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Ogoni Leaders Vow to Resist 'Imposed' Operator
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
eaders of Ogoniland at the weekend said they were yet to be consulted by the Federal Government with respect to the appointment of a new operator to take over Royal Dutch Shell's interest in the ... more
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Multi-Choice - Competition Has Increased Cost
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
anaging Director, Multichoice, South Africa, Mr Eben Langley, has said the greatest impact of the stiff competition among cable television service providers in Africa is the astronomical cost of doing business, occasioned by the high bid for television programme ... more
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Thailand Consortium Proposes $2 Billion Investment in Country
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
consortium of Thailand companies made up of Rainbow Energy Limited, PTT public company and Transglobal Energy Funds (TRC) has set aside $2 billion to be invested in Nigeria's energy sector if Federal Government approves their proposal. The targeted areas are the power sector, gas, petrochemical, and ... more
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Ex-Gov Insists On Summit
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
efore the presidency decided to replace its proposed Niger Delta summit with a committee to articulate the stakeholders' positions, on Thursday, there was at least one elder from the region that supported the convening of a conference by whatever name: Obong Victor Attah, the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom... more
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Nigerian Banks Among the World Best
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
uite often the road to good fortune could be rough ... more
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China's Strict Visa Conditions Threaten Olympics
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
lmost 32 years after the Olympics witnessed an African boycott of the global sports meet, the spectre once again looms of a similar action by the same ... more
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Interest Rates Skyrocket, May Hit 30 Percent By December
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
rom now till December 31, 2008-when all banks in the country are expected to have a uniform financial year end-interest rates are expected to keep rising as banks continue to bolster their balance sheets in the race to determine the industry ... more
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Nigeria: Fuel Subsidy - Federal Govt Spent 1.45 Trillion Naira in One Year - Minister
Topix - Monday, July 21, 2008
p>The Federal Government says it spent about N1.5 trillion to subsidise Premium Motor Spirit popularly called petrol in the first year of President Yar'Adua's administration. ... more
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Anenih Canvasses Support for Uduaghan
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
ational leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its former Board of Trustees (BOT) Chairman, Chief Tony Anenih, has solicited greater support for Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta ... more
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Obaigbena Ought to Be Celebrated, Says Boateng
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
ounder of the CNN/Multichoice African Journalist Award, Mr. Edward Boateng at the weekend in Accra, Ghana said the Chairman and Editor-in Chief of THISDAY Newspapers Mr Nduka Obaigbena, deserved to be celebrated by other Africans for his achievements in using his newspapers to showcase that Africans are capable of providing... more
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Fifa, CAF Officials Hit Abeokuta for Pepsi
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
he Pepsi U-17 International Football Festival being hosted in Abeokuta by the Pepsi Football Academy is attracting the cream of football officials, administrators and scouts to the ancient city to watch the Pepsi Academy students, Nigeria U-17 national team and youth football academies from Ghana, Togo, Benin Republic, Cote d'Ivoire... more
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Finance Minister Advocates Closer Ties Between Country, Thailand
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
inance Minister, Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman , has called for a closer cooperation between Nigeria and the Kingdom of ... more
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Chad Basin - NNDC, AFC Partner On Oil Exploration
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
orthern Nigeria Development Company (NNDC) and the African Finance Corporation (AFC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will ensure full oil exploration activities around the Benue trough and the Chad basin next ... more
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Kutigi Appoints Justice Eri As NJI Administrator
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
hief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, has appointed former Chief Judge of Kogi State, Honourable Justice Umaru Eri, as the new Administrator for the National Judicial Institute ... more
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Navy Rescues 35 Drowning Passengers
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
he Navy component of the Joint Task-Force, Operation Flush Out III, in Rivers at the weekend rescued all 35 passengers and crew on board a sinking Bonny-Ibanise passenger ... more
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Flood - Fashola Calls for Understanding
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
overnor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Saturday appealed to residents of the state to display a high level of understanding over the recent incidents of rain-induced floods which had caused nightmares for motorists and most residents in ... more
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Ogunlewe - Why Nigerian Roads Remain Deplorable
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
Former Minister of Works and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, recently appeared before the Senate Ad-hoc Committee investigating the Transportation sector. Ogunlewe gave insightful background as to why budgetary deficiency constitutes a major cog to road construction, rehabilitation and maintenance in the country. Olawale Olaleye... more
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Govt Spends N2.6 Billion On Security
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
mo State Governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has in the last one year, spent about N2.6 billion on security ... more
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Kogi PDP - Fresh Crisis Over Imposition of Candidates
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
hairmanship aspirants from 14 local governments area in Kogi state have dragged the Kogi state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Lokoja High court over allegations of imposition of candidates in the Saturday, July 26 local government election in the ... more
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Fuel Subsidy - Federal Govt Spent 1.45 Trillion Naira in One Year - Minister
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 21, 2008
he Federal Government says it spent about N1.5 trillion to subsidise Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly called petrol in the first year of President Yar'Adua's ... more
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