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Al-Bashir is accused of alleged atrocit... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25863259/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:18:54 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25863259/ Vote ABUJA, Nigeria - - Nigeria, Algeria and Niger have signed an agreement to create a $10 billion pipeline that would ship gas across the Saharan desert to Europe, Nigeria's state oil company ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25860989/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:42:51 -0400 Baltimore Sun http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25860989/ -(Dow Jones)- A jailed Nigerian militant leader, whose freedom is key to a tentative peace deal between militants and the government, has been refused medical treatment in three countries, his lawye... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25856213/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:45:21 -0400 Morning Star http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25856213/ The Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho caused a major frenzy among Nigerian fans as he arrived in the country for a three-day visit.Mourinho arrived in Lagos on Friday as a guest of the Kwara Football Ac... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25853463/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:04:04 -0400 BBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25853463/ -(Dow Jones)- In a bid to tackle the bureaucratic red tape hampering a key energy plan to supply power to budding iron ore and bauxite mining firms, Cameroon President http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25852997/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:18:42 -0400 Morning Star http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25852997/ have agreed to enter each other's gas exploration acreage as an extension of a trans-Sahara pipeline deal, Algeria's oil minister said Friday. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25853464/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:18:39 -0400 Morning Star http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25853464/ Barack Obama US President Barack Obama's choice of Ghana for his first official trip to Africa next week has triggered a bout of self-questioning in Nigeria and Kenya, where many see his itinerary... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25849042/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:51:17 -0400 One News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25849042/ Nigeria Commercial Banking Report Q2 2009 " report to their offering. The Nigeria Commercial Banking Report provides independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Nigeria's commercial banking ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25848676/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:33:17 -0400 Earth Times http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25848676/ -(Dow Jones)- Nigerian government officials are considering paying militants cash for turning in their weapons as part of a high-profile amnesty deal, despite public statements to the contrary, acco... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25847144/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:25:00 -0400 Morning Star http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25847144/ Lagos — Shell Group has finally confirmed that its Nigerian arm, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), has completely shut down its entire operations in the Western Niger Delta ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25847143/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:21:49 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25847143/ editorial Lagos — The search is on, presumably in earnest, for a replacement for the post of Inspector-General of Police (IG). The position will become vacant on July 24, as the incumbent IG, M... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844663/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:34 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844663/ editorial Abuja — The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar was right when he raised serious concerns recently over the growth of the menace of negative youthful exuberance, characte... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844664/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:33 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844664/ Lagos — It affords me great pleasure to be with you this morning and I would like to begin by congratulating the council members and indeed, the rank and file of the members of the Nigerian-Brit... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844671/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:29 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844671/ The opposition in Niger has condemned President Mamadou Tandja's decision to appoint a new constitutional court days after he dissolved the previous one.Activists from unions, rights groups and opposi... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844111/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:39:52 -0400 BBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844111/ analysis Lagos — What a man can do, a woman can do better, goes a popular downtown Nigerian street lingo. This particularly used to be the case when gender-based issues were raised. Gradually, ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844673/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:27 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844673/ Lagos — Former Nigeria junior international, Peter Nieketien, has advised the players and coaches of the Super Eagles not to be carried away by the goalless score-line with Tunisia's Carthage Ea... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844672/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:28 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844672/ analysis Lagos — Bode Ola, a presumed new entrant in the politics of Ekiti before the April 14 senatorial election in Ekiti State, has proved not to be a political neophyte after all. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844675/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:25 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844675/ opinion Port Harcourt — The journey on the 29th of June 2009 to the Brick House Port Harcourt by Alhaji Asari Dokubo, who was led by Prince Tonye Princewill, the leader and chairman, of Board o... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844677/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:24 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844677/ Lagos — Former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Femi Pedro, has urged Nigerians who have the ambition of creating wealth in this era of global financial crisis to seek required financial knowledg... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844670/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:30 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844670/ Abuja — Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Parry Osayande, on Thursday observed that the Nigeria Police was not effectively equipped to perform optimally under a democratic setting... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844668/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:31 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844668/ Abuja — The battle to retrieve the 76 oil wells taken from Cross River State and ceded to Akwa Ibom State has shifted to the nation's capital, Abuja. Federal lawmakers from Cross River State ha... