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The governor of Central River Region (CRR), Alhaji Ganyie Touray, accompanied by a high-powered delegation, on Wednesday, November 18, visited the ongoing construction work of the new Brikama-ba market in the Lower Fulladou District, CRR South.
Eight trainees have successfully passed out of the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) Microsoft IT Academy with certificates in Digital Literacy after undergoing a five-day programme from November 9-13.
'Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in good health, even as thy soul prospereth,' the Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Elvis Afriyie- Ankrah, echoed these Biblical words following a health walk organized by Zenith Bank at the last weekend.
The government has been given thumbs up for its plan to formulate a framework that will guide the oil industry in accordance with the demands of Extractive Industry Transparency Initiatives (EITI) principles.
Compared to non smokers impotence is approximately 85% higher in male smokers and it is a key to erectile dysfunction (ED).
African farmers are seeding prosperity. Just ask the woman they call "Marie Nerica" who is sowing a new breed of Nerica rice in Sierra Leone. She now produces enough to sell the surplus in local markets and to the government. Her success sprang from the government's renewed commitment to agriculture, sealed when it recently signed a compact known as the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development ...
A study recently conducted in 24 African countries shows that the poor state of infrastructure in Sub Saharan Africa - its electricity, water, roads, and information and communications technology (ICT) - cuts national economic growth by 2 percentage points every year and reduces business productivity by as much as 40 percent.
"Growth and Stability" The 2010 Budget
First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Hajiya Turai Umaru Yar'Adua has set up a skills acquisition centre at the Maitama General Hospital, Abuja, for the training of special patients in income generating trades by the National Directorate of Employment (NDE).
Two floors at the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), headquarters in Abuja, were consumed yesterday by fire.
Central Bank Governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to continue with the reforms in the petroleum sector irrespective of the prevailing challenges, saying they were critical to the banking sector in Nigeria.
Worried by the recent attacks on Nigerians in the Bakassi Peninsula by Cameroonian gendarmes, the House of Representatives Thursday advised the federal government to formally report to the United Nations Organization (UN), the African Union (AU) and other relevant bodies in a bid to compel Cameroon to abide by the Green Tree Agreement (GTA).
The onslaught unleashed on customs duty evaders by the Nigeria Customs Service has revealed some oil majors as among the individuals and organisations that may have been depriving the federal government of customs duty revenue.
The police in Bauchi State as part of crime prevention measures during the festive months, yesterday paraded a total of 20 suspects ranging from thugs, popularly known as "Yan Sara Suka," pipeline vandals, robbery suspects, dangerous drugs dealers and counterfeit merchants.
In a bid to enhance productivity in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), seventy staff of Area Councils Unified Services serving in various departments in FCT have been selected and converted into the health cadre.
The House of Representatives yesterday expressed displeasure at the budget performance of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, even as it stated that the ministry has so far not been able to justify the reasons why it was created.
Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange retained its recovery streak yesterday on the heels of three days unsteady movement in the major performance indicators.
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Dikko Abdullahi, has approved the lifting of the suspension on First Bank from Customs duty collection.
The 36 state governors have risen in defence of new tax laws for the country, saying it is the only way by which the state and nation's revenue profile can be significantly boosted. This, according to the state chief executives, will address the dwindling fortunes of the states and make more internally generated resources available.
Campaign for Democracy (CD), yesterday demanded compensation for the families of the 80 people burnt to death at Umunya along Onitsha Enugu expressway, last month.
THE Deputy National Youth Organiser of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Kofi Adams, who is also spokesperson for ex-President Rawlings, has stressed the need for President Mills' administration to critically review the oil agreement made by the previous government, to ensure that Ghana becomes the ultimate beneficiary of the resource, and not otherwise.
A study conducted by the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), between February and September 2009, among seven private-owned newspapers in Ghana, has ranked The Chronicle as the top private media organisation in corruption reporting, with 100 stories.
Nature Aid Ghana, a non- governmental organisation (NGO) poised to promote environmental protection, has called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to urgently come out with the necessary sanctions against Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL), for the recent cyanide spillage.
The usual anxiety and readiness to listen to the economic policy of the government was completely missing in parliament yesterday as members rather went about their normal duties as if nothing was happening.
Standard Chartered Bank Gambia limited has opened a brand new State-of-the-art Dealing Room on Tuesday afternoon at its head office in Banjul.
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