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THE Bauchi State office of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is to set up committee at community levels to provide security against vandalization of solar panels and other installations mounted in various parts of the state by the agency.
Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) , weekend , explained why World Bank projects in the state are becoming deplorable, citing project timeframe, funding, storm and flooding as major reasons.
The Federal Government has approved a three-year tax holiday for new mining companies as part of incentives to attract investments to the sector, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported.
The Mozambican trade union movement is demanding a specific law, as soon as possible, allowing workers in the public administration to form trade unions.
Address by Kamalesh Sharma, Port of Spain, 27 November 2009
Lack of adequate data on those covered by tax laws has continued to hamper tax collection, prompting tax practitioners to challenge all stakeholders to invest in the development of a good data culture in Nigeria.
The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (PCN) has taken a look at the state of the nation and declared that Nigerians were now living in apparent hopelessness. It blamed this on the economic and socio-political situation in the country in which the major social structures are in the throes of death.
Two senior employees at the Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) have been suspended following investigations into alleged irregularities into the award and implementation of a multi-million rand tender.
Metro police officers are to patrol the Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network to crack down on the illegal use of the dedicated bus lanes.
President Jacob Zuma has expressed satisfaction with the direction and future of the Commonwealth Group.
Developing members in the World Trade Organization (WTO) called for urgent action to resolve the remaining issues in the Doha Round of trade negotiations so that a shared objective to conclude the round in 2010 could be accomplished.
The national airline, Air Namibia, has spread its wings by expanding its flights to Accra, Ghana via Johannesburg. This comes after it launched a flight to Lusaka last month.
Yet another session of the World Trade Organisation's Ministerial Conference on November 30 will hear appeals to save the crumbling free-trade Doha Round from US and EU farmers' subsidies - but that boring news hides an exciting fact: Africans can free themselves.
European private investors are hungry for shares in unlisted African firms and could provide the needed shot in the arm for a continent that has taken a beating from the financial crisis the West is emerging from, reports LEE MWITI
I read Gawaya Tegulle's piece two weeks ago; "Keep Uganda's Economy out of Gaddafi's hands now!" and I found it wanting in many aspects especially when he advocates dismissing investments made by Libyans (to him Arabs) in Uganda.
Dr Damien Akankwasa, the National Forestry Authority executive director, was already under suspicion by State House and the Shs900 million allegedly stolen from his bed room provided the perfect opportunity for the government to clamp down on him, Sunday Monitor can reveal.
THREE Americans died and four other crew members were seriously injured yesterday when a Zimbabwe registered cargo plane crashed in Shanghai, China. Harare based Avient Aviation, which operates the aircraft, confirmed the accident but refused to reveal more details saying it was now a subject of an investigation by the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAZZ).
A new data operator has vowed to not only challenge TelOne, but also join the war for the hearts and minds of subscribers in Zimbabwe.
Botswana is currently doing an audit to make sure that illicit diamonds do not enter the country when its independent diamond market starts operations.
The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) on Wednesday donated N$1 million towards the repair costs of two badly flood-damaged schools in the north.
The Managing Director of De Beers has pointed to rising unemployment, low expectations of holiday sales and the static price of polished goods in the US as compelling reasons for being cautious about the recovery of the diamond industry.
The Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) has warned of more load-shedding when South Africa's Eskom cuts down supplies by 100mw next month.
The Francistown City Council(FCC) is working flat out to meet the deadline set by permanent secretary, Thato Raphaka when he addressed Ministry of Local Government workers last Friday.
The Kalayakgosi Foundation Trust (KFT) is working on a massive project that will culminate in the building of a School of Industry in Ngamiland next year.
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono on Friday said the reintroduction of the Zimbabwe dollar is still a long way off, ending speculation the battered currency is on its way back. Over the past weeks, speculation has intensified that some sections of the inclusive government were preparing for the return of the reviled currency after President Robert Mugabe recently told villagers ...
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