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844669/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:30 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844669/ Abuja/ Enugu/ Ekiti — He was a prominent member of the Supreme Military Council (SMC) from 1975 to 1979, in the days of Yakubu Gowon, Murtala Muhammed, and Olusegun Obasanjo as Heads of State. ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844666/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:31 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844666/ : Fitch Ratings has today affirmed the Federal Republic of Nigeria's Long term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'BB-' and BB' respectively. The Outlook is Stable. At the s... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25843785/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:55:08 -0400 Morning Star http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25843785/ Abuja — Senators unanimously on Thursday approved a new law that would prohibit gas flaring and punish oil companies that flout it in Nigeria. They reaffirmed the December 31, 2010 deadline to ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844676/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:26 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844676/ Abuja — Registrar of National Examinations Council (NECO), Promise Okpala, has written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), denying any connection with an alleged N5 billion f... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844680/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:21 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844680/ If government accedes to such requests by a tiny segment of Nigeria's workforce, another upward spiral of inflation will be engendered that will leave the millions of workers in the informal sector wo... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844678/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:23 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844678/ Abuja — Minister of Sports and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Sani Ndanusa, has restated the country's desire to invest heavily in international sports politics to enhance the nation's po... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844679/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:21 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844679/ Abuja — President Umaru Yar'Adua and his Deputy, Goodluck Jonathan, are to lose their gratuity of 300 per cent of basic salary, in part to tame the effect of the global economic crunch on countr... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844674/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:27 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844674/ Abuja — The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) on Thursday joined its voice to the array of condemnation that has greeted the recent story citing The African Report, a publication ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844681/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:20 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844681/ Abuja — National Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, Edwin Ume-Ezeoke, said on Thursday that the leadership of his party has concluded plans to challenge the defection of Bauchi State Gov... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844667/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:32 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844667/ Abuja — House of Representatives members appear finally set to begin the long awaited constitution review, with a resolution on Thursday to adopt a special procedure for the exercise. The motio... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844665/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:32 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844665/ analysis Lagos — This morning, family members, friends, comrades, colleagues and admirers of the late pan-African icon, Dr. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, will gather in Abuja to mark the 40th day of h... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844682/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:20 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844682/ is both the National Chairman of National Unity Party (NUP) and President of West African Association of Political Parties (WAAPP). He was recently elected as the Chairman of Inter-party Advisory Coun... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844683/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:19 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844683/ Abuja — SERVICOM Office has enjoined the management of the Kuje General Hospital to adapt its services to meet the needs of residents in remote areas through the introduction of outreach service... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844684/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:18 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844684/ Kaduna — I write in connection with the article "How Shekarau Rescued Kano Pfizer Victims," printed in THIS DAY this past 10th of June. It is an outrageous misrepresentation of the facts for the... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844686/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:17 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844686/ Lagos — The United States African Development Foundation (USADF) has signed a grant of $91, 464 to benefit the Physically Handicapped Association of Nigeria in Kaduna State (PHAN-Kaduna). The gr... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844685/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:17 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25844685/ Henceforth, the FCT Administration says it will not condone low standard houses in any of the Mass Housing sites in the Federal Capital Territory. The FCT Minister, Senator Muhammad Adamu Aliero, mad... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842191/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:53 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842191/ An unidentified nursing mother was yesterday burnt to death when the car she was in crashed into a ditch and caught fire beside Equatorial Trust Bank, by Wuse Market Fly over, in Abuja. An eyewitness... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842189/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:54 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842189/ There is a need to establish a law guiding building of houses in Nigeria to curtail incessant collapse of building in the country, the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) has said. The first Vice P... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842197/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:49 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842197/ Flying Eagles Chief Coach, Samson Siasia will soon commence final preparations for the 2009 FIFA junior World Cup as he gets set to lead his team out of the country on Wednesday to a training camp in ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842195/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:50 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842195/ Internal crisis rocking the ranks of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) took a toll on the party yesterday, forcing it to postpone, indefinitely, the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting that ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842193/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:52 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842193/ editorial Lagos — Most controversies, corruption cases, probes and other scandals in the country dominate the headlines and airwaves only for a period, and notwithstanding the seriousness of th... