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 News.Net http://www.nigeriannews.net/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:38:08 -0400 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:38:08 -0400 30 Nigerian health workers – comprising of doctors, pharmacists, laboratory scientists, nurses and midwives – in all public hospitals have indicated their intention to embark on an indefinite... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425359&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:25:11 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425359&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 DEADLINES are a waste if appropriate landmarks are not placed to check progress on the journey. Nigeria 's vaunted ambition to be among the top 20 economies in the world by 2020 is an irredeemable mir... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425364&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:25:04 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425364&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Former Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River escaped arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Tuesday by the whiskers, courtesy of the timely intervention of former President Oluseg... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425363&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:25:19 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425363&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has directed Finance Minister, Dr Shamsudeen Usman, to release the sum of N57 billion as part of the N115 billion meant for power projects to the Ministry of Power within... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425357&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:25:12 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425357&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The Labour Party in Edo yesterday criticised the Federal Government for not resolving the issues involved in the ongoing nationwide strike by teachers. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425358&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:25:09 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425358&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Dr. Abba Sayyadi Ruma, who revealed this yesterday in Lagos said the Federal Government spends the amount yearly on importation of rice, fish and wheat. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425354&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:24:57 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425354&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 FEDERAL Government and the Lagos State government yesterday maintained sealed lips over the sixteen petroleum tank farms in the state barred from use of the bays to take delivery of imported petroleum... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425353&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:25:07 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425353&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 She said the cases to be looked into by the committee were very few as against the claims of former EFCC boss, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, who alleged that the 32 ex-governors had cases to answer, adding that... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425355&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:24:56 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425355&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Mystery now surrounds the whereabouts of the sum of $210million paid by two oil companies for oil blocks in the 2003 bid round carried out by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) as officials o... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425360&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:25:05 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425360&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the award of oil blocks by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) yesterday queried the discrepancies in the record of payments for oil... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425362&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:24:55 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425362&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Cameroon 's Defense Minister said on state-run TV on Friday.Eight of the assailants were captured in the attack Thursday in the town of Kombo Ajanai, Remy Ze Meka said. He said a military battalion wa... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16426475&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:14:55 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16426475&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 + ] By Tansa Musa YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroonian soldiers killed 10 gunmen who attacked them on Thursday in the Bakassi peninsula, a long-disputed territory Nigeria is transferring to Cameroon und... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425333&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:58:44 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425333&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 + ] PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - More than a dozen gunmen in speedboats kidnapped two oil engineers, one from the Philippines and one Nigerian, in the main oil industry city of Port Harcourt o... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425341&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:58:43 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425341&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Madrid - Spanish police arrested 28 people in a series of raids targeting a suspected Nigerian fraudsters, the fourth such sweep since April, officers announced on Friday. The raids targeted what w... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425654&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:36:29 -0400 IOL http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425654&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The government of Niger has ordered the French charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) to halt operations in the south. MSF says no reasons were given for the order to stop work in Maradi region, but ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16426476&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:18:59 -0400 BBC http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16426476&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 EIGHT persons, including a pregnant woman and a naval rating, were yesterday burnt to death after a 33,000 litre tanker loaded with product suspected to be diesel, exploded at Orile Iganmu, in Lagos. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425356&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:13:06 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16425356&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Vanguard recalls that the contractor for the project, Mathan Nigeria Ltd. had filed the suit praying among other reliefs, an order setting aside the December 10, 2007 decision of the Federal Executive http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16424798&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:01:52 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16424798&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Destruction of forests by man means destroying the ecosystem. The non-sustainable consumption pattern of our forest resources brought about a decline of worlds forest reserves by large scale of tree f... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16424797&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:01:49 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16424797&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 As part of its social corporate responsibility, Fidelity Bank Plc has planned to take its numerous customers on trip to Dubai, the United Arab Emirate starting from August 1, 2008. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16424794&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:01:48 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16424794&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Her typical experience represents those of hundreds of expectant mothers who attend ante natal clinics in Government Hospitals in Abuja. The story is the same at the District hospitals in Asokoro, Wus... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16424795&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:01:46 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16424795&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will soon commence investigations into the interest rate hike by commercial banks in the country, the CBN Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, said in Abuja yesterday... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16424796&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:01:45 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16424796&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 A new public toilet will soon be constructed at the Warda junction in Yaounde. The former public toilet which served Yaounde inhabitants for a good number of years, had gone out of use. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16409532&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:06:38 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16409532&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 , suspicious of contacts between Medecins Sans Frontieres and Tuareg rebels, has ordered the French NGO to suspend aid activities, local radio reported Thursday. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16409986&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:16:32 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16409986&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 LAGOS (AFP)--Nigeria's oil workers' union Nupeng has threatened to resume a suspended strike by tanker drivers and possibly widen the strike to the rest of the industry over the high cost of diesel ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16409561&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:16:24 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16409561&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The crowd which gathered at the Ogoja Township Primary School, (Ota akara) declared their support for the re-election of Senator Imoke, saying even if elections were conducted hundred times, Imoke is ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16414701&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:06:03 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16414701&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The news of the killing of the accountant sent panic among residents of the area who fled their homes while Government House was thrown into mourning as his colleagues were stunned by his untimely dem... