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House of Representatives Committee on Marine Transport has commenced investigations into a scandal currently rocking the multi-billion dredging of River Niger over alleged installation of substandard navigational aids by one of the leading contractors handling the project.
The Association of Eze Ndigbo in Diaspora has urged Igbo leaders to avoid provocative comments on Eze Ndigbo title. The group said such remarks could undermine the work of the panel set-up by Pan Ndigbo socio-cultural association Ohanaeze on the matter. The group said that such negative comments do not show respect for Ohanaeze which wants to resolve the matter by setting up a panel.
GOVERNOR Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State has commended Muslims in the state for their peacefulness and industry in the development in the state.
LAGOS State Government has concluded arrangement to provide free bus service for the residents of the state during the Muslim festival of Eid-el-Kabir aimed at making the festival smooth and stress-free.
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ogbonna Onovo yesterday reviewed his first 100 days in office declaring that though it has not been easy, the police have moved away from the doldrums.
OVER one million Nigerians are being mobilised to walk and march against HIV/AIDS from National Stadium, Surulere to Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos to create more awareness on the need for voluntary testing to know ones HIV status on December 5.
Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) of Lagos State has stressed the need for dedication to the service of the nation, saying the present generation of Nigerians must aspire to deliver such services as will advance the course of nation building.
GOVERNOR Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State is yet to decide, if he would go for a second tenure.
Governor, Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has urged Muslims to pray for the health of President Umaru Yar'Adua.
Senate President, David Mark has called on Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of sacrifice, love, tolerance and mutual co-existence, even as he promised that the Senate would ensure strict compliance with the 2010 budget.
Celebrated music preacher Pastor Wilson Bugembe, will tonight host worshippers in a night-long worship gathering under the dub Worship Night '09. The night, which has previously attracted a mammoth crowd, mostly of the born-again, is bringing together a number of names in the gospel music circles as well as top church choirs.
Barely two weeks have passed since the day when Nakivubo War II Memorial Stadium was thrown into darkness and filth after Umeme and National Water & Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) disconnected utilities due to failure to clear spiraling bills.
Opec Prime Properties Ltd, the company that won a tender to re-develop the Naguru/Nakawa housing estates insists it will carry on with its suit against the government if they do not get their 56.1 hectares of land in the disputed area as per the contract.
Kawempe will face Kazo Kasolo in today's City Tyres-sponsored Idd Cup final at Kazoo Sports ground at 4pm.
Recent press reports that FDC leader Kizza Besigye was blocked from appearing on a Karamoja radio station, allegedly by the Resident District Commissioner, have re-opened the debate on whether Uganda is yet a multiparty democracy as it was widely thought. At around the same a Bukedde TV scroll read: "abebibiina bawakanyizza etteeka lye ttaka..." Now Abebibiina under the disguised NRM's single ...
For several weeks, it's been a matter of when and not how MTN Heathens will win this year's Broadband Sevens circuit title which will complete a remarkable clean sweep of the season.
Is the UPDF a tribal army because most of its senior Generals are mainly from southwestern Uganda? There is need to define what tribal and national institutions are. A national institution is one whose aspirations and actions serve the broader national good. Conversely a tribal institution serves parochial tribal interests.
Civil society activists have piled pressure on the government to make public all agreements it has entered with companies prospecting in oil that has been discovered in the Albertine region in western Uganda.
The government should consider creating a safe corridor for elephants to roam about due to congestion in most national game parks, the Amuru Resident District Commissioner, has said.
This is a difficult article to write for two reasons, one moral and the other legal. The legal one is the less difficult - just avoid mentioning any thief by name. The moral one is tougher. How do you avoid appearing to acknowledge crime as a source of success? Twenty years of writing have taught me that people sometimes misunderstand your message and you get mails like "how can you support these ...
Cranes coach Bobby Williamson insists he will only name his final squad of 20 players for the Orange Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup moments before the team leaves for Kenya by road today.
Uganda's private enterprises are set to benefit from the 30 million Euros (about Shs70 billon) fund from the European Investment Bank (EIB), which would see businesses access low interest loans.
A 25-year-old man was shot dead and another was wounded while they were working on a car at a house in Muizenberg.
Two-year-old Randoline Fortune was raped until her insides ruptured, causing excessive bleeding and sending her tiny body into shock, the Parow Regional Court has heard.
A former Sun Valley security guard, who was convicted of the 2005 rape of a 14-year-old girl in Fish Hoek, collapsed in the dock at the Cape High Court after he heard he would have to spend 10 years behind bars.
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