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The freed journalists have reached in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, just as they few from the international airport of Aden Adde in Mogadishu on Thursday.
Funeral services over the remains of the former Chairman of the Public Procurement & Concessions Commission (PPCC) have taken place at the Providence Baptist Church in Monrovia, with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf describing the late Keith Jubah as faithful, diligent, and committed - a man devoted to the nation, to his institution, to his family, and to the Almighty God.
Ahead of the local government elections in Bayelsa State , ex-militant leader, Joshua Maciver has joined over t200 other aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that underwent screening for the Chairmanship positions in the eight councils scheduled for April 3, next year.
Rivers State Governor, Chubike Amaechi, has advocated for the training of local government Chairmen and other strategic officers on issues of transparency and accountability so as to enable the people at the grassroot get maximum value from local government administration.
The 39th founders' day lecture of the University of Benin held was x Monday marred with protests from students of the institution over the imposition of N5000 on students who paid their school fees late and the poor state of hostel facilities in the school.
SOCIETY of Non-Fiction Authors of Nigeria (SONFAN) has raised alarm that Nigerian academic materials writers are losing a minimum of $12 million (N104.3m) from only Belgium besides other countries, as royalties accruing from the use of their intellectual works.
Management of the Brass Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in Brass Local Government Area (LGA), Bayelsa State is to train 120 youths at the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), while local contractors would boost their knowledge in procurement and contract execution through workshops.
Delta State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) to promote capacity building and fast-track development in the State.
Is the Federal Government handling the post amnesty package for the Niger Delta ex-militant well? Is it fair in the sharing of the N200billion earmarked for the militants in the Niger Delta states?
THE people of Nanka in Anambra State and other erosion prone areas of the South East may have lost count of how many times the relevant standing committees of the National Assembly and other government agencies had visited them on fact finding mission.
It was also thought that even where cases are charged to court, the defence always find ways of delaying it forever
The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Chief Achike Udenwa has forecasted that the country will become self sufficient in cement production by the year 2013.
Dana Steel Limited, the core investor in the Katsina Steel Rolling Company, has cut down the volume of its billets' import by 81 per cent. Billets are one of the raw materials used in the production of steel.
Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Salamatu Suleiman, has called on the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and other law enforcement agents, to ensure prompt report of violence against women and children.
TO increase cassava production in Imo State, the state leadership of New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) says it would partner with the state chapter of Nigerian Cassava Growers Association (NCGA) to achieve the target.
Unprecedented increase in the prices of food items at festive seasons is gradually becoming an expected phenomenon in Nigeria. People have come to accept it as part of life. In Abuja, prices of goods have gone up by over 50 percent. The affected commodities include staple food, vegetable and meat.
Eleven months after the Federal government introduced the electronic payment system in all the Ministries, Departments and Agencies, Nigerians are yet to feel its advantage over the manual payment system it sought to replace.
President of the Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry ([LCCI) Asiwaju Kayode Onafowokan has said that regulatory institutions in the nation's financial system should be overhauled to avoid future crisis in the sector.
Dangote Noodles Limited will produce 21 million cartons of noodles yearly in each of the company's three plants located in Lagos, Kano and Cross River States.
THE Emir of Ilorin Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari yesterday called for the return to capital punishment for convicted armed robbers in the country to serve as deterrence to others.
November 14, 2009 witnessed an event of great political significance in Kaduna State politics yet it seems to have gone unnoticed by the usually zealous political analysts in the state.
Only 50 percent Nigerians have electricity in their houses, says the National Population Commission (NPopC) in its final National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS).
Three accused persons standing trial for allegedly killing a six year old girl, Hadiza Husaini, were Wednesday remanded in prison custody by a Magistrate's Court in Dutse, Jigawa State.
A drug suspect who allegedly swallowed 85 wraps of cocaine is in danger list in an un disclosed hospital in Abuja for failure to excrete some of the ingested substances.
The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode has said that safety is a cogent factor in economic development. He said this through the Director of Inspection in the ministry, Mr. Paul Okwulehie at the 28th annual conference of the Nigerian Institute of Safety Professionals (NISP), which ended in Kaduna, the Kaduna state capital on Wednesday.
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