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Nigeria News
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AllAfrica News: Nigeria
All Africa, All the Time.
- Govt Denies Yar'Adua Health Problems
THE Federal Government moved, yesterday, to douse public anxiety over the state of health of President Umaru Yar'Adua following his failure to return home from Saudi Arabia where he is performing the lesser hajj, and said there was nothing unusual about the delay in his return.
- Tension Mounts Over Biafra Protest
ANAMBRA State, especially Onitsha, the commercial nerve centre of the state, yesterday, was enveloped in a pall of tension as the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) sit-at-home protest in the entire South-East begins tomorrow.
- Govt Discusses Nuclear Power With Iran
The third session of the Nigerian-Iran Joint Commission opened yesterday in Abuja with an agreement between the two parties to enter into discussion on nuclear power for peaceful purposes, oil and transportation.
- Kerosene As 'Gold' in Abuja
"Please appeal to government on our behalf to ensure that kerosene is supplied to every filling station in Abuja and to also ensure that the subsidised price for which the NNPC sells their product is maintained in all the stations. I am tired of spending nights at fuel stations or even risking my life to come here by 3.am when I am supposed to be resting in my bed."
- Equities' Value On NSE Dips Further By N37.32 Billion
The bearish trend on the Nigerian Stock Exchan-ge (NSE) continued yester-day, as the value of listed securities dipped by N37.32 billion. This was represented by the depreciation in the market capitalisation, which dropped by 0.42 per cent to close at N8.81 trillion from N8.85 trillion at which it opened.
- N-Delta Crisis Has Perilous Implications - Anyaoku
FORMER Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, declared yesterday that the current socio-political situation in the Niger Delta was "a major national crisis with potentially perilous implications that will go beyond our national economy if not properly resolved."
- EFCC to Investigate Missing N1.5 Trillion Energy Fund
THE Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), vowed yesterday to investigate the N1.5 trillion funds released by the Federal Government to revamp the power sector but has not been paid into government coffers even though it was not spent.
- A-Ibom Records 50,000 Bakassi Returnees
Akwa Ibom State has recorded the influx of no fewer than 50,000 displaced people from Bakassi, Mr. Victor Iyanem, Akwa Ibom State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, has said.
- Don't Criticise Yar'adua!
IN Zamfara State, it is an offence, punishable by a sack, to criticise President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
- Country Now World's Highest Producer of Cassava
NIGERIA is now ranked the world's highest producer of cassava with a production capacity of 40 million metric tonnes.
- How 12 Persons Were Killed By JTF in Bayelsa - Maritime Worker
The Executives of the Bayelsa State Maritime Union yesterday threw more light on the circumstances that led to the Sunday attack of a commercial speed boat by the men of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) along the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state which led to the death of a pregnant woman and eleven others.
- ADB to Collaborate With Bauchi on Projects
AFRICAN Development Bank, (ADB) has expressed its determination to collaborate with Bauchi State government towards executing projects that would uplift the living standard of the people in the state.
- Military Wouldn't Have Ceded Bakassi to Cameroon - Ikimi
Former External Affairs Minister, under the military administration of Late General Sanni Abacha, Chief Tom Ikimi, on Tuesday faulted the various explanations offered by the present administration of President Musa Y'Adua as reasons for the recent handing over of the disputed Bakassi Pennisula to Cameroon, saying that such issues would have been handled differently under a military regime.
- Senator Seeks Scrapping of State Governments
As the National Assembly begins the process of amending the 1999 constitution, one issue which should be accorded priority is providing autonomy to the local governments,Senator Adamu Garga Talba has said.
- State Govt to Build General Hospital in Mbo LG
The people of Mbo Local Government Council of Akwa Ibom State, currently hosting unspecified number of displaced returnees from Bakassi ceded to the Republic of Cameroon, is to get a state-of-the-art General Hospital, to enhance proper health care delivery.
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