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842187/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:55 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842187/ "Lives and properties were lost during the devastating crisis of 2nd and 3rd May, 2004. In fact, the most important thing is that the mutual trust that had been existing among the people of the commun... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842188/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:55 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842188/ The Action Alliance (AA) has formally inaugurated its 31-member national executive council (NEC) that would steer the affairs of the party in the next four years. Newly sworn-in National Chairman of ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842202/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:46 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842202/ Traders in Abuja now live in fear that the markets in which they do business will soon be closed down by the relevant agencies of the Federal Capital Territory over sanitary and related issues. The f... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842203/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:45 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842203/ opinion The pro-cyclical nature of the current international loan loss provisioning regime Most banking crises have had as a direct cause the inadequate management of credit risk by institutions. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842198/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:48 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842198/ analysis Since the nation's banking industry popularised automation or e-transact, the response of many Nigerians that bought into the innovation has been described as a mixed grill. There are prese... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842204/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:45 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842204/ The senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N22.4 billion naira virement out of the 2009 budget of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to finance the construction of additional lanes on each carriage ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842196/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:51 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842196/ The major thrust of the Microfinance Policy, Regulatory and Supervisory Framework launched in 2005 is to economically empower the active poor and also increase the share of micro credit as percentage ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842190/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:54 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842190/ Lagos — The Polo park mall, the ultra modern shopping and retail mall to be built in Enugu, Enugu State, will be the first of its kind in whole south eastern region and it is expected to gulp in... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842200/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:47 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842200/ The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Judicial Service Commission has approved the payment of special allowances to all magistrates in the FCT, as recommended by the Salaries and Wages Commission. The ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842192/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:53 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842192/ ABUJA (NIGERIA): Tata Motors, India's largest auto maker, will introduce its small car Nano--considered the world's cheapest--in Nigeria within next 18 months, ahead of its planned launch in Europe... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25841736/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:21:05 -0400 Times of India http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25841736/ Abeokuta — Construction giant Julius Berger Plc has resumed work on the abandoned Ota Bridge and road project following the release of N1.5 billion from the 2009 budget. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842206/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:44 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842206/ Nigerian football referees who have suffered so much criticism in recent times over their inability to be picked by FIFA, the world's football ruling body to officiate at its major championships have ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842205/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:44 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842205/ A 28-year-old driver, Obina Adabe was yesterday arraigned before an Abuja magistrate court for allegedly cheating one Mrs Iwowari faith. The driver, who resides at Chika village, was said to have bee... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842199/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:49 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842199/ A division of the Emirates Group and the region's leading Destination Management Company, Arabian Adventures has appointed a new business development manager as part of its continued expansion program... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842207/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:43 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842207/ Yola — Successive governments in Nigeria have made several efforts to boosting agriculture and food production through the establishment of agencies like the upper Benue River Basin Dev elopemen... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842208/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:43 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842208/ Lagos — Mobile banking in Nigeria is expected to contribute at least some $8 billion to Nigeria's treasury by year 2012, Rep Ado Dogo has said. Dogo, the Chairman of the House of Representative... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842211/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:42 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842211/ The National Chairman of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA), Mr Clement Ebri has asked the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to stop the on-going industrial action in the interest of the... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842209/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:42 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25842209/ Dutse — The former military intelligence officer, Alhaji Sagir Mohammed, has observed that the offer of amnesty by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to the Niger Delta militants will not work, sayin... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25836962/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:45:10 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25836962/ The European Union (EU) on Thursday called on all political players to engage in dialogue and resolve the current Niger political crisis in a peaceful manner. "EU is gravely concerned at recent p... