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President Museveni recently directed the minister responsible for Water and Environment to send Damian Akankwasa, the Executive Director of the National Forestry Authority, on a three-month leave. The President also directed that an investigation be instituted into the circumstances under which Akankwasa came to possess Shs 900 million.
The debate about the overly hyped patriotism or lack thereof, and the millions of shillings channeled therein could only be more salty if Kabajago Ka-Rusoke, the NRM ideologue, were to inject an input. Many of us who have, either by proxy or direct contact, intimated with the economic and political ideas of Ka-Rusoke will attest that there is no such a thing lacking in Uganda's polity as ...
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There is a misperception created that the late Major General James Kazini was mistreated by President Museveni and the system during the evening of his life. Though a national hero, evidence suggests that Kazini committed grave offences against the state of Uganda.
Orange Uganda and Apple will launch the iPhone 3GS in the country next month after the phone turned heads in the USA and UK. Orange is hoping to target the elite clientele, seeking more value for their money from their cellular phones.
The biggest argument the NRM Chairman, Yoweri Museveni, has put on the table to push for the Land (Amendment) Bill 2007 is that it will stop rampant eviction of peasants from the land. This sole argument has been chorused by all paid up cheerleaders in and outside Parliament.
Someone who returned to this city a couple of years ago after a stint in Europe admits he was amazed at how much transformation there was in the fashion industry. The girls' dress sense was very much in step with what he had seen in some of the fashion capitals of the world.
ECONOMIC Development Minister Ebrahim Patel has identified deindustrialisation as a major threat to the South African economy and says the government is going to come up with a plan to fix it.
NORWAY was a critical market in Europe that would help SA diversify its trade away from its traditional dependence on European Union (EU) countries and towards the Balkan states and Russia, Trade and Investment SA chief operating officer Riaan le Roux said yesterday.
THE SABC's financial collapse has stalled the business future of TV's hottest young writer just as she's nominated for an International Emmy award. Yet Portia Gumede still sees the future of her industry in the export market, and has several more potential winners waiting for funding next year.
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group has slated Nigeria's economic score card for discussion by industry and policy leaders at its forthcoming summit scheduled for December15-17, 2009 in Abuja tagged NES at 15 'Scorecard of Nigeria's Economic Progress: Bridging the Implementation Gap.
Nigerian farmers participating in the biocontrol of aflatoxins using Aflasafe -- a biocontrol product developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), have said that grain quality after application of the product improved, signaling prospects of a significant drop in aflatoxins on the grains.
THE Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has signed today the Long Range Identification Tracking System ( LRIT) Services Agreement with International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) in London UK.
The arrest order placed on Chief Orji Kalu by the Imo House of Assembly on the grounds that he failed to personally appear before it to defend allegations he made against Governor Ikedi Ohakim has been described as an act of cowardice, orchestrated by Ohakim and ill- motivated.
Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State has called on the Muslim faithful in the state to use the occasion of this year's Eid-el-Kabir celebration to renew their spirit of obedience to the will of Allah.
Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has identified peace and unity as a major ingredient needed for the survival of the nation.
Nigeria has become the black sheep of the world oil producing community for her lack of accountability and unproductive use of the oil revenue. Among the OPEC countries, Nigeria is the least enterprising in the management of oil revenue. In Africa, Libya, Angola and Sudan have utilised their oil revenue better than Nigeria.
CHIEF James Ibori, the immediate past governor of Delta State, has been commended for the construction of Bomadi bridge across the Forcados river.
AS Muslims in Nigeria join their counterparts around the world to celebrate this year's Eid-el-Kabir today, eminent Nigerian Christian leaders have called on Nigerians to show more love for one another and continue on the path of peace.
Nnewi traders under the umbrella of New Auto Spare Parts Association(NASPA), yesterday protested the continued raid on their market by the police over alleged sale of fake imported products.
Governor Ali Modu Sheriff of Borno on Wednesday swore-in two new commissioners and special advisers with a warning to desist from absenteeism from public functions or face sanctions.
Ebonyi State Government has disbursed N100million to six private and missionary hospitals, bringing to N600 million, the amount already disbursed to hospitals in the state between 2008 and 2009.
The Chief Imam of Akure, Ondo State, Alhaji Abdulakeem Akorede yesterday said the quick resolution of the crisis between the traditional ruler of Akure, Deji of Akureland, Oba Oluwadare Adepoju Adesina and the Kingmakers by the state government averted bloodshed and chaos in the state.
The World Scrabble Championship started yesterday in Malaysia with eight games decided and Nigeria's Jighere Wellington is the only player who has not lost any game.
THE Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Ondo State, Chief Oye Alademehin, is dead. Alademehin who hailed from Okitipupa Council area of the state was said to have died of cancer of the blood yesterday.
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