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04/07/2022

Eko Atlantic City: Why The City Of The Future Is Taking So Long.

https://lagoslaif.com/eko-atlantic-city-why-the-city-of-the-future-is-taking-so-long/

Eko Atlantic City nicknamed the City of the Future is one of the highest priced real estate in Lagos. Here is how the project started in 2008.

01/07/2022

Events Happening In Lagos This Weekend You Should Attend.

https://lagoslaif.com/events-happening-in-lagos-this-weekend-you-should-attend-2/

Living in Lagos can be different for different people and finding a way to ease the stress balances everything. Here are events that can help.

08/07/2020

Let's talk music and Astro Vibez. Over and over again, African music as continued to earn its space in the global music stage, especially with the good, stunning, and amazing sound coming out of the continent. The joy in this is not just the music alone but how we can boast of several genres we thrive in. One of these which happens to be the popular ‘Afro fusion’, a genre making waves, most especially in Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa. [ 671 more words ]
https://observeafrica.com/tmp-astro-vibez-afro-fusion-aura-music/

TMP comes with a bang on his EP titled Astro Vibez. A combination of afro-infused body of works with a laid back feel, in deep rooted messages.

25/06/2020

According to UN Environment, there are currently 300 million tonnes of plastic waste produced annually in the form of bags, bottles, etc. of which 8 million of it ends up in the oceans yearly causing plastic pollution. Plastic pollution is when plastics have gathered in an area and have begun to impact the environment negatively. Plastic pollution is harmful to plants, wildlife, and even the human population. [ 381 more words ]
https://observeafrica.com/plastic-pollution-marine-animals/

Plastic pollution is doing more harm to the world than we can imagine yearly and we are not paying enough attention to it.

25/06/2020

Kenya will now be a part of key decision making on global peace and security, as the East African country wins Africa’s seat at the UN Security Council, after gathering a total of 129 votes as against Djibouti’s 62 votes in the second round of voting. On Thursday, 191 member states voted in the process that saw Kenya win the seat. [ 134 more words ]
https://observeafrica.com/un-africa-kenya-security-council/

Kenya on Thursday won Africa's seat at the UN Security Council and will return to the UN’s most powerful organ after 23 years.

11/06/2020

On the 8th of June, the world celebrated 'Oceans Day' with the theme Innovation for a sustainable ocean. According to the National Ocean service, there is only one global ocean but this enormous body of water that covers 71% of the Earth is geographically segmented into different identified regions. Historically, there are four known ocean basins namely: the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. [ 336 more words ]
https://observeafrica.com/national-oceans-day-everyday-life/

On the 8th of June, the world celebrated ‘Oceans Day’ with the theme Innovation for a sustainable ocean. According to the National Ocean service, there…

09/06/2020

The rapid increase in the population of Africa as a continent has made experts predict a rise in development of the continent. According to this paper, Africa’s population is expected to be roughly double in population by 2050, adding 1.2 billion people to the 2019 population of 1.3 billion people. With the rate of overpopulation in Africa, there are several negative effects it has on the continent, ranging from increase in waste pollution to less employment opportunity due to the high competition for minimal roles. [ 396 more words ]
https://observeafrica.com/future-of-africa-business-development/

With the rapid rise in Africa's population, the possibility of seeing a sharp development or decline thereof in the continent is unavoidable.

09/06/2020

Due to the threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic, operators and workers have said that massive jobs could be lost in food and beverage companies in the coming weeks. Some factors that contribute to this include access to foreign exchange, unavailability of raw materials and the need to observe social distancing in the factories. All these are responsible for the decision of the management of some companies in the sector to lay off workers. [ 563 more words ]
https://observeafrica.com/beverage-companies-to-lay-off-staff/

Due to the threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic, operators and workers have said that massive jobs could be lost in food and beverage companies

