turenchi (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Umaru Yar‘aduaPresident Umaru Yar‘ Adua has called on indigenous industrialists and scientists to showcase their technological breakthrough and research findings. He said this would boost the confidence of ...President Umaru Yar‘ Adua has called on indigenous industrialists and scientists to showcase their technological breakthrough and research findings. He said this would...
Urban Sketchers (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
I arrived too late in Lagos and could not go sketching with Lapin and Eduardo before the opening of the exhibition, but I still got time for some Lagos sketching. Some more Lagos drawings here .
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Efforts to boost rail transport and reduce the burden on Nigerian roads got underway yesterday as Federal Government signed a N12.3 billion contracts agreement with China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) for the rehabilitation of Lagos-Jebba rail line project.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Dangote Group says it is set to make a big appearance at the forthcoming Lagos International Trade Fair, which is scheduled to take place between Friday 6th to Sunday 15th of November, 2009 at the International Trade Fair Complex along Lagos- Badagry Expressway, Lagos.
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The former President of Ghana, John Kufuor, has blamed the underdevelopment of the African region on the leadership crisis bedeviling the continent. Kufuor told journalists on Friday in Lagos that the sit tight attitude of some African leaders was “unfortunate”. He was, however, optimistic that the leadership difficulties the continent was facing would soon be a [...]
turenchi (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Governor Babatunde FasholaThe Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola and the President, Nigerian Conservation Foundation, Chief Philip Asiodu, have emphasised the need to take decisive actions to mitigate the impact ...The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola and the President, Nigerian Conservation Foundation, Chief Philip Asiodu, have emphasised the need to take decisive actions to mitigate...
turenchi (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The EFCC, which energetically jumped into the banking crisis and whose chairman moved over 100 agents to Lagos at the height of the financial sector meltdown,is collecting 10 percent of all the monies recovered from debtors on behalf of banks, according to industry and EFCC sources.This legally dubious and ethically questionable practice means that the EFCC has now profited to the tune of N17 billion...
I Luv SA (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here's an interesting letter recently submitted to a Nigerian newspaper. The writer has recently visited SA and is stunned at the level of infrastructure there. His/ her interpretation of the reasons appears to be frank and without any hidden agenda. It kind of reminds me of a quote by Carl Sagan: When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll...
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
African media leaders ended their meeting in Lagos yesterday with a call on owners and operators of media organisations to embrace the digital revolution for seamless information dissemination on the continent.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
As preparation for the maiden edition of the Black Pearl Hair Competition hots up, 15 contestants have emerged from the preliminary competition held last week in Lagos at the Sparkle Hall in Ikeja.
World Food Program (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor left Accra Friday for Lagos at the start of a two-week overseas trip that will take him Spain, Italy, Kenya and Ethiopia.(..)From Rome he will travel to Kenya and then Ethiopia on assignment for the United Nations World Food Programme as part of measures to assess and advice on the food crisis currently confronting those two countries.
turenchi (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
LAGOS, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Nigerian interbank lending rates climbed to 5.83 percent on average this week from 4.25 percent last but the rise was dampened after the central bank lowered its deposit rate to boost liquidity, traders said.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Chile's former President Ricardo Lagos, also a member of Honduras' Verification Commission, said Thursday that he expected Honduran de facto leader Roberto Micheletti to resign before the presidential elections. Lagos said he trusted Micheletti, who had offered to resign once a government of national unity is established. Now, Honduras was "a country with all international aids being frozen,"...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Following the confirmation of the first case of Swine Flu (HINI) in Nigeria in which a nine-year-old female student in Lagos was said to have tested positive on Wednesday, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday said it had commenced talks with key stakeholders in the health sector on the implementation of mitigation measures against possible spread of the epidemic in the country.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Federal Airports Au-thority of Nigeria (FAAN) has reopened the newly resurfaced Kaduna runway for flight just as the authority announced the commencement of the metal fence project at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport Ikeja, LAgos.
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