture event which celebrates the women-led development in design, architecture, art, and engineering at Yashoobhoomi Delhi on Saturday. At the...
Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd successfully repays debut series 1 commercial paper, bolsters commitment to local manufacturing and health security
The Cable
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August 21, 2025
Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (Emzor), a leading light in the Nigerian pharmaceutical sector, is pleased to announce the successful repayment of its inaugural Series 1 Commercial Paper. Originally issued in November 2024, under its ₦10...
Construction arbitration in India
Global Arbitration Review
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August 20, 2025
Introduction Pre-arbitral steps for construction arbitration in India – such as negotiation, mediation or the referral of disputes to a dispute adjudication board (DAB) – have become a cornerstone in the architecture of modern construction and...
Freetown Mayor expresses nostalgia,. . .
Ghana Districts
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The Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone and C40 Cities co-chair, Mayor Yvonne Aki - Sawyerr has hailed the Accra Metropolitan Assembly’s (AMA) Roof Top Garden as a shining model of sustainable urban innovation that advances environmental stewardship...
The role of skills mismatch in the productivity challenge: Bridging the gap between education and industry needs
Business and Financial Times
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August 20, 2025
By Solomon Nyantakyi( PhD) There are two opposing sides to Ghana’s 2024 economic recovery story. On the one hand, the nation’s GDP grew by an astounding 5.7% (The World Bank, Ghana Statistical Service), much above forecasts and a major improvement...
Plattekill approves new storefronts and industrial park
My Hudson Valley - New York
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By Erin Holton The Plattekill Town Planning Board met on Aug. 12 to discuss various proposed civil projects, including the contingent final approval of the Deer Run Industrial Park. The Deer Run Industrial Park will be located at 153 Freetown...
Nigerian, African businesses to get Denmark’s $40m clean energy fund
Business Day
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August 20, 2025
Nigerian businesses will be among the beneficiaries of a $40 million investment from Impact Fund Denmark into CrossBoundary Energy (CBE), aimed at expanding access to clean and reliable electricity for businesses across Africa. The investment,...
Energy, cocoa sector debts could derail fiscal gains – World Bank
Business and Financial Times
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August 19, 2025
By Joshua Worlasi AMLANU The country’s fiscal recovery is at risk from rising debts in the energy and cocoa sectors, with the World Bank warning the state power utility’s shortfall alone could swell to US$9billion by 2026 if reforms stall. In its...
Sierra Leone Police Begin Mortuary Construction Project, Open Eye Clinic in Freetown
Sierraloaded
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August 15, 2025
Inspector General of Police William Fayia Sellu marked the start of construction for a mortuary at Kingtom Police Hospital and officially inaugurated a new eye clinic on Thursday, 14 August 2025. The event brought together senior police officers,...
Best Path Forward for Sierra Leone : Overcoming Two-Party Dominance, Politicised Development, and Systemic Corruption
Cocorioko
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August 16, 2025
Best Path Forward for Sierra Leone Overcoming Two-Party Dominance, Politicised Development, and Systemic Corruption Sierra Leone’s enduring governance challenges—two-party dominance, politicised development, elite resource capture, and systemic...
Zutari goes global — SA engineering giant to lead at first-ever African FIDIC infrastructure conference
African Insider
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August 19, 2025
Cape Town – Leading multinational engineering consultancy Zutari has announced its sponsorship of the upcoming 2025 FIDIC Global Infrastructure Conference, set to take place in Cape Town from 21 to 23 September 2025. This year’s event marks a...
High Vaccine Acceptance in Sierra Leone Highlights Role of Trust, Messaging, and Misinformation
ContagionLive
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More than 80% of adults in Sierra Leone said they would accept COVID-19 vaccines for themselves or their families, according to a study presented at the 2025 Annual Conference on Vaccinology Research. The study surveyed 2,146 adults to assess...
New Egyptian Ambassador Expresses Interest in Supporting Vocational Training in Sierra Leone
Sierraloaded
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August 14, 2025
The newly appointed Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt, H.E. Rasha Poliman Mohin Eldin, has expressed interest in supporting vocational institutions during a courtesy call on the Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Dr. Ramatulai...