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AT the closure of the 2009 Abuja Carnival yesterday, Vice President of Nigeria, Dr Jonathan Goodluck prescribed the development of the culture sector as the basis for speedy socio-economic and political growth of the country.
Rivers State police command has announced a N2 million reward for anyone who could come up with information that would lead to the arrest of killers of former member of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Charles Nsiegbe.
FORMER Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori, has identified fiscal federalism and the amnesty programme as the most urgent political challenges confronting the Federal Government and the Niger Delta people.
The Investment and Securities Tribunal (IST) has adjudicated on 300 cases with a monetary value of N100billion, in the last 6 years.
Nigerians in Diasporas remitted $10 billion in 2008, indicating a 10 per cent increase to amount remitted in 2007, says a World Bank report.
Minister of Information and Communication, Professor Dora Akunyili, has said Nigerians will never be treated like criminals again abroad after the showdown the country had with Sony Incorporation over the damaging advertisement that was eventually withdrawn.
GOVERNORSHIP Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, Professor Charles Soludo has regretted that his state had been governed by inefficient people in the past, saying that he is in the gubernatorial race to change the trend.
According to the NRM research team, the NRM should take heed of some of their recommendations which point to the need for NRM to dialogue with other parties and the public on the reform proposals already made.
A Police officer attached to the Directorate of Counter Terrorism in Kampala detective Sgt. Enock Turikumwe alias Tumushime, was last Friday charged in the Kisoro Magistrate's Court for setting ablaze a T-shirt bearing President Museveni's portrait.
Eastern Africa coffee farmers, roasters and exporters will in February next year meet to discuss policy issues and measures that can facilitate the logistics and easier movement of coffee across borders.
Less educated and visually impaired Ugandans will in future access information on the internet by talking through their mobile phones, a visiting British computer scientist has said.
The farmers in Kirumba Village in Rakai District have received vegetable seedlings to plant during the current rain season.
Over 1,500 tonnes of garbage are generated in Kampala daily that Kampala City Council is overwhelmed by the waste output due to its lack of capacity to collect and dump it at its landfills.
Life is about to turn around for the bee farmers in Kisoro District after they received a bee breeding centre to boost their honey production output.
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the Ugandan National Agricultural Research Organisation (Naro) are encouraging farmers to intercrop their coffee with banana plantations, a practice that has been found to improve yields. Piet van Asten, a scientist with IITA discovered this in 2005 while evaluating the success of the Agricultural Enhancement Programme in Uganda.
Modern goat rearing's future looks bright following the move by Makerere University researchers to come up with ways to prevent and lessen the goat disease burden. Now researchers say, they can eradicate goat diseases by either confining and separating male from female goats.
Uganda Martyrs University - Nkozi chancellor, Bishop Matthias Ssekamanya has asked government to create jobs for graduates to reduce on the number of those seeking greener pastures abroad. Speaking at the university's 15th graduation ceremony last Friday, Bishop Ssekamanya said the country continues to lose skilled professionals yet the locals are dire need of their services.
Safiel Kulei's simple statement goes to the heart of the plight of many of his neighbors hit by consecutive years of drought in Kenya.
The School of Journalism and Communications has acquired a building on the campus of Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) to pave way for the long-awaited transfer of the school to Kigali.
SILVERBACKS' hopes of pushing for silverware at this weekend's Nakuru 7s have been frustrated by reports that the team will be without three of its top players.
East African Growers (EAG) has temporarily suspended its business operations in Rwanda citing unfavourable prices for its exports in the European market.
A team from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Association of Africa National Olympic Committee (ANOCA) is set to visit the country on December 1.
Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Rwanda is in the process of installing a new banking software that will link all its branches to those of its affiliates across East Africa and Sudan, the bank's Managing Director said on Monday.
The Coordinator of the National Identification Cards (NIC), Pascal Nyamulinda, has lashed out at local sectors of frustrating the project saying that local government officials have caused many people not getting their electronic IDs in time.
ALTHOUGH he failed to retain the tour of Rwanda crown, Rwanda's top cyclist Adrien Niyonshuti showed that he can battle seasoned riders like Adil Jelloul and Saadoune Abdelaati after finishing third in the most competitive cycling competition ever to be held in Rwanda.
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