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25834687/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:29:03 -0400 People's Daily http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25834687/ THE Globacom Premier League is swimming in very dangerous waters that might bring the game to disrepute and ridicule. World soccer-governing body, FIFA, is listening with rapt attention to the offensi... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25834686/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:27:17 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25834686/ Umuahia — IN what appeared like passing a vote of no confidence on the state Police Command and other security agencies in the state, Abia State House of Assembly, has called on the Inspector-Ge... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831600/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:19 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831600/ Integrated Microfinance Bank Ibadan branch is organizing a Carnival Road Show on poverty alleviation in Oyo State. The event is scheduled for today Thursday 2nd of July, 2009. The float/carnival will ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831595/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:23 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831595/ The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), yesterday called on the Federal Government to respect its agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). It argued that government's resort to bla... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831601/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:17 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831601/ The House of Representatives has launched investigations into an alleged missing $1.2 billion oil bloc bid round fund that was supposed to be lodged into a provisional account on behalf of the governm... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831604/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:15 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831604/ Dr Joseph Onoh, speaking with reporters on the preparations for the father's burial yesterday, said all was set for his father's internment in spite of the disappointment by the state government. Ono... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831605/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:14 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831605/ The first batch of laptops specifically designed for pupils in the world has arrived in Nigeria. Under a scheme known as one-laptop-per-child (OLPC), the vision of an American, Nicholas Negroponte, w... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831606/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:13 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831606/ Abuja — An Abuja high court sitting in Gudu, yesterday granted bail to the widow of late Major General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, Hajiya Asabe Yar'Adua, who was allegedly accused by the Economic and F... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831602/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:18 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831602/ Standard Chartered has announced its full acquisition of the remaining shareholding in First Africa Group Holdings Limited ("First Africa"), a Leading pan-African Mergers & Acquisitions ("M&A"... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831599/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:20 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831599/ As part of measures to stamp out armed robbery around Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja area, the airport police command has arrested no fewer than104 Okada riders and impounded their motorcycles in the... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831607/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:12 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831607/ CHAIRMAN, Oyo State Local Government Service Commission, Chief Kola Gbadamosi said some local government officials who used fake university certificates had absconded upon discovery that the commissio... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831609/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:11 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831609/ Following security reports which indicated that Islamic fundamentalists in Kano State, and some followers of murdered Islamic cleric, Sheik Ja'afar Mahmud Adam were planning to cause violence, Inspect... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831594/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:24 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831594/ THE National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) has said that if the Federal government must achieve the set goal of becoming one of the top twenty economies of the world, there was the urgent ne... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831597/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:21 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831597/ Abuja — The Minister of Information and Communication, Professor Dora Akunyili has described Nigeria Media as "Heroes", saying despite control and sanctions placed on them, it remained critical ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831608/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:11 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831608/ The Umuchinemere Procredit Micro Finance Bank (UPMFB) Nigeria Limited, Enugu, in its efforts to empower and improve the well being of the active poor, is set to establish a micro insurance scheme for ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831596/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:22 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831596/ Enugu — VICE Presidential candidate of the Action Congress (AC) in 2007 election, Senator Ben Obi, yesterday, hailed Bode Ola, the AC senatorial candidate for Ekiti Central for regaining his 'st... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831611/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:09 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831611/ Shareholders of Starcomms Plc, Wednesday, endorsed the proposal by its Board of Directors to establish a management share incentive scheme for the benefit of the employees to spur them for increased p... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831598/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:21 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831598/ A group of freight forwarders under the aegis of National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents yesterday decried the deplorable state of the access road to the ports, saying: "The ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831610/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:09 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831610/ Players' ability to display some tricks with the ball largely determines their technical prowess. And Nigerians are talented in this art. But the tactical aspect of their game has always fallen below ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831612/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:08 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25831612/ UNICEF Nigeria Goodwill Ambassador Nwankwo Kanu with children at the Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network Centre in Esi-Eket, Akwa Ibom State, located in the South-South zone of Nigeria. