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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.
As the Ekiti State Local Government Service Commission at the weekend accused the State Government of spending over N175million on loan for the local government workers, the Government has said no amount of name calling would dissuade the Governor Segun Oni led Administration it from placing premium to the welfare of workers.
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has described as a blessing in disguise, the global economic recession, saying it would be an opportunity to reposition the nation's economy to meet the prevailing challenges.
BUA Sugar Refinery, a subsidiary of BUA Group of Companies over the weekend bagged the Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) award of the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) for quality products.
Director General, Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), Dr John Ndanusa Akanya has disclosed that over 800 companies and 4, 500 products in the country have been certified by the organization since the introduction of the MANCAP programme few months ago.
Consequent upon their neglect by the authorities of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and the Kuje Area Council, the residents of Pegi Estate, one of the satellite towns in Abuja, have embarked on community infrastructural development, with special emphasis on the construction of a track road to link the community with the neighboring Kuje town.
Oceanic Insurance Company Limited, a member of the Oceanic Insurance Group, grew its underwriting profit from N635.3 million to N1.08 billion, representing an impressive 70 per cent increase for the year ended December 31, 2008.
The Federal Government has warned contractors handling federal road projects across the country against giving useless excuses default in the timely delivery of projects.
The Federal Government has said that manpower development has remained one of its veritable tools towards the realisation of the seven-point agenda and vision 2020.
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