turenchi (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
There is an increasing trend of Abuja commuters getting stranded at bus stops trying to catch a ride to work or back home and this is affecting their lifestyle.Daily, people wait endlessly at bus stops to wrestle their way in to the next available bus or taxi going into the city and some people get injured in the process. Some women bear the brunt of this as stronger people muscled their ways to the...
UAEinteract.com - News (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Abuja, Libreville - UAE Foreign Minister HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, said that his visits to Nigeria and Gabon were part of the contacts with the friendly African countries to further boost cooperation with the UAE. The remarks were
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The ownership structure of the Asset Management Company (AMC) being proposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would be 100 per cent owned by the Federal Government, according to a CBN source that spoke on condition of anonymity . But stakeholders and market analysts believe a public-private partnership for the AMC would have been better.Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the CBN governor, during the Monetary...
turenchi (Free subscription) | yesterday
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria and Archbishop of Abuja, Rev. Dr. John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan has said bad leadership and poor resource management are major contributors to the susceptibility of the African continent to conflicts especially religious conflicts. He added that the bad leadership has contributed to poverty on the continent and a sad fact considering the abundant resources...
turenchi (Free subscription) | yesterday
Former Central Bank of Nigeria?s governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo will on November 16 know if he would remain the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2010 gubernatorial election in Anambra State. An Abuja High court presided over by Justice Danlami Senchi fixed the judgement date yesterday following adoption of arguments by parties in the suit.Four aggrieved governorship aspirants...
turenchi (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Xu Jianguo has called on the Nigerian Customs Service, the Standard Organisation of Nigeria and other relevant authorities to work with China in its effort to curb the influx of fake products from China to Nigeria. Jianguo also lamented that contrary to popular beliefs, it was easier for Nigerians to get Chinese visas than it is for Chinese to get visa to Nigeria....
turenchi (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The annual Total E&P Golf tournament tees off today at the prestigious IBB Golf and Country Club, Abuja with over 100 amateurs golfers taking to the course.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Liberia Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Al-Hassan Conteh presented his Letter of Credence to the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua at an elaborate ceremony held on n Tuesday, November 3, at State House in the Nigerian Capital Abuja.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Following the suit brought against the Federal Government on the ongoing plan to deregulate the downstream sector by Barrister Bamidele Aturu, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja will begin hearing in the case on November 26, 2009 before Justice M. A. Bello.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Some volunteers attached to the Abuja National Stadium for the ongoing FIFA U-17 World Cup yesterday sentationally downed tools and refused to work by accusing the Local Organising Committee of being insensitive to their plight. A source from the LOC confirmed this development except that he pleaded not to be quoted.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Nigeria's Golden Eaglets last night regaled with flourish at the Abuja National Stadium where they ripped apart New Zealand 5-0 to set up a quarter final fixture against South Korea on Monday in Calabar.
turenchi (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
President Umaru Yar’Adua will lead the presidential dialogue on Nigeria’s economic scorecard which would be the high point of NES#15 scheduled to hold in Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja from December 15 to 17, 2009. The board of directors of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) at its
NigerianMuse Articles (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE SSANU, NASU, NAAT get 53.37% salary increase - Unions call off strike indefinitely Soji-Eze Fagbemi, Abuja - 06.11.2009 IT was joy for members of the non-teaching staff unions of Nigerian universities at the National Universities Commission (NUC), in Abuja, on Thursday, as the Federal Government finally signed the agreement that approved a 53.37 per cent salary increase for their...
NigerianMuse Articles (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The purpose of this Press Conference is not to re-open these issues that are now common knowledge. The purpose is to explain to you some important details about the Agreement reached, and to give you ASUUs position on the extent to which the Agreement could go to resolve the problems which face the Nigerian University System and the education system as a whole. TEXT OF A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY THE...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Nigeria's Golden Eaglets were always in the driving seat in their round-of-16 clash against hopeful New Zealand in Abuja's National Stadium.
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