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GDP - Country Ranks 49 Out of 190 Nations
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
he Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola has revealed that Nigerian ranks 49 out of 190 countries in the world with regard to the level of nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP). She is also ranked No. 35 at 6.1 per cent in terms of growth ... more
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AC Lauds Tsvangirai for Shunning Elections
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
or pulling out of the country's presidential run-off election slated for Friday, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has shown that he is more interested in democracy than in achieving power at all costs, the Action Congress (AC) has ... more
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Firm Resumes Offshore Oil Production
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
hell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, a subsidiary of the Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell, has restarted oil production on the Bonga Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel under the protection of two Nigerian navy ... more
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Bankole - Obasanjo Released $13.5 Billion for 'Unidentified Projects'
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
ouse of Representatives Speaker Dimeji Bankole disclosed yesterday that only $13.5 billion was released for "unidentifiable" power projects out of the $16 billion which he claimed had been appropriated during former President Olusegun Obasanjo ... more
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MEND Vows to Breach Ceasefire in Niger Delta
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
he Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has said it will breach the unilateral ceasefire it declared last Sunday due to a blockage of one of its camps by men of the Joint Task Force ... more
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Power Probe - NLC Alleges Plot to Scuttle Report
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
igerian Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday alerted the nation of a plot to undermine the report on power probe, as well as other on-going investigations of activities of banks and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ... more
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Govt Introduces Free Ante-Natal Care
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
ederal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has announced the introduction of free ante-natal care in its hospitals from August 1, 2008, to ensure a remarkable reduction in the rate of maternal and infant ... more
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Festac Town Residents Sue LASG
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
he residents of Festival Town a.k.a. 'Festac Town' has filed a suit before a Federal High Court, Lagos praying the court for an order restraining the Lagos State Government from enforcing the Lagos State Land Use Charge 2001 on them and also from disturbing, harassing, arresting or intimidating them in... more
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Military Intervention Won't Solve Niger Delta Problem, Says Clergy
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
he wife of the Presiding Bishop, The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Bishop Peace Okonkwo has said that the Federal Government's decision to resort to military intervention on the Niger Delta militancy will not bring solution to the lingering ... more
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Yar'Adua Meets With Education Minister Over Teachers' Pay
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
resident Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday met behind closed doors with Minister of Education Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu to find a lasting solution to the lingering problem between the teachers and government over the payment of the harmonised salary across the ... more
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Zimbabwe's Endless Descent
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
FRICA has the notoriety of bearing some of the worst rulers in the world. Zimbabwe, where Robert Mugabe has been President since 1980, is not ... more
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Ex-Gov Ada George Fingered in Okrika Crises
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
ormer Governor Ada George of Rivers State was, yesterday, accused at the state Truth and Reconciliation Commission of sponsoring the Bush Boys to cause mayhem in Okrika Local Government, "in pursuant of his inordinate ambition to install" his All People's Party in the ... more
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Adamawa PDP Condemns Lawmakers Over Impeachment
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
DAMAWA State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned, in strong terms, the state House of Assembly for initiating impeachment moves against Governor Murtala ... more
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Shell Restarts Bonga Under Naval Cover
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
hell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, a subsidiary of the Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell, has restarted oil production on the Bonga Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel under the protection of two Nigerian navy ... more
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Enahoro, Onoh, Others Ask Court to Halt Amendment of 1999 Constitution.
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
lder statesman, Chief Anthony Enahoro, wife of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Hajia Mujaheedat Dokubo Asari, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike and three others have requested an Abuja High Court to issue an order stopping the National Assembly from amending the 1999 ... more
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It's Time for Anenih to Retire-Obadan
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
ormer Deputy Governor of Edo State, the Rev. Peter Obadan, says it is time former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih, retired from politics ... more
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Austrian Arrested Over Aviation Contract
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
gents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday whisked away Mr. George Eder, the Austrian managing director of M.S. Avastel, over the non-execution of N6.5 billion contract for the building of Safe Towers at Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt International Airports. He was nabbed inside a Senate... more
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Gas Contract Was Inflated Four Times - Senate
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
he $2.9 billion (about N351 billion) contract awarded during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the construction of Escravos Gas To Liquid (EGTL) Project was inflated by $2billion, chairman of the Senate Committee on Gas, Senator Osita Izunaso (PDP, Imo) said ... more
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FG Moves to Stop Teachers' Strike
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
t last, relief is on the way for the Nigerian teachers as the Federal Government yesterday took steps to find a lasting solution to the ongoing industrial impasse, which has paralysed the educational sub-sector for sometime ... more
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Over 200,000 HIV Positive Citizens Receive Treatment - NACA
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008
he Director-General, National Action Committee on AIDS Agency, Professor Babatunde Osotimehin, has disclosed that over 269,000 HIV positive Nigerians are being treated presently all over the ... more
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