adminNigeria in final talks on refineries overhaul
LONDON. – Nigeria’s state oil firm NNPC is in the final stages of talks with two consortiums that include top traders, energy majors and oil services companies to revamp its dilapidated refineries, sources familiar with the matter said. The move is aimed at helping Nigeria, Africa’s biggest crude oil producer, save billions of dollars on fuel imports.
Man jailed 5 years for sodomising cousin
A 25-year-old Guruve man has been sentenced to an effective five years in jail after pleading guilty to sodomising his 13-year-old cousin, saying he had failed to endure 12 weeks of no sex after his wife had just given birth.
cadres warned against abusing party cars
Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial chairman Cde Ziyambi Ziyambi has warned party members against abusing party vehicles ahead of this year’s harmonised elections.
408 000 applications received for free higher education
CAPE TOWN. – A total of 408 000 applications for full study funding have been received, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) told MPs yesterday.
UK-based man convicted of culpable homicide
A 43-year-old United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean man was on Tuesday slapped with a $900 fine for hitting a pedestrian along the Mutare-Masvingo Highway.
Three drown in disused mine pits
A 13-year-old Grade Seven pupil at Malisa Primary School in Silobela last week drowned in a disused mine pit that was not reclaimed for the past six months.
87 endangered vultures poisoned by poachers in Mozambique
JOHANNESBURG. – Conservationists say at least 87 critically endangered vultures have died after consuming poison planted in the carcass of a poached elephant in Mozambique.
Motor-racing season revs off
THE 2018 Zimbabwe motor racing season revs off at the home of local motorsport – Donnybrook Raceway in Harare – on Sunday with the staging of the opening round of the seven-round main circuit racing’s National Championships which attracts all the country’s top drivers and riders.
Women’s League angles for projects
Zanu-PF’s Manicaland provincial Women’s League has identified various business ventures designed to empower women.
EFF on land expropriation: ‘No one will lose their house’
CAPE TOWN. – “No one is going to lose his or her house. No one is going to lose his or her flat. No one is going to lose his or her factory or industry.”