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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.
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) in conjunction with Exxon Mobil and Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS) yesterday held an annual distinguished lectureship Programme (DLP) titled: "climate change and its implication for environmental governance in Nigeria," held in Lagos.
In the sprit of Sallah celebration, the Borno State Governor Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has donated three bulls, 10 bags of rice, five jerry cans of vegetable oil and N1,000 to corps members serving in the state for the celebrations.
Alhaji Kabiru Manya, Assistant Secretary of the Abubakar Danfuloti-led faction of the ANPP in Sokoto state, has said that the party has not endorsed any candidate for the 2011 presidential election.
Operatives of the anti-narcotic Agency have apprehended a sixty-four year old mother of seven at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos for ingesting 80 wraps of substances that tested positive for cocaine weighing 1.060 kg.
The presidency yesterday threw more light on the planned purchase of four new aircraft worth $120million (N31.5billion) by the government.
Work on the roundabout at Sango - Ota on the Ota - Abeokuta Federal Highway is to be completed in February 2010, a contractor handling the project, Julius Berger Nigeria Limited has assured. He gave the assurance at the site when the Minister of Works, Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Hassan Muhammad Lawal, paid an inspection visit.
In a bid to enhance its professional ethics, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has advocated for the appointment of professionals to head the Ministry of Information and other key parastatals that have to do with media management.
The Governor of Imo State, Dr. Ikedi Ohakim has assured Imo State citizens living in Lagos State of Free Transport back to the state during the forthcoming Christmas celebrations.
The Second Republic Senate Leader, Dr Abubakar Olusola Saraki, said yesterday in Ilorin that Governor Bukola Saraki will decide who succeeds him in 2011.
The Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Dimeji Sabur Bankole has called on all Nigerian Muslims to be selfless and committed to the teachings of Islam.
Ghana's enthusiastic efforts to become a major oil industry player in Africa could be short lived, as the country would only mine the 'Black Gold' for just 20 years. Furthermore, data from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund have projected that Ghana could rake a total of $ 247.44million as oil revenues in 2011, which would decline to $1,550 in 2017.
Voters' turnout in the final round of election for the Montserrado senatorial seat, between the ruling Unity Party and the Congress for Democratic Change, was far poorer than the first round when 20% of an estimated 477,000 voters cast their ballots.
INFRASTRUCTURE development topped the Federal Government's agenda in Capital Expenditure of the N4.07 trillion budgetary proposal for 2010 laid separately before the Senate and the House of Representatives yesterday.
Nigeria signed a 677 million euro ($1bn) pact with the European Union on Thursday aimed at combating corruption and promoting peace in its troubled, oil-producing Niger Delta region.
Pirates suspected to come from Nigeria have attacked an oil tanker off the coast of west Africa, killing a Ukrainian seaman, the commander of Benin's naval forces says.
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