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Members of the Marine Office Committee, an umbrella body of the Nigeria's Insurance Association, are currently on a working visit in The Gambia.
The deputy permanent secretary at the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters, Amadou Saine, has reiterated Gambia governmentÂ's primary objective of maintaining fish export to the European Union (EU) markets as its trade destination. Â"We are also committed to remain accredited on list one of countries eligible to export to the EU,Â" he said.
The Anambra State Government has agreed to pay the long agitated 27.5% Teachers Salary Structure (TSS) to teachers from next month.
For Nigeria to be one of the 20 strong economies in the world by year 2020, energy planning at the federal and state governments levels must be inculcated into the national development plans.
AIR Namibia has launched a new flight service to Accra, Ghana.
The Public service reform, under the guidance of newly established Public Service and Capacity Development Board, on Thursday, 12 November gathered at the Atlantic Hotel in Banjul to review the Civil Services Rules and Regulations.
MINISTER of Labour and Productivity, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode (SAN), has expressed concern over reported increases in retrenchment, casualisation and unrealistic target settings in the Banking sector of the nation's economy.
A recent study carried out by the World Bank has revealed that most African countries, including Nigeria pay more than two time the actual price value of social amenities despite weak infrastructural base of nations.
ZAMFARA State government has dissolved the leadership of the state chapter of National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) under Comrade Kabiru Mohammed Liyafa, over alleged threat to security and petitions and complaints against the union.
THE Federal Government is to create one million jobs through ICT, according to Alhaji Ikra Aliyu Bilbis, the Minister of State for Information and Communication.
NIGERIAN National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has deplored the activities of operators of fuel retail sites in the country, calling on the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to sanction prevailing rascality in the market.
The President of African Development Bank (AFDB), Dr. Donald Kaberuka, has said the bank has granted loans over the $8 billion cap for the institution.
A cleric and Chairman of the Christ Apostolic Church, Orisun Ife in Ibadan, Oyo State, Pastor G. M. Makinwa has called on President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to forget deregulating the nation's oil sector in the interest of the suffering masses.
Former National Vice Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Dr. Mike Okonkwo last Sunday said Nigerian leaders who seek medical attention abroad are disgrace to the nation.
CHAIRMAN, Emure local government council of Ekiti State, Otunba Sesan Aruaji, has said arrangements have been concluded to assist farmers in the area with agricultural inputs in a bid to turn the area to the food basket of the state in particular and Nigeria in general.
Governors Liyel Imoke of Cross River State and his Lagos state counterpart, Babatunde Raji Fashola, will lead other governors and stakeholders to a brainstorming session on ways of improving internally-generated revenue (IGR) of states and shift attention from oil to non-oil income of states.
Unity Bank Plc. has donated N500million to the Lagos State Waste Management Agency (LAWMA), to boost Governor Babatunde Fashola's effort at making Lagos cleaner.
A Nigerian citizen and ethics crusader, Ike Onyechere, has filed a N2000 million suit against KLM Royal Dutch Airline, being general and exemplary damages for allegedly treating him like a drug carrier and common criminal thereby subjecting him to public ridicule, embarrassment and loss of reputation and emotional trauma.
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), at the weekend, unveiled the $1 billion Gbaran-Ubie Integrated Oil and Gas Project, with an assurance that the projected 6,000 megawatts of power sought by the Federal Government will be fed with the gas produced from the project.
Transaction reopened yesterday on a positive note, occasioned by heavy trading on the shares of some insurance stocks.Specifically, the insurance sub-sector accounted for 278.5 million units of shares, worth N170.3 million exchanged in 389 deals, representing 40 per cent of total market turnover for the day.
The General Assembly of the Friends of the FCT says it feels greatly pained, shocked and disappointed watching lawmakers on the floor of the Federal House of Representatives on Thursday, November 12, play politics with an issue as sensitive, germane and critical to the development of the FCT as the 2009 FCT supplementary budget.
Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has described Globacom as a friendly network, just as the company announced the opening of a new Gloworld Shop in the city, assuring subscribers that they are set to experience the robust one-on-one, hi-tech customer care and sales services.
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Alhassan Bako Zaku, will lead dignitaries to the Africa Information Society Merit Award (AISMA), billed to hold in Lagos on Sunday, November 22, 2009.
In a bid to explore business opportunities in West Africa, India, in collaboration with the Economic Communities of West African States (ECOWAS), is organising an investment forum for entrepreneurs in the diaspora, holding in January, 2010, in Lagos, Nigeria.
Action Congress (AC) gubernatorial candidate in the Anambra State Governorship election, Dr Chris Ngige has counselled Chief Ralph Nwosu to keep quiet if he has nothing to contribute to the way forward of the State.
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