05/06/2020

A new report has shown that the world lost nearly four million hectares of tropical forest in 2019, at the rate of one football pitch every second. This was the third biggest forest loss in this century-starting in the year 2000. The data was leased on Tuesday from the Global Forest Watch, an online platform that provides near-real-time data and tools for monitoring forest. [ 399 more words ]
https://observeafrica.com/third-biggest-forest-loss/

A new report has shown that the world lost nearly four million hectares of tropical forest in 2019, at the rate of one football pitch every second

02/06/2020

The Federal Government’s plan for N350 billion revenue from oil field licensing seems to have suffered a setback, as two Federal High Court judges have halted the government’s effort to revoke two oil field licenses. This will negatively affect the full licensing round for marginal fields, which the Federal Government plans to launch in the month of June. The two marginal fields which are Ororo field, known as OML 95 and the Dawes Island marginal oil field, formerly called OML 54, were however among 11 oil licenses that were revoked by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in April. [ 312 more words ]
https://observeafrica.com/oil-field-licensing-plan/

The Federal Government’s plan for N350 billion revenue from oil field licensing seems to have suffered a setback, as two Federal High Court judges have

02/06/2020

In 1988, the reggae genre of music was new to the Nigerian music scene and being the Nigerian Rasta was unusual, making Majek Fashek an act to look forward to seeing. As much as it was hard to move to stardom back then, Majekodunmi Fasheke’s unique style spoke for him. He released his first album, Prisoner of Conscience in… [ 440 more words ]
https://observeafrica.com/majek-fashek-african-rasta-dies/

Majek Fashek, a Nigerian music legend passed away after battling an unknown illness for a long while. This is a glimpse of his life as a musician.

02/06/2020

Music legend, Majekodunmi Fasheke popularly known as Majek Fashek dies at 57.

This was made known by his manager earlier today through an Instagram video where he announced the demise of the ‘Send Down the Rain’ legendary singer.

01/06/2020

COVID-19: Economic impact on commercial properties

https://observeafrica.com/covid-19-economic-impact-commercial-properties/

Undoubtedly, the novel coronavirus has had a ripple effect on economies of the world which has also affected commercial landlords

31/05/2020

Over-consumption and the environmental impact of what we use

https://observeafrica.com/over-consumption-environment-africa/

Statistics show that 60% of resources are used every year than the renewable sustainable rate increasing pollution, and this is a cause of over-consumption.

29/05/2020

Electricity in Kenya: COVID-19 hits Kenya’s electricity as consumption drops

https://observeafrica.com/electricity-kenya-covid-19-consumption/

Electricity consumption in Kenya dropped as the power sector takes its share of the economic impacts from the coronavirus pandemic.

22/05/2020

This job is a Freelance Writing job where you will be writing for Observe Africa, a New Media that creates interesting but quality articles about everyday life in Africa. Your article will be quality and you will be working hand in hand with an editor that will review every article before publishing.

You can also get to be part of the team that will be running the monthly documentary, featured interviews and the quarterly magazine.

08/05/2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread to quite a number of countries in Africa and beyond with over 3 million confirmed cases. Africa has over 50,000 cases and over 2000 deaths and recoveries reported to reach up to 17,000. It is quite impressive that some African Countries are curating preventive measures against the spread of the pandemic. As we know, Senegal is developing a… [ 432 more words ]
https://observeafrica.com/africa-countries-covid-19/

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread to quite a number of countries in Africa and beyond with over 3million confirmed cases but is Africa's efforts enough.

08/05/2020

In a bid to improve the sales volumes of petrol, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has announced a reduction in the ex-depot price of petrol from N13.28 per litre to N108 per litre. Kennie Obateru, the Managing Director of the Petroleum Products Marketing Company, Musa Lawan, Corporations Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division said the new ex-deVot price of Petroleum Motor Spirit(petrol) was a reflection of the company’s market strategy. [ 280 more words ]
https://observeafrica.com/nnpc-petrol-depot-reduction/

In a bid to improve the sales volumes of petrol, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has announced a reduction in the ex-depot price of petrol