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  • Pipeline Blast Area Sealed Off 17 May 2008 18:37 GMT
    ... died in the inferno. The Lagos State government also stated that 15 people had been ... confirmed dead in the pipeline fire disaster. Deputy governor of the state, Mrs. Sarah Sosan, ... Friday by a combined team of the Nigerian Navy and other disaster management agencies. She ...

  • Pipeline Explosion - Death Toll Rises to 43 17 May 2008 18:10 GMT
    ... to do so. Meantime, the Lagos State government said yesterday that only 15 people died ... who visited the scene yesterday were the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Sarah Sosan; ... Idris. The Lagos State Chairman of the Nigeria Red Cross Society, Deacon Timothy Oladele, confirmed ...

  • Constitutional Review Divides Legislators 17 May 2008 18:10 GMT
    ... the issue of new states and local government creation, as well as the push by ... an endorsement of support from the British parliament over investigations into the power sector and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), there is a ...

  • FRANCE TO URGE UN TO DECRIMINALISE HOMOSEXUALITY 17 May 2008 16:45 GMT
    ... to be decriminalised around the globe, a government minister said Saturday, as gays and lesbians worldwide ... in theory by death in Iran, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the United Arab ...

  • Why Yar' Adua, Nigeria's head of state and super rich Nigerians Love Germany's Wiesbaden 17 May 2008 07:32 GMT
    ... mankind can contrive. And Wiesbaden the city Nigerian officials have been in love with for ... external security being conceded to the federal government, they are dwarfed by the federal government ... for his commentaries. Those were viewed as political calculations by voters, who recalled previous methods. ...

  • Saturday Forum: Writer blast gas tax holiday idea 17 May 2008 06:56 GMT
    ... for only a few months. If the government pays the difference, as Hillary Rodham Clinton ... solutions? Consider the fragile oil sources from Nigeria, the Middle East and Venezuela. Political pressure must be applied to assure the ...

  • Petrol will always sell above N70 per litre in the S/Eastern States unless Chief Anekwe 17 May 2008 06:38 GMT
    ... Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) claims membership of about 10,000, who ... them on possible new regime in products administration and Vanguard, cornered the Chairman, Nipco Plc, ... body, except us. And that is why government should not undervalue our contribution to products ...

  • Pipeline Explosion: Death toll rises to 43 17 May 2008 06:19 GMT
    ... to do so. Meantime, the Lagos State government said yesterday that only 15 people died ... who visited the scene yesterday were the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Sarah Sosan; ... Idris. The Lagos State Chairman of the Nigeria Red Cross Society, Deacon Timothy Oladele, confirmed ...

  • Canadians deny Igali 17 May 2008 05:47 GMT
    ... Igali is the technical adviser of the Nigeria Amateur Wrestling Federation. Since 2007 he has ... even contested to be a member of Parliament, he did not make it though, because ... supporting documents and guarantee by the Federal government of Nigeria. We had 50,000 dollars approved ...

  • What do the Saudis Want? 17 May 2008 05:47 GMT
    ... compensate for a 330,000 bpd drop in Nigerian production in April, allowing the market to ... earlier this month. Consequently, the Saudi oil minister insisted, all is well: "Supply and demand ... opaque nature and potential to act through political motives. . . . Yet the rapid growth ...

  • The Saturday Profile: Released From Rigors of a Trial, a Nobel Laureate's Ink Flows Freely 17 May 2008 05:46 GMT
    ... as those of his friends, , the Nigerian novelist and Nobel laureate, and the late ... traditionally enjoyed strong ties to ideologically minded politicians, has long contributed to stifling intellectual and ... Nanjing massacre and military sex slaves in government-endorsed school textbooks. Accordingly, they seized on a ...

  • Atta Mills Must Elevate National Debate 17 May 2008 05:38 GMT
    ... less than a year to the presidential election of December 2008, every logical indicator points ... and far-reaching developmental programs by the incumbent government such as capitation grant, free feeding and ... Ghana gets discounted crude oil pricing from Nigeria, the 6th largest oil producer in the ...

  • Emmanuel Katto, a fraudulent Ugandan Arms Dealer signs a multi-million dollar IPP project with Ghana Government using the name Transdanubia Power Ltd. 17 May 2008 04:41 GMT
    ... The Ghana Government together with other un-suspecting state governments in Nigeria have been negotiating and finalising IPP Projects ... November 1996, under the chairmanship of former Minister of State for Defence Amama Mbabazi. In ...

