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The laws governing mining activities in the country mandate mining companies operating in the country to pay between 3 to 6% percent of their earnings to the government as royalties, but as if by design, all the mining companies have settled for the minimum 3% royalty payment, despite gains gold has been making on the international market.
The government of Ghana, an evolving democracy beloved of western donors, has pledged tough new checks on spending as it wrestles with a record budget deficit inherited from the former administration.
Forty-five employees of AngloGold Ashanti's were conferred with various degrees at a colourful congregation at Ghana the Institute of Management and Public Administration at Greenhill in Accra last Saturday, after successful course at the institute. They undertook courses in bachelor and postgraduate diploma course in management.
The Gushegu District Director of Health Services, Mr. Mark Bugri Ayaba, has called on the Ministry of Health to post at least 103 additional health personnel to facilitate quality healthcare delivery at the ultra-modern Gushegu Government Hospital, and also to ensure maximum utilisation of the facility.
A block of 12 bedroom flats worth about 80 million naira and a road of about 3 kilometers have been commissioned by the Minister of Defence , Major General Godwin Abbe (rtd) were commissioned at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday in Abuja.
Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi has been named the best governor of the year in the South-East geo-political zone by the House of Representatives Committee on States and Local Governments.
The Co-ordinator of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) has charged the Outdoor Advertising Association of Nigeria (OAAN) to adhere strictly to the Abuja Master Plan while carrying out their activities in order to ensure a world class city status.
Slovenian coach Ivo Sajh has dragged Kano Pillars to FIFA over a breach of contract, demanding full compensation as stipulated in his one-year deal with the Nigerian club.
Millennium development goals' (MDG) implementation committee for the renovation of Police Children's School carried out in Katsina has described the work so far carried out in the school as shoddy and below the stipulated contractual agreement.
Some specialized clinics at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUHT) will from December 1st 2009 be moved from the temporary site of the hospital along Murtala Muhammed Way to its permanent site at Lamingo area in Jos, a statement by the Chief Public Relations Officer of the hospital Mrs. Ngozi Okpara said.
PDP governorship aspirant in Kwara State, Muhammad Abdulqadir El-Ilory, in this interview explains his mission in the race and the support he expects from the godfathers of Kwara politics.
I read with bewilderment and disgust the rejoinder under the above title written by one Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim (probably a nom de guerre), who tried in vain to respond to a brilliant, in-depth and down-to-earth commentary on Buhari, written by Shehu Mohammed Funtua and published by Daily Trust of Friday, November 13, 2009.
The Executive Board of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has nullified the disqualification of the Engineer Sani Ndanusa by the Executive Committee of the NOC as a candidate in the forthcoming election of the Committee.
Three persons lost their lives yesterday morning, while 10 others sustained serious injuries in a fatal motor accident that occurred at Gada-Biyu village, along the Abuja-Lokoja highway.
Allah has blessed the Muslim Ummah with a weekly 'Eid, which is the Friday congregational Prayer and two yearly 'Eids, which are 'Eid Al-Fitr('Eid of Breaking the Fast) and 'Eid Al-Adha('Eid of the Sacrifice). 'Eid for Muslims is a time for thanking Allah and getting closer to Him through various acts of worship associated with each 'Eid. When one of the two yearly 'Eids occur on Friday, this ...
In its effort to put an end to trans boundary movement of animals infested by different forms of deceases, the Niger State ministry of agriculture and rural development has flagged off the Jebba livestock control post to resume its function of quarantine and disease surveillance of livestock passing through the state.
National Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Otunba Muyiwa Collins, yesterday said that Lagos State is the only difficult terrain for the party to traverse in the South West ahead of 2011general elections.
Senator Anthony Manzo, Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Information and Media, has urged the populace not to lobby elected public office holders for mere handouts but task them on development-oriented projects that will promote the holistic development of their communities and the nation at large.
A member of House of Representative for AMAC/Bwari, Philip Aduda, yesterday gave 220 bags of rice as Sallah gifts to 62 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wards in the Federal Capital Territory.
The police have arraigned four men before an Abuja magistrate court for allegedly being in possession of counterfeit N500 and N1,000 denominations of notes.
Lagos State Government has been called upon to find a lasting solution to the prevailing traffic jam that has ravaged the Ikorodu Town on a daily basis by constructing the fourth Mainland Bridge that will link the town to other parts of the state.
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Vincent Ogbulafor yesterday felicitated with Muslims all over the world, and particularly Nigerian Muslims as the Eid el Kabir festival, the great feast of sacrifice is being celebrated today.
THE Acting Chairman of Kwali Area Council, Mr. Danlami Saleh Yebu, Tuesday said his administration is carrying out free anti-natal care services for pregnant women in all health centres in the 10 wards of the council.
The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, yesterday afternoon received a donation of teleprompter worth US 10,000 (ten thousand dollars) and a threshing machine from the country's GSM giant, Africell, during at a ceremony held at State House, Banjul.
The Principal Magistrate EA Amadi of Brikama Magistrates court, on November 23rd convicted and sentenced one Sedat Camara to pay a fine of D10,000 in default to serve a prison term of 3 years respectively on both two counts of criminal offence filed in by the state.
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