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  • Kunal Roy appointed Indian Ambassador to Niger

    Kunal Roy has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Niger. He is expected to take up his assignment shortly. ...

  • PHCN restores electricity supply to 2 states Niger Republic

    The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) on Thursdayrestored electricity supply to Kebbi and Sokoto states after successfully rectifying the collapsed 330 KVA towers. Similarly, the electricity supply was restored to parts of Niger Republicafter the repair of the damaged ...

  • Zamfara Attack Cattle Rustlers Gun Down 48 People in Zamfara State of Nigeria Africa News

    Local residents in the village of Nigerian State of Zamfara in the northwestern part of the country have told reporters that, cattle rustlers attack has left 48 people dead in the ...

  • Nigeria oil theft causes 5 pct drop in May government revenues

    government revenues in May to 590.7 billion naira, compared with 621 billion naira the previous month, the accountant general said on Thursday. "Gross revenue was lower due to a drop in crude oil production and lifting operations occasioned by force majeure declared at the Bonny terminal and continuous theft and vandalism," Accountant General Jonah Otunla said. He also said ...

  • FIRS begins VAT automated payments system for Airlines others

    By NOEL ONOJA The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is to commence implementation of automated Value Added Tax (VAT) and Withholding Tax deductions at source for the Aviation industry beginning from September 2013 with extensions to other sectors such as the Telecommunication and Financial services to follow. The Acting Executive Chairman of FIRS, Alhaji Kabir Mashi made this known ...

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Rescue Dawn

Rescue Dawn

In Rescue Dawn, writer/director Werner Herzog returns to Dieter Dengler, the subject of his 1997 documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly. The German-born Dengler, who was a U.S. Navy pilot in the mid-1960s, was shot down over Laos in 1966 on a reconnaissance mission and was c ... ...

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  • Prelate Nigers Christians fearful of Islamists

    Niger's leading prelate said in an interview that the nation's small Christian community is living in fear following Islamist violence. "Strong links already exist between Islamist groups in several countries and a network is forming," Archbishop Michel Cartateguy of Niamey said in an interview. "We thought the Islamists had been dispersed earlier this year in northern ...

  • BPE to Announce Bidders for 10 Power Plants in August

    The federal government yesterday said the shortlisted bidders for the purchase of 10 National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) power plants would be announced on August 8. The Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Benjamin Ezra Dikki disclosed this in a presentation to prospective investors in Hong Kong at a road show jointly organized by the Niger Delta Power Holding ...

  • As Partys NEC Meets...PDP Groups Ask Bamanga to Quit

    Pressure is being piled on PDP national chairman Bamanga Tukur to resign ahead of the party's national executive committee meeting today, following the mass resignation of other members of the national working committee. The NWC members who quit were those affected by a report of the Independent National Electoral Commission that said the process of their election was faulty. Party ...

  • Flavour Set for U.S. Tour

    Nigerian singer Flavour High life Bad Boy, Flavour N’abania is getting geared up for his U.S Tour which kicks off in July. Flavour and his band will hit Dallas Texas; July 5th, July 6th Houston Texas, July 12th Maryland and finally July 13th New ...

  • Shell accused of hyping Nigerian oil sabotage

    Amnesty International said. A 2011 study from the U.N. Environment Program said oil contamination in parts of Nigeria have been ongoing since the late 1950s. The study said it could take as long as 30 years to clean the southeast region of Nigeria known as Ogoniland. Shell has blamed oil thieves for affecting production to the extent that it could not meet its contractual obligations. Audrey ...

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