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16414700&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:06:02 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16414700&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Already, many A&R eyes are on him, following his decoration with MOBO and MTV plaques in the past three years; and a cross-continent popularity none of his contemporaries can rival. Only few weeks... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16414699&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:06:00 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16414699&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The proposed branch, which is in its formative stage, means that the nation's capital will get three UNAA branches after the duo the University of Nigeria Alumni Association, Abuja and the University ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16414698&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:05:59 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16414698&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The management of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday denied paying $6m to militants in the troubled Niger Delta region, stating instead that its commitment to the empowerment ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403955&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:56:57 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403955&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The Federal Government has no business negotiating with the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) over the ongoing nationwide teachers' strike since it has no teachers in its service, Minister of Education ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403952&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:56:56 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403952&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The Federal Government is considering building more refineries to ensure the availability of adequate petroleum products in the country, it was revealed yesterday. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403953&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:56:52 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403953&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 + ] LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria sold 25.64 billion naira worth of 3-year and 10-year bonds at par on Wednesday, 24.46 percent less than the 45 billion naira offered at the auction, the Debt Management... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16406615&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:37:07 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16406615&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 One year after Michelin, the French tyre giant, shut down its production lines in Nigeria, throwing thousands of workers into the labour market, Dunlop Nigeria Plc, the last firm standing in the secto... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403957&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:56:58 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403957&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Lagos - The main militant group in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta has said it would attack major oil pipelines in the next 30 days to prove it had not received payment from the government to end ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16405311&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:21:33 -0400 IOL http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16405311&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria - The Nigerian army on Tuesday accused local politicians of backing gunmen who killed a group of soldiers and civilians last week in the Niger Delta, where crime and violence ha... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403946&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:26:05 -0400 KeralaNext http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403946&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The quest to attain self-sufficiency in food production got a boost yesterday when the Federal Government said it would float a N200-billion bond in the Nigerian capital market, for on-lending to comm... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403954&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:56:54 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403954&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeriatelecoms Mobile Banking refers to provision of banking and financial services with the help of mobile telecommunication devices. The scope of offered services may include facilities to conduct... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16404788&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:05:56 -0400 ZDNet http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16404788&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeriatelecoms Farmed out License Holder, Etisalat Nigeria sure understand how to engage the subscribers in the 3G Era. During the launch of the Network last week in Lagos, the company spokesperson ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16404709&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:05:20 -0400 ZDNet http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16404709&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Six top officials of the Kogi State government were yesterday in Abuja, drilled for many hours by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over their role in the alleged misa... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408832&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:40:19 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408832&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The Federal government has said that it is considering building additional refineries in the country to derive the full potential of the nation's hydrocarbon resources. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408833&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:40:17 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408833&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Governor of the Central Bank (CBN), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, and Managing Director (MD) of the African Finance Corporation (AFC), Mr. Austine Ometoruwa, are to help the Federal Government recover the $1... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408837&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:39:59 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408837&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fear yesterday gripped the Yenizue-Gene suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State when some unknown gunmen shot dead an accountant attached to the state Government House. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408835&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:40:26 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408835&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 We have all become inured to looting in high places, the same anti-social acts have turned Nigeria into a laughing stock in the eye of the world and the country is seen as one of the most corrupt coun... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408847&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:39:49 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408847&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has advised telecommunication service providers to consider Co-location Infrastructure Project (CIP) which will allow sharing of infrastructure to make the... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408846&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:39:47 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408846&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Seven political parties including Hope Democratic Party which participated in the last year general election have sued President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua before a Federal high court sitting in Abuja over h... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408838&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:40:02 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408838&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday, arrested six top officials of Kogi State government, including Assembly Speaker, Honourable Clarence Olafemi, over allegations of fraud total... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408844&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:39:44 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408844&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 As the House of Representatives Committee on Ethics and Privileges begins probe of the alleged N100 million bribe levelled against members of its Committee on Power and Steel, Speaker Dimeji Bankole y... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408834&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:40:21 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408834&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), yesterday, dismissed the claim by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that it paid N12 million per month to militants as pro... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408827&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:40:06 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408827&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The party alleged that the shooting spree was designed to climate the deputy governor, Mr. Chris Okomas for Mr. Masco of Kalu, the current Chief of Staff to the governor and former governor Orji Kalu'... