Nigeria News

Governor Mamman Bello Ali of Yobe State has donated N1.6m and 28 bags of assorted grains to the families of eight auto crash victims at Gashua. via AllAfrica.com

IMMEDIATE past President of Nigeria Labour Congress and Action Congress gubernatorial candidate for Edo State in April 14, 2007 election, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has faulted the removal of the Chairman of ... via Vanguard

“We are interested in what happened that after so much money running into billions of naira was expended, the project is yet to take off, so we are interested in the immediate take off of the project.”

Senate Committee on Communications has said it was embarking on a probe of the N59 billion Rural Telephony project under the last administration, to find out why the project was yet to take-off. Chairman of the ... via AllAfrica.com

Following its quest to empower Nigerians, especially youth and women by engaging them in productive ventures, a Non-Governmental Organisation, Skill Development Foundation for Women and Youths has initiated a ... via AllAfrica.com

ONE of the benefits Nigerians expected to gain from the civilian government which was embraced enthusiastically in 1999 was restoration of the rule of law which the military trampled on when they invited ... via AllAfrica.com

CHAIRMAN of the Delta Oil Producing Areas Development Commission , Chief Wellington Okirika believes that one of the ways of reducing youth restiveness is to train youths in the area and provide job hence he ... via Vanguard

The International Naval Survey Bureau has decried the dearth of maritime manpower development in the Nigerian shipping sub-sector, saying that the situation, if not urgently handled could set the country many ... via AllAfrica.com

“The future would have no pity for those men [and women] who, possessing the exceptional privilege to speak words of truth to their oppressors, have taken refuge in an attitude of passivity, of mute indifference, and sometimes of cold complicity? ”

I was tempted like some others to interpret it as the latest ploy to prise Nuhu Ribadu from clutches of the chairmanship of EFCC. via Nigeriaworld

THE coming of Automated Teller Machines to bank offices and designated places, such as airports, high profile eateries and shopping centres may have been felt by the banking public as wind of revolution blowing ... via Vanguard

“The lifespan of the panel is 30 years according to the manufacturer. Also there is little or no maintenance: all the villagers need is to clean dust from the panels. The deep gel battery will last for 10 years”

Nigeria has launched a solar power scheme that will eventually light up as many as ten rural communities with no access to the national electrical grid. via Environmental News Network

PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has reiterated his administration's determination to fulfill all his campaign promises, saying no stone will be left unturned to ensure that Nigerians enjoy dividends of democracy. via Vanguard

THE Joint Task Force, JTF, yesterday, carried out aerial bombings at targeted places suspected to be hideouts of the alleged cult leader, Ateke Tom, in Okrika, Rivers State. via AllAfrica.com

OVER N20 billion has been spent by the Ondo State government on road constructions in the state in the last four years. via AllAfrica.com

“While other soldiers from other countries were adequeatly taken of in Darfur, Nigerian soldiers were involved in fighting the harsh economic conditions caused by unpaid allowances and the bullets of Sudanese insurgents.”

Over 5,000 Nigerians who have served in peace keeping operations in Sudan's war-torn Darfur are yet to be paid most of their allowances. via Sudan Tribune

At least fifty people in Nigeria's capital, Lagos have been killed or burnt after a fuel pipeline was tampered with. via Laos News.Net

“The world is not going to wait for Nigeria. Screen_based interaction is going to be a prerequisite for literacy in the future and if we don't start now there'll be a digital gulf”

A scheme to give one million low-cost laptops to Nigerian schoolchildren has stalled because some policymakers say the money would be better spent on other educational projects, while government officials and ... via AllAfrica.com

The Minister of Transport, Mrs Dizani Allison Madueke said the prolonged closure of the Port Harcourt International Airport was a big disappointment to her as an individual and the people in general because of ... via Vanguard

“The good relationship of the association with the state government has made it necessary for marketers in the state to work”

Commercial buses, taxis and motorcycle operators have increased their fares upward in what they described as reaping the benefits of the season in Enugu State. via AllAfrica.com

“Contrary to the opposition's claim, the total amount of the money that would be realized from the 1, 500 shops in the market is N6 million not N21m alleged by the opposition.”

Onitsha-Tension is mounting at the Nkpor Main Market in Idemili Local Government Area, near Onitsha over N4,000 levy said to be for the installation of a N1.5 million electricity transformer in the market. via AllAfrica.com

M R. Akin Ambode, the Lagos State accountant-general has said that the state's N152 billion internally generated revenue target in the 2008 budget was feasible. via Guardian Newspapers