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As the 2009 yuletide season approaches when most people in the Eastern part of the country will be travelling for end of the year celebrations, Airport Manager of Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri, Orjiako Mgbemene has called for the development of the latter to meet impending challenges.
Buhari Yusuf, former executive member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State, speaks on issues affecting the party in his state and national level.
I want to let every Nigerian know that NITEL was one of the most liquid government companies in this country before government decided to frustrate it out of existence. In this interview with Daily Trust, President of the National Union of Postal and Telecommunications Employees (NUPTE) Comrade Sunday Alasan talks on the best way to reposition the ailing Nigeria Telecommunications (NITEL), the ...
More than 20 Nigerian welders have received international certification in welding from the Petroleum Development Trust Fund (PTDF) in line with the content directive of the Federal Government to train 2,500 welders.
For three days last week, the Nigerian Governors' Forum chose Abuja, to concentrate the minds of Nigerians on the desirability of taxation to improve the internally-generated revenue of Nigerian states.
The Yar'adua for New Nigeria (YFONN) yesterday said that it is not a partisan organisation and that a recent statement credited to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not targeted at the group.
The Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) has said that it would commence registration of all freight forwarders in the country by next month.
Four security guards were last Tuesday arraigned before an Abuja magistrate court for allegedly abandoning their duty posts and paving the way for thieves to break into a shop belonging to one Ugwu.
Five staff of Gilmor Construction Company recently appeared before an Abuja magistrate court for allegedly stealing some iron rods belonging to the company.
The Food Agricultural organization (FAO) says international food prices have come down compared to last year but are still very high in developing countries.
Promasidor Nigeria Limited, the makers of Cowbell, Top Tea and Onga Seasoning, has launched Amila Powdered Juice and Milksy Choco as part of the company's plan to satisfy the customers' need.
The 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change will hold in December this year at the medium-size town of Copenhagen in Denmark.
Eighteen passengers inside a commercial bus last Friday sustained various degrees of injuries in a fatal accident that occurred at Piri village, along the Abuja-Lokoja highway.
A faction of the ANPP in Sokoto State has dissociated itself from the reported endorsement of Kano State governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau as the party's presidential candidate for 2011 elections.
The Private sector in the West African Sub-region is relatively weak and not quite organised to bring about development, the Special Adviser to President Umaru Musa Yar'adua on New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD) has said.
The ongoing verbal war between the Nigeria Football Federation and their sponsors, Globacom is yet to abate with the football ruling body describing the telecom giants as being economical with the truth about its sponsorship of the national teams this year.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has confirmed the compliance of the nation's premier airport, Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMA), Lagos with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) standards on aviation security.
The International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria has blamed government for poor measurement and record keeping in the country's oil and gas industry.
Two suspected burglars, Useni Muhammed and Sunday Michael are presently cooling off at Dutsen-Alhaji Police Post after they were allegedly caught with materials stolen from a shop that belongs to Sebastian Onkwasbeze.
Perturbed by the current poor reading culture in the country, Chairman of Literamed Publications Nigeria Limited Otunba Yinka Lawal Solarin said absence of a developed reading culture is one of the most visible obstacles to national development.
President Umaru Musa Yar'adua has been advised to not only make environmental sustainability as his 8th point agenda, but that our national aspiration should be to conserve and preserve our environment.
One of the promoters of the Mega Summit Movement (MSM), Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has dissociated himself from the movement because of the division in the agitation to create a strong social democratic movement.
Failure to agree a new UN climate deal in December will bring a "global health catastrophe", say 18 of the world's professional medical organisations.
Climate change is an inevitable and urgent global challenge with long-term implications for the sustainable development of all countries. The report of United Nations panel warns of changing weather patterns and rising sea levels due to accelerating GHG emissions from human activities.
A large number of Muslims spoken to in the Federal Capital Territory yesterday complained that they have no money to buy rams for this year's Sallah festival.
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