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25826758/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:32:53 -0400 UNICEF http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25826758/ The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the ongoing political and constitutional crisis in Niger, which threatens to destabilize the country and undermine the progress made in recent years to ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25827554/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:32:29 -0400 United Nations http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25827554/ editorial STRIKES have always had their place. For years, some have started condemning the regular feature the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has made strikes. Is there a year that passe... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25826743/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:40:07 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25826743/ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced deep concern about Niger's continuing political and constitutional crisis, warning that it threatens to destabilize the country and undermine recent progress... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25827551/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:40:07 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25827551/ (AFP)--The Nigerian Senate passed a bill Thursday to forbid oil companies from burning waste gas during oil extraction starting in 2011, which would end a practice that harms the environment, a seni... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25827553/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:03:41 -0400 Morning Star http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25827553/ Abuja — Three of the four major demands of the striking Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities [ASUU] were accepted by the Federal Executive Council [FEC] at its meeting in Abuja yesterda... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25827552/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:59:44 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25827552/ Political opponents of Niger's President Mamadou Tandja say they are determined to block a referendum to extend his rule. The White House says it is concerned about President Tandja ruling by decree a... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25822652/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:36:20 -0400 VOA http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25822652/ are set to sign an agreement Friday to launch works for the Trans-Sahara natural gas route, Africa's largest pipeline project by cost, a spokeswoman for Algeria's Energy Ministry said Thursday. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25821749/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:04:38 -0400 Morning Star http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25821749/ Governor Olusegun Mimiko appointment of caretaker committee for the 18 local government councils in Ondo state is raising ripples in the state house of assembly. The assembly on Thursday kicked agains... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25822650/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:22 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25822650/ Yola — A new political atmosphere is emerging in Adamawa State. Unfortunately it is not such that will give many reason to celebrate. The opposition in the state is gradually going into oblivion... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25822651/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:22 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25822651/ editorial DELTA Airlines poor treatment of hundreds of its passengers heading to the US appears to be the standard practice for most foreign airlines that operate into Nigeria. The passengers were s... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817802/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:16 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817802/ As preparations for this year's lesser Hajj, Umrah, intensifies, Kwara State goveernment has appointed MedView Airlines as the official carrier of its Muslim pilgrims. Secretary to the State Governme... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817808/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:10 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817808/ Minna — The nationwide industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has disrupted the planned Post UME of the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna.... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817813/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:06 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817813/ Awka — GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State says there is no going back on the implementation of the recently launched master plans for the three cities of Awka, Nnewi and Onitsha, pledging that ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817806/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:11 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817806/ A marketing blunder in Nigeria has got online communities all of a twitter, after a joint oil and gas venture with Russia was named Nigaz.Russia's Gazprom and Nigeria's state-operated NNPC formed the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25816043/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:46:34 -0400 BBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25816043/ Lagos — Nigeria sinks lower on the monthly FIFA/Coca-Cola ranking, as it lost its number two position to become number four in Africa, and 34 in the world, according to the July rankings release... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817816/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:04 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817816/ Port Harcourt — ACTING Managing Director of the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Pastor Power Aginighan, has said the commission executed 2,760 projects in states under its authority s... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817807/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:09 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817807/ Abuja — Senators have approved cuts in the budget for education and health to fund road construction in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The approval on Wednesday came less than 24 hours af... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817817/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:03 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817817/ Arusha, Tanzania - Nine people definitively convicted by the UN-backed international court trying suspected ringleaders in Rwanda's 1994 genocide have been transferred to Benin, an official said on We... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817140/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:38:58 -0400 IOL http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817140/ Awka — IN what was seen as a morale booster, the South East leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has conveyed the message of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817805/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:12 -0400 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/25817805/