Provides the latest RSS feeds for Nigeria News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Nigeria Sun.com http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/8db1f72cde37faf3/ en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:31:26 -0500 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:31:26 -0500 30 When Isoke Aikpitanyi left Nigeria in search of a new life in 2000, she thought she was going to work as a fruit vendor in a market in London. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/610760/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:20:07 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/610760/cs/1/ Niger's ruling military junta has sacked the West African country's eight regional governors and replaced them with soldiers. The move announced late Wednesday tightens the junta's grip on... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33025897/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:43:59 -0500 World Bulletin http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33025897/ In January this year hundreds of Muslims were massacred near Jos, in north-central Nigeria. In what appears to be direct retaliation, on March 7, three largely Christian villages were attacked and sev... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33025374/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:35:16 -0500 Spero News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33025374/ Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, pers... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33025892/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:14 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33025892/ March 11 (Reuters) - Oil prices hit a near two-month high above $83 a barrel this week, breaking out of the $70-$80 range which has held for most of the last five months. U.S. crude CLc1 has recove... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33025893/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:13 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33025893/ The long delayed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) aims to make state oil firm NNPC more competitive and transparent, encourage outside investment, promote local oil companies and increase gas supplies... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33025894/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:12 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33025894/ March 11 - Nigeria hopes far-reaching plans to overhaul its energy sector will end funding problems and boost its output, but some in the industry warn the new terms could send billions of dollars ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33025895/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:11 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33025895/ ABUJA: Days after the mass slaughter of up to 500 people in three Nigerian villages, suspects rounded up by police yesterday told of how they killed families of Christians with machetes, knives and cu... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33024395/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:59:32 -0500 The Australian http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33024395/ LAMANTIN ISLAND, Niger (Reuters) - Joel Sauze was just readying his new eco-lodge in southern Niger for its first visitors as soldiers in the capital blasted their way into the presidential palace and... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33025097/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:45:47 -0500 Swiss Info http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33025097/ Christians and Muslims once shared their lives together in Nigeria's fertile central belt, buying each other's goods in mixed neighborhoods and cultivating each other's farms across a sun-baked platea... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33025372/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:40:36 -0500 Gadsden Times http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33025372/ N early 3,000 people have fled to a neighbouring state after hundreds were slaughtered in several mostly Christian villages over the weekend, aid officials said Thursday.Residents have accused police ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022765/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:46:08 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022765/ LAGOS, March 11 (Reuters) - Nigeria's asset management company (AMC) will purchase non-performing loans held by rescued banks in the second quarter of this year, enabling them to repay the capita... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023204/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:39:13 -0500 Nigeria Independant http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023204/ ABUJA, March 10 (Reuters) - Agriculture and manufacturing will make a greater contribution to Nigeria's economic growth in the coming years as it seeks to reduce its dependence on crude oil, Acti... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023203/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:39:12 -0500 Nigeria Independant http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023203/ ABUJA, March 10 (Reuters) - Legislation to create a Nigerian asset management company (AMC) to soak up bad bank loans passed a second reading in the Senate on Wednesday, bringing it another step close... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023202/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:39:11 -0500 Nigeria Independant http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023202/ LONDON – THE Federal Government, yesterday, deployed gas from the operations of Chevron Nigeria Limited to cushion the impact of temporary closure of the Sapele and Oben gas plants operated by Shell... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023201/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:39:10 -0500 Nigeria Independant http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023201/ (AP Photos/Jon Gambrell)Men detained by police after violence around Jos, Nigeria, file past reporters, at police headquarters Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Witnesses say soldiers opened fire on angry yo... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022800/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:30:02 -0500 Examiner http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022800/ Christians and Muslims once shared their lives together in Nigeria's fertile central belt, buying each other's goods in mixed neighborhoods and cultivating each other's farms across a sun-baked platea... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022797/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:24:54 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022797/ LAGOS, March 11 (Reuters) - The Nigerian naira NGN=D1 fell against the U.S dollar on the interbank market on Thursday, hit by a sudden surge in demand for the greenback from banks trying to cover t... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023200/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:10:45 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023200/ YENOGOA—Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, is expected to be among the state governors that would attend the forthcoming ninth edition of Nigerian-Business Mission, scheduled to hold in... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023199/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:07:18 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023199/ N early 3,000 people have fled to a neighbouring state after hundreds were slaughtered in several mostly Christian villages over the weekend, aid officials said Thursday.Residents have accused police ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022791/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:07:17 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022791/ Abuja — The presidential candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2011 general election may emerge in September this year, THISDAY has been info-rmed. This and other issues... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023196/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:59:49 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023196/ Abuja/Jos — Plateau State Governor, Da David Jonah Jang, has pleaded against any attempt for reprisal or vengeance attack following the massacre in Jos South Local Government Area of the state, ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023197/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:59:49 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023197/ Abuja — Minister of Interior, Dr. Shettima Mustafa has debunked reports that some ministers wrote a memo to Acting President Goodluck Jonathan urging him to maintain the status quo in the dissol... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023198/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:59:48 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023198/ Lagos — In line with its Corporate Social Initiative programmes, Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) Nigeria, through its Goal programme, has partnered with a Non-governmental Organisation, Youth Empo... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023195/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:59:47 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33023195/ Lagos — Protesting Save Nigeria Group (SNG) has said it is unacceptable that ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has been incommunicado since he left the country for medical treatment in Saudi ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022789/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:59:45 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022789/ editorial Lagos — Driven by the need to speed up development in the state, the Delta State Government recently launched a business development initiative which it called the Warri Industrial Pa... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022802/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:59:45 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022802/ Lagos — A Federal High Court in Lagos will tomorrow determine the fate of business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote as President of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The court, presided by Justice Lamb... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022804/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:59:45 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022804/ JOS, Nigeria (AP) - Christians and Muslims once shared their lives together in Nigeria's fertile central belt, buying each other's goods in mixed neighborhoods and cultivating each other's farms acros... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022807/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:48:38 -0500 Breitbart http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022807/ JOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nearly 3,000 people have fled to a neighboring state after hundreds were slaughtered in several mostly Christian villages over the weekend, aid officials said Thursday. Resident... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022808/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:48:34 -0500 Breitbart http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022808/ JOS, Nigeria (AP) - Christians and Muslims once shared their lives together in Nigeria's fertile central belt, buying each other's goods in mixed neighborhoods and cultivating each other's farms acros... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022794/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:43:26 -0500 Find Law http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022794/ JOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nearly 3,000 people have fled to a neighboring state after hundreds were slaughtered in several mostly Christian villages over the weekend, aid officials said Thursday. Residents h... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022796/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:43:25 -0500 Find Law http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33022796/ Rev. Joshua T. Dafom, right, stands in front of the grave of a woman killed in fighting in the village of Ku-got, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. More than 200 people died in central Nigeria in recen... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33020535/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:12:38 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33020535/ (AP Photos/Jon Gambrell)Rev. Joshua T. Dafom, right, stands in front of the grave of a woman killed in fighting in the village of Ku-got, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. More than 200 people died in ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33020607/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:59:29 -0500 Examiner http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33020607/ Survivors of violence in central Nigeria on Sunday have been telling the BBC what happened.One witness in a village near the city of Jos said he heard his neighbours screaming as they were attacked. A... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33020599/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:44:58 -0500 BBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33020599/ LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - OPEC's compliance with its agreements to limit oil output has fallen to just 53 percent, according to Reuters calculations. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021018/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:40:31 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021018/ LAGOS, March 11 (Reuters) - Nigeria's asset management company (AMC) will purchase non-performing loans held by rescued banks in the second quarter of this year, enabling them to repay the capital ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021019/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:40:30 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021019/ March 11 (Reuters) - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meets to consider oil output policy on March 17 in Vienna, Austria. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021021/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:40:29 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021021/ March 11 (Reuters) - The following are changes in oil output limits for those members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries subject to restrictions. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021023/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:40:28 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021023/ Double click on codes in square brackets to view stories: LATEST STORIES > Nigerians demand end to "invisible presidency" [ID:nLDE6291HC] > Nigeria urged to end impunity after massacre [ID:nL... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021022/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:40:27 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021022/ CALABAR—The European Union, EU, under the aegis of EU SRIP, has donated Information Technology equipment and accessories worth N196 million to Cross River State government. Speaking while presentin... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021015/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:37:09 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021015/ AWKA—WIFE of Anambra State Governor, Mrs. Margaret Obi has assured women of the state, that they would reap bountifully for the confidence they reposed in Governor Peter Obi during the February 6 go... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021016/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:37:06 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021016/ Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has inaugurated a Presidential Advisory Council, the creation and membership of which he announced a week ago. It is chaired by a former Minister of Defence, General... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021002/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:30:01 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021002/ Benin — Two Edo State Nollywood stars were late Tuesday killed in Benin by gunmen suspected to be hired killers.Mr Erhauyi Ogbeide a.k.a Ukeke and Eghosa Idehen a.k.a Erejiro were killed at the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021006/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:30:00 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021006/ Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Maurice Iwu has described the Nigerian society as sick, lamenting that some Nigerians could descend so low in order to achieve their ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021005/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:59 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021005/ Kaduna — The Jama'atul Nasril Islam (JNI) yesterday faulted media reports linking it to the protest rally by some interest groups on the ailing president Umaru Musa Yar'adua. The Federal Capita... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021004/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:58 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021004/ analysis Lagos — Today in Accra, Ghana, the 2009 African Footballer of the Year will be crowned. The award ceremony which holds at the State House Banquet Hall, is expected to attract global at... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021003/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:57 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021003/ Abuja — For the second time in three weeks the regular meetings of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) failed to hold again yesterday. Instead, Acting President Goodluck Jonathan had to shelve t... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021007/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:57 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021007/ Onitsha/ Umuahia — Members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) took to the streets in the South east yesterday, demanding the release of their leader, Chi... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021008/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:55 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021008/ As though the reckless use of dangerous weapons was not bad enough, a substance suspected to be a bomb was reportedly discovered within the premises of the House of Assembly, which if it had detonated... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021009/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:54 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021009/ Chairman of Senate Committee on Defence Ibrahim Ida has lauded the Nigerian Army for the 'heroic' role it is playing in ensuring the maintenance of peace across the globe over the years. Ida made the... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021010/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:54 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021010/ Governor Ali Modu Sheriff of Borno State has divided the century old Dikwa Emirate into two, the Dikwa and Bama emirates. The old Dikwa emirate comprised of four local government areas; Bama, Ngala (S... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021011/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:52 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021011/ Jos — Four cows meant for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Jos caused uproar yesterday when it was alleged that there were Fulani men inside the same truck as the cows, stationed to un... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021012/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:50 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021012/ Owerri — Senator Arthur Nzeribe says the military may take over government if nothing is done about the country's state of affairs.Nzeribe who spoke at a news conference yesterday in Owerri said... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33020598/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:47 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33020598/ Several hundred women dressed in long black dresses are marching in downtown Jos to protest the recent slaughter of more than 200 people including dozens of children in several mostly Christian villag... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021014/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:21:59 -0500 Gadsden Times http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33021014/ Abuja — SENATORS on Wednesday told former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, that they are not contemplating the impeachment of President Umaru Yar'Adua who has been ill for over three months. In... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33018972/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:01:32 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33018972/ editorial The statistical data on the ever-increasing maternal mortality rate in Nigeria is not only mind-boggling, but pathetic. More so, because evidence abounds that successive administrations, bo... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33018973/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:01:31 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33018973/ Lagos/Jos — POLICE in Jos have confirmed the arrest of 351 persons over the killings in Dogon-Hauwa villages on Sunday. Plateau State Deputy Police Commissioner, Ikechukwu Aduba, broke the arres... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33018976/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:01:29 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33018976/ The pedestrian bridge at Ketu has turned a dead trap and constitutes danger to pedestrians; it is a time-bomb if nothing is done to rehabilitate it immediately. Already its railings have fallen apart... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33018975/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:01:28 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33018975/ The Appellant, a Legal Practitioner, was charged before the Respondent, The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, based on the petition of one Bishop Ndarake James Antigha, hereinafter referred ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33018977/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:01:28 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33018977/ Quote ), Africa's biggest mobile operator by subscribers, posted lower 2009 profit despite its new customers increasing by 28 percent to 116 million. The country's second-biggest mobile phone oper... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33014394/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:21:32 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33014394/ Sporadic shooting rang out overnight in the central Nigerian city of Jos and witnesses said at least one person was killed by soldiers enforcing a curfew days after attacks on three nearby Christian v... