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Region Calls Summit on Guinea Coup
The extra-ordinary meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) summoned by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua over the coup in Guinea will hold tomorrow in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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Air Force Chief Raises Alarm Over Chinese Contract
More than three years after a N30 billion contract was awarded to a Chinese company for the supply of one N17, 12 F7 and five other Chinese aircraft for military flying operations by the Nigerian Airforce, delivery of the aircraft is yet to be effected even after over 85 percent payment obligations had been made by the Nigerian government.
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Arrests Over New Motorcycle Helmet Law
About 152 motorcyclists had been arrested by the Anambra State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) for compulsory use of helmet since the order came into effect January 1, 2009.
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State Challenges Probe of Jos Riots
The controversy over who has the constitutional power to institute a probe panel into the November 28, 2008 sectarian riots in Jos, Plateau State has taken another turn.
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Shell Invests $3 Billion On Gas Flare Reduction
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) says it has committed $3 billion to reduce gas flaring through a scheme this year.
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FG Loses Billions to Port Congestion
President of the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Mr. Lucky Amiwero has said that the Federal Government must have lost over one trillion naira to the lingering congestion at the nation's port in Lagos in the last three months.
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Sagay, David-West Condemn IBB Stand on Coup in Guniea
EMINENT Nigerians have come out hard on former Military President, General Ibrahim Gbadamosi Babaginda (rtd) for endorsing the recent coup d'etat in Guniea.
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Jos Crisis - Reps Back Yar'Adua
House of Representatives eight- man ad-hoc Committee on Jos Crisis has rejected the position of the Government of Plateau State that it's an illegal body.
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Oil Exports in February to Drop
Nigeria is expected to export 1.66 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil in February, steady from January and down 12 per cent from December, following OPEC deals to cut output, traders have said.
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Unemployment Rate Worries Senate
The Senate Committee on Employment, Labour and Productivity has urged President Umaru Yar' Adua to prioritise job creation in 2009.
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Controversy Trails INEC's N11.7 Million Donation to NANS
A sponsorship deal valued at N11,743,000 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) for the students body's maiden Leadership Training Workshop in Abuja last year is raising posers.
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Court Martial Turns Rowdy
The resumed sitting of the Military Court Martial trying 28 soldiers who protested last year over the non-payment of their foreign mission allowance became rowdy yesterday at the 323 Artillery Regiment in Akure, the Ondo state capital.
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We'll Separate Oil From Politics - Govt
The need to separate the running of Nigeria's oil and gas industry from politics is a major reason behind the reforms about to be embarked upon by the Federal Government, THISDAY was told yesterday.
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Air Fares May Drop as Oil Marketers Promise to Review Aviation Fuel Price
In what may signal an imminent reduction in the fares charged by Nigerian airlines, marketers of aviation fuel, known as Jet A1, have said that they would crash the prices by end of January to be in tandem with the deeping prices of crude in the international market.
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South South Leaders Seek Speedy Implementation of Report
South South leaders have urged Aso Rock to quickly implement the report of the Niger Delta Technical Committee (NDTC), headed by Ledum Mitee, which had recommended that a White Paper be issued on it by January 1.
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The Need to Audit Federal Government Accounts
Like a bad dream, the revelation by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), empowered by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to "monitor the accruals to and disbursements of revenue from the Federation Account," that Nigeria got more than N3l trillion from its revenue sources in the past nine years out of which the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has retained N6 trillion, is mind-boggling. Given the absence of any meaningful or visible developmental strides by Government in the past nine years of democratic governance, the revelation speaks volumes about the peculiar style of leadership and policy initiation which the Federal Government has chosen to boldly subscribe to, and which the citizenry have had cause to bitterly complain about.
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Civil Society Groups Complain of Extra-Judicial Killings
Osun State Civil Societies Coalition against Corruption and Rights Violation (OSCARV) yesterday visited the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) with their petitions alleging various rights violation and extra-judicial killings in the state.
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House Faults N2.7 Billion Rail Project Allocation
The House of Representatives Committee on Land Transport yesterday raised questions on the plans by the Federal government to spend N2.7billion on the rehabilitation of railway tracks across the country.
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Senate in Dilemma Over ANPP Ministerial Nominee
The re-presentation of Alhaji Abdulrahman Adamu as ministerial nominee of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) in the Government of National Unity (GNU) has put the Senate in a dilemma.
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Nupeng, Pengassan Issue 21-Day Ultimatum
National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers Union (NUPENG), Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) branch, have issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to rescind its decision to appoint a pre-shipment inspector or risk industrial action.
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