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The CEO of 360Kuts, a famous salon brand in the country and Europe, gave strangers in Pescara a treat, by dishing our free of charge his exquisite and trademark haircuts, as well as shopping spree. The 360Kuts founder arrived in Italy a few years ago as a migrant and first settled in Abruzzo and Sicily, where he was camped. He earned a living working as a home-service barber, and working as a disc jockey at parties, carnivals and festivals on certain days, until he relocated to Pescara, where he gained widespread fame as a phenomenal hairstylist. Greatness is not born;…

He was addressing the Critical Minerals Africa conference, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Tuesday. Nysveen defined renewable energy as encompassing geothermal as well as solar and wind power. Batteries were also low carbon energy sources and included both mobile (vehicle) and stationary applications. While Europe and North America dominated the global production of wind turbines, China had now entered this market and was beginning to catch up. In this, it was being helped by the fact that demand for wind turbines had outstripped the currently available supply, driving prices up sharply (and so rendering a number of…

Following the completion of the transaction and regulatory approvals, the company is increasing its participating interest in the Reggane Nord natural gas project by 4.5% through the acquisition of interest from former project partner Edison. The Groupement Reggane Nord, operator of the project, will thus consist of Sonatrach (40%), Repsol (36%), and Wintershall Dea (24%). For Wintershall Dea, all signs point to growth in Algeria. The company has been active in the North African country since 2002. Since production began in Reggane Nord in December 2017, around 13 billion m3 of gas have been produced in the consortium. Its business…

A former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili, has described the National Assembly as the biggest threat to Nigeria’s democracy. Ezekwesili made the remark while reacting to the proposed purchase of 360 Toyota SUVs for lawmakers. Posting on X, the former minister warned that Nigerians will soon chase senators and House of Representatives members away due to their serial bad behaviour. Ezekwesili said: “So that vexing news turned out to be accurate. “I read the extremely ludicrous and duplicitous statement released by the Spokesman of the @HouseNGR on their insensitive purchase of 360 Toyota SUVs for themselves. “You all had the audacity…

The Chairman of Misrata Free Zone, Mohsen Al-Sigutri, in the presence of its General Manager, Ayman Al-Darwish, the Director of the Marketing and Cooperation Department, and the Director of the Investment Department, held a working meeting at the MFZ in the city of Misrata on Sunday, with representatives of the Oil Invest Group, headed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tam Company, Oil Invest Board Member, Ahmed Al-Fitouri, and the General Manager of Tam Oil Company, Mohamed Al-Sallabi, and member of the Board of Directors, Fathi Daloub. The meeting came during the guests’ visit to the MFZ…

World Bank project documents will make it clear that LGBTQ+ Ugandans should not face discrimination and that staff will not be arrested for including them, Victoria Kwakwa, the bank’s head for eastern and southern Africa, told Reuters news agency. Rights groups have said that the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), which was enacted in May and prescribes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, has unleashed a torrent of abuse against LGBTQ+ people, mostly by private individuals. “We’re doing all this to clarify this is not what you should be doing in World Bank-financed projects and to say you are allowed to…

This is as the youth group expressed deep concerns of potential duplication of efforts and financial waste in pursuing the gigantic project. It will be recalled that the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project which spans over 750 kilometers with 160 bridges connecting the entire Niger Delta region with Ibeju Lekki in Lagos State, was originally conceived by the Federal Government, with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, entrusted to oversee its development. The NDDC invested over N25billion since 2014 in feasibility studies, project scope assessments, and detailed technical studies for the project. In a statement jointly signed and issued in Port…

Marrakech, a city known for its iconic historical sites, suffered badly when a powerful earthquake rocked its foundations in early September. The 6.8 magnitude quake not only claimed nearly 3,000 lives in Morocco, but also left a significant scare on iconic landmarks “The damage to the historical monuments varies according to each region and its distance from the epicentre of the earthquake. The most damaged is the Tinmel Mosque, which was close to the epicentre of the earthquake in Ighil, as well as some mosques in Marrakesh, such as the Kharbouch Mosque. The other monuments sustained minor damage,” explains Rachid…

Nigerian military jets have carried out air strikes on a gathering of bandit militias, killing around 100 gunmen in the country’s northwest, two army sources and local residents said on Friday. Nigeria’s air force confirmed it had carried out bombardments in northwestern Zamfara State on Tuesday, but a spokesman said he could not yet provide details on the numbers killed. Northwestern and central Nigerian states have for years been plagued by gangs who raid villages and kill and abduct residents for ransom in rural areas where state presence is weak. The gangs, notorious for mass kidnappings from schools and colleges…

Egypt’s temporary suspension of a tariff on chicken imports will favor shipments from Brazil to the North African market, Brazilian chicken and pork processor group ABPA said on Friday. Egypt said this week it had suspended for six months a 30% tax on whole chickens, which according to ABPA is the main poultry product Brazil sells to Egypt. Brazilian whole chickens will become more competitive in Egypt as a result of the tariff suspension, boosting Egypt’s supplies that have been hampered by bird flu and rising production costs, said ABPA President Ricardo Santin. Around 90% of Egypt’s imported whole chickens…