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33012046/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:27:35 -0500 SABC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33012046/ For 502 days, Victor Fakoya has been behind bars at the Clark County Detention Center, accused of killing a toddler boy living in his home. For the past 30 days, he has been on trial in District Cour... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33012047/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:20:49 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33012047/ SINGAPORE, March 11 (Reuters) - Oil fell below $82 on Thursday pulling prices from an eight-week high a day ago on expectations that OPEC members would keep pumping crude above quotas in the second... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33012045/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:55:49 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33012045/ ABUJA— THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has taken exception to the report credited to the Minister of Petroleum, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, that  fuel scarcity would persist unless the downstream sector ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33012044/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:52:12 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33012044/ The Nigerian Football Federation has confirmed four pre-World Cup friendly matches for the Super Eagles. The NFF says the team will play against North Korea, Paraguay, Colombia and Ukraine on dates t... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33012042/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:44:17 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33012042/ Nigeria Football Federation has secured an entertainment venue at the 2010 World Cup and the federation plans to spice up Nigeria's participation in the 'football village' to be opened in Durban, Sout... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33012043/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:44:16 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33012043/ Abuja — It emerged yesterday that Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded a copy of the report of the Justice Mohammed Uwais-led Electoral Reforms Committee to the National Assembly une... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33011634/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:44:15 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33011634/ THE police said, yesterday, that 49 people are to be charged with murder after communal violence left scores of villagers dead. Most of those facing charges are Muslims from the Fulani group, police s... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33011398/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:44:14 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33011398/ SINGAPORE, March 11 (Reuters) - Oil fell to below $82 on Thursday on expectations for OPEC to keep pumping above quotas in the second quarter, pulling prices down from eight-week highs reached a da... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33009819/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:14:50 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33009819/ Deputy Political Editor Watchers of the post amnesty programme truly heaved a sigh of relief when the Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan told the nation that his administration was determined to... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33009817/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:11:41 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33009817/ KADUNA — National Union of Textile Workers has commended the Acting President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan for sacking the former National Security Adviser, NSA, General Sarki Mukhtar (rtd) following serie... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33009816/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:11:39 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33009816/ BENIN-CITY—A GROUP,  Vanguard for a Better Edo,  VBE, has accused the leadership of the House of Representatives of trying to  frustrate the positive changes Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s gove... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33009818/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:11:37 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33009818/ Pope denounces violence Earlier Pope Benedict XVI denounced the "astrocious" violence. As new gunfire added to the tensions around the flashpoint city of Jos, the head of the Roman Catholic... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33006811/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:02:50 -0500 SBS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33006811/ JOS, Nigeria -- Soldiers opened fire on a crowd after curfew and killed two people, witnesses said Wednesday, just days after fighting between Christians and Muslims in the area left more than 200 dea... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007331/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:47:10 -0500 The China Post http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007331/ •Inquiry to look at role of brokers; US to advise on reform provisions Nigeria’s new securities regulator has launched a sweeping investigation into alleged abuses that contributed to a $50bill... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007332/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:46:06 -0500 Business Day http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007332/ •Experts seek CBN intervention Unless the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) takes proactive action in narrowing the gap between the official and parallel foreign exchange rates, dealers face the temp... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007334/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:46:03 -0500 Business Day http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007334/ Indications emerged on Wednesday that Christopher Anyanwu, director general of Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) may have been suspended as a result of alleged diversion of proceeds of the sales of S... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007335/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:46:01 -0500 Business Day http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007335/ The immediate past governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, is in the U.S. canvassing for the support of Nigerians living there on his planned presidential bid in 2011. A group, ‘Friends of Don... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007336/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:46:00 -0500 Business Day http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007336/ Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s acting president, has landed a significant blow in the struggle for control of the world’s 10thbiggest oil exporter by sacking a security chief and reinstating a wily ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007340/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:59 -0500 Business Day http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007340/ Evidence unveiled in the on-going London trial involving James Ibori’s associates on Wednesday showed that the former Delta State governor held multiple UK accounts, and one of his agents was prosec... