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THE Ohlthaver and List Group on Wednesday launched its revamped Pick 'n Pay supermarket at Auas Valley in Windhoek, which now boasts a larger range of products like clothing, German delicatessen and, in true Namibian fashion, the all-important coffee shop.
NAMIBIA'S economy is likely to experience only a "statistical recovery" next year, and consumers will only come out of their recession towards the end of 2010, FNB Namibia has forecast.
THE tourism industry has invested about N$35,7 million in the sector during 2009 and altogether N$5,6 billion in total over the past two decades and is experiencing good growth, according to Werner Beddies, Chairperson of the Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN).
Warri chapter of Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has charged female secondary school students across the country to shake off the apathy of having in focus the study of engineering as their future professional career.
The President of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Dr Simeon Chukwuemeka Okolo has wooed Chinese investors to establish more businesses in the country.
Prices of food stuffs have remained stable in Enugu as Muslims celebrate the Eid el Kabir festival this weekend.
Senate yesterday tackled the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Amina Az-Zubair, on her allegation that members of the National Assembly lack integrity and capacity to legislate for the poor, saying she was turning the barrel of a gun on herself.
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida has commended the Amnesty programme initiated by President Umaru Yar'Adua to end the militancy in the Niger Delta region.
I have been following closely the case at the Code of Conduct Bureau involving Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
A 15-man Presidential Committee on the review of tariffs and fiscal incentives headed by the Kwara State Governor, Dr. Bukola Saraki has been inaugurated in Abuja.
The out-going Director of Police Pension Office, Mr. Esai Dangarba has said that he has in the last one year increased the numbers of retirees on the payroll of the police pension to 33,000.
No Nigerian leader, military or civilian has shown genuine commitment to the development of the country, former Governor of the old Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife has said.
Ondo State Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Oye Alademehin, died yesterday at a Lagos hospital as a result of an ailment suspected to be linked with leukemia or cancer of the blood.
Irked by activities of land grabbers, the Ayobo community in Lagos State has written a letter of protest to the Lagos State governor, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, the State Police Commissioner, Mr Marvel Akpoyibo.
Barely two months after President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua flagged off the dredging of the River Niger, a major contract scam has hit the multi-billion naira project as some contractors have petitioned the House of Representatives over alleged installation of substandard navigational aids on the river.
Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi has presented cheques totalling over one hundred million naira for rehabilitation of science laboratories in about 40 schools in the state.
Addressing the power supply problem has been described as the panacea to economic development of the country since it is the only stimulus needed to jumpstart the economy and transport it to one of the top 20 economies of the world as encapsulated in the Vision 2020 blueprint.
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) has put paid to the claim that he would not seek re-election after the expiration of his four-year term in 2011.
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has been indicted over the execution of the $24.114 million contract for the repairs of an oil storage vessel , MT Tuma, a 136,000 metric tonnes vessel acquired by the Federal Government in 1985.
People of Ijebu North in Ogun State, has kicked against the state government's refusal to re-instate Chairman of the Council, Mr. Telle Ogunjobi, who was removed from office 11 months ago, by Governor Gbenga Daniel .
The crisis within the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) has deepened with the suspension from the party of Dr. Mahmud Mohammed Abubakar, who is the Minority Leader in the Kaduna State House of Assembly.
Former Nigeria's deputy permanent representative at the United Nations, Dr. Oladapo Fafowora, yesterday reiterated the necessity for electoral reforms as the panacea for the lingering electoral problems in the country and emphasised the need to strip the Presidency of the power to appoint the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Abia State House of Assembly has joined the fray in the face-off between Imo State legislature and former governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, saying Imo lawmakers had acted in bad faith and abused its powers by issuing a warrant of arrest on Kalu.
Delta State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Deve-lopment Programme (UNDP) to promote capacity building and fast-track socio economic development in the state.
The policeman who was alleged to have killed two children in retaliation of the death of his daughter at Oni Memorial Children Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, has been dismissed from the force, the Oyo State Police Commissioner, Adisa Bolanta, has said.
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