  • Films Rake In $450m For Nigeria 17 May 2008 04:40 GMT
    ... Nigeria’s Information and Communications Minister, Mr. John Odey, has put the net ... "that has great potentials in actualising the government s objective (Vision 2020)," adding that the ...

  • May 15 Going, going, gone! NDC distances itself from bloody past'>May 15 Going, going, gone! NDC distances itself from bloody past 17 May 2008 04:40 GMT
    ... the Flight Lt was made chairman. His political career took off at a dizzying speed ... overthrown and several leading members of his government were executed. No other “revolution” therefore, except ... quite unrepentant. He told This Day, a Nigerian newspaper that they were “Very painful and ...

  • 2008-09 Nieman Fellows Named 17 May 2008 04:40 GMT
    ... Times, will study the intersection among religion, politics and immigration, with a focus on the ... will study the relationship between business and government in some South American countries ruled by ... Foundation Latin American Nieman Fellow. Ronke Olawale (Nigeria), senior features correspondent, Guardian Newspapers Limited, will ...

  • Released From Rigors of a Trial, a Nobel Laureate's Ink Flows Freely 17 May 2008 03:15 GMT
    ... as those of his friends, , the Nigerian novelist and Nobel laureate, and the late ... traditionally enjoyed strong ties to ideologically minded politicians, has long contributed to stifling intellectual and ... Nanjing massacre and military sex slaves in government-endorsed school textbooks. Accordingly, they seized on a ...

  • Africa: AfDB Signs Financing Agreements With Its Regional Member Countries 17 May 2008 02:18 GMT
    ... the signing of an agreement extending the Nigerian Trust Fund (NTF), the second concessional loan ... The Board of Governors (finance and/or economy ministers) representing 78 member countries of the Bank ... fund established by contributions from the Japanese government. The agreements, signed by the Vice President ...

  • AfDB Signs Financing Agreements With Its Regional Member Countries 17 May 2008 01:32 GMT
    ... the signing of an agreement extending the Nigerian Trust Fund (NTF), the second concessional loan ... The Board of Governors (finance and/or economy ministers) representing 78 member countries of the Bank ... fund established by contributions from the Japanese government. The agreements, signed by the Vice President ...

  • Huckabee jokes about Obama gunman 17 May 2008 00:26 GMT
    ... MOSCOW, May 16 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Friday announced the creation of ... executive body designed to energize an "unwieldy" government. Published: May 16, 2008 at 5:16 PM ... May 16, 2008 at 4:52 PM LAGOS, Nigeria, May 16 (UPI) -- A fuel pipeline ...

  • Saudis Rebuff Bush, Politely, on Pumping More Oil 16 May 2008 23:38 GMT
    ... are trying to use the issue to political advantage. Senator of New York, for instance, ... by 60 cents per gallon. The Saudi government has long argued that high prices have ... including a strike by oil workers in Nigeria that reduced production there by nearly 1 ...

  • Govt to Extend Run-Off Deadline By Ninety Days 16 May 2008 23:14 GMT
    ... could be delayed for 90 days while government cobbles up ways to charm the electorate ... Regional diplomatic pressure intensified this week with Nigeria chorusing growing calls for a reasonable time ... and property in the face of increased political violence is seen as another excuse to ...

  • Fake Malaria Drugs on sale 16 May 2008 22:37 GMT
    ... Similar tests were done in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and Tanzania. Kenya appeared to have ... Pharmacy Bill on medicines regulation, currently before Parliament, will not solve the problem unless the Government puts in place mechanisms for routine sampling ...

  • India Plays Catch-Up in Africa 16 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... hard to catch up. In April, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hosted a summit in New ... State-owned oil giant ONGC has fields in Nigeria, Angola, and Sudan. Privately run Vedanta Resources ... exporting to the West. But with India's government extending diplomatic support and loans to Senegal, ...

  • Death toll uncertain in pipeline blast 16 May 2008 22:28 GMT
    ... destruction from a deadly pipeline explosion as Nigerian firefighters doused flames triggered by the blast ... shoppers. Despite the destruction, local council and government officials said the toll was much lower ... is out of the question." Lagos state deputy governor Sarah Sosan also insisted the death ...


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