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007339/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:57 -0500 Business Day http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007339/ The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday called on Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to probe the recent nationwide fuel scarcity with a view to punishing those responsible for it, to serve as ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007337/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:55 -0500 Business Day http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007337/ …government to invest N242bn in sector Agriculture and manufacturing will make a greater contribution to Nigeria’s economic growth in the coming years as it seeks to reduce its dependence on cr... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007341/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:53 -0500 Business Day http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007341/ Nigeria: Yar'Adua Goes into Extra Time - The Reappearance of the President Has Worsened the Political Paralysis ? and the Splits in the PDP Government http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33006806/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:19:16 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33006806/ Osonwa Okey Noberts, a Nigerian who was charged with drug trafficking, stands trial with his girlfriend, Zhang Dongxiang, and two others accused of the same crime at Dongguan Intermediate People’s C... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007330/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:01:12 -0500 People's Daily http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33007330/ JOS, Nigeria — Dispassionately, the baby-faced young man recounted his killings: two women and one man, first beaten senseless with a stick, then stabbed to death with a short knife. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33002362/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:58:54 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33002362/ Fears that sectarian violence could spread across Nigeria increased yesterday after it emerged that militia leaders from Jos, where at least 200 people were massacred on Sunday, had been attempting to... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33002339/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:35:13 -0500 The Independent http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33002339/ AFIKPO—THOUSANDS of members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, yesterday, took to the streets of the ancient city of Afikpo in Ebonyi State, in a peaceful pr... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33004111/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:09 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33004111/ - ASP Alozie Ogugbuaja to the author, at Ikeja Sheraton, April 27th 2000. The arid programs running on the NTA International was punctuated by the news. The Inspector General of Police, was in an ope... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33004110/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:07 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33004110/ Professor Tam David-West, a former Minister of Petroleum and a social critic insists that despite the amnesty programme, the adoption of the Niger-Delta Technical Report, is the way out. He spoke to V... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33004113/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:02 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/33004113/ KHARTOUM, March 10 (Reuters) - Sudan summoned the acting head of international peacekeepers in Darfur on Wednesday to express concern over a rebel ambush last week in which vehicles and equipment b... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997041/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:00:15 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997041/ The Yusuf Grillo Pavilion in Ikorodu will on April 3 celebrate the contemporary Nigerian art icon, Dr Bruce Onobrakpeya, as it’s star artist. Last year at the official opening of the gallery, the g... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997030/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:56:24 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997030/ They say that teachers rewards are  in heaven. But the state of the economy and the way teachers are neglected in Nigeria have forced many teachers to reject that promised heavenly promise by insisti... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997031/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:56:22 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997031/ “It is exactly a thousand days this morning that I took the oath of office before God and Lagosians to use all my best endeavours to deliver a bright and rewarding future. Although our work is not ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997034/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:56:20 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997034/ larger Chief Patrick Ekeji, the Director_General of National Sports Commission while declaring open yesterday the Nigeria Football Federation organised seminar for Nigerian coaches at the Fifa Goal Pr... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997033/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:56:18 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997033/ The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and a private firm-Prosec Systems (Nig) Limited- have began exploratory talks with a view to collaborating in the area of the establishment of Hi-Tech Trai... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997032/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:56:16 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997032/ Experienced coach Guus Hiddink has agreed terms with the Ivorian Football Association to coach Les Elephants during the World Cup, according to a report from Dutch national broadcaster NOS. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997036/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:56:13 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997036/ THE National Population Commission, NPC, Wednesday warned against politicisation of the compilation of the compendium of localities in Nigeria to be conducted by the commission. Chairman of NPC, Chie... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997039/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:56:11 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997039/ ONDO State government has earmarked N200million as health assistance scheme for persons suffering from different ailments in the state this year. Consequently, over 500 persons have applied for assis... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997038/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:56:09 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997038/ Nigeria Football Federation has secured an entertainment venue at the 2010 World Cup and the federation plans to spice up Nigeria’s participation in the ‘football village’ to be opened in  Durb... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997037/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:56:08 -0500 Vanguard http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32997037/ Catholic papal Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday condemned the "atrocious" mayhem in Jos where over 500 people were massacred at the wee hours of last Sunday, also police said 49 people responsible would... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32995979/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:46:17 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8db1f72cde37faf3/id/32995979/