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408831&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:40:23 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408831&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 A motion seeking to cut the frequency of medical trips abroad by President Umaru Yar'Adua and other public and Political office holders was yesterday floored in the House of Representatives. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408836&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:40:24 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408836&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Cost of funds in the interbank money market dropped sharply by 37.75 per cent following the influx of about N451 billion statutory allocations to the three tiers of government for July. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408828&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:40:09 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408828&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 After some nerve-wracking 10 months and many controversies, the Osun State Election Petitions Tribunal led by Justice Thomas Naron on Tuesday, July 15, delivered its judgement in the petition brought ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408839&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:39:55 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408839&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The crisis between former Zamfara State Governor Alhaji Ahmed Sani, Yariman Bakura and his successor Governor Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi took a new turn yesterday evening when members of the state House of... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408845&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:39:45 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408845&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The Federal Government has been urged to further expand the capacity of Bond markets to provide the funding needs of commercial real estate assets class. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408829&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:40:11 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408829&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, warned yesterday that the current crisis in the Niger Delta region was capable of consuming the whole country and, therefore, stressed ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408830&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:40:14 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408830&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Kaduna-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has said that the "high and persisting level of poverty in the country is a northern phenomenon." http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408841&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:39:37 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408841&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 As the committee responsible for organising the annual Northern Zonal Book Fair sets to stage this year's edition of the book fair which's maiden edition was held in Abuja last October, it has receive... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408840&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:39:29 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16408840&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Govement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has disassociated itself from the claim by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that it paid $12million to militants for pipeline ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403951&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:39:23 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403951&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 What do you anticipate might be the effect of this on the state? When a decision like this is made, government slows down, programmes are affected. If you go to Cross River , at the risk of sounding i... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403950&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:39:13 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403950&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 + ] (Updates prices in paragraphs 3-4) By Annika Breidthardt SINGAPORE, July 24 (Reuters) - Oil steadied above $124 on Thursday, after extending a steep drop from this month's record high due to... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16401260&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:39:33 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16401260&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Unarguably one of Africa's best literary scholars of all time, this legendary critic speaks on issues concerning the role of the contemporary Nigerian literary scholar, national development and the fa... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403319&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:13:05 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403319&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Saraki also appealed to the national leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) to give room for negotiation in order to restore sanity in the education sector. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403318&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:13:03 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403318&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Abuja (Nigeria), July 23 : The militants of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta Wednesday threatened to destroy a major crude oil pipeline in the region's Chanomi Creek and other pipe... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16400175&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:20:04 -0400 New Kerala http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16400175&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The Governor of Bauchi State, Ahlaji Isa Yuguda and Nasarawa State's Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma and former Governor of Lagos State Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other dignitaries will grace this year's ed... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403320&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:13:06 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403320&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Defence and security are salient to sustainable development and national survival. Strategic experts and practitioners amplified this assertion at a national security forum held in Ibadan last week. C... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403317&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:13:01 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403317&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Meanwhile, the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State condemned in its entirety the attempt by Governor Orji to link the opposition in the state with the shooting at his convoy. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403316&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:12:59 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16403316&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 THE Federal Government, yesterday, barred 16 tank farms in Lagos from using the bays to take delivery of imported petroleum products on account of the traffic jam caused by articulated tankers loading... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16399151&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:12:58 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16399151&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Omatek Ventures Plc at the weekend went memory lane, reliving the strength of support it got from two major Nigerian banks as SMEs funding, urging many more banks to get involved in developing small a... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16398634&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:04:38 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16398634&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sterling Bank has provided a lifeline guarantee of $100 million (about N11.8 billion) to Amakpe International Refinery, which is expected to process about 12,000 barrels of crude oil per day. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16398633&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:04:37 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16398633&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Goldman Sachs, an American investment bank, whose Economic Research Unit predicted that Nigeria would be one of the top 20 Economies by 2020, has forecast that the country's export revenue would rise ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16398632&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:04:27 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16398632&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) has declared that his administration conducted the most credible elections in the country since Independence . http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16394509&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:12:31 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16394509&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The President, National Association of Private Schools (NAPPS) Dr Saidu I. Mijinyawa has said that all private schools nationwide should continue their normal academic activities, saying they are priv... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16394508&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:12:28 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16394508&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Recently, you disclosed a study commissioned by your office into the prospect of Lagos becoming an oil producing state and when would this issue which has been on the drawing board for a long time com... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16394507&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:12:27 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16394507&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Kaduna State governor, Arch. Namadi Sambo,has said that his administration was making efforts that would ensure that workers and traditional rulers in the state get the real dividends of democracy. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16394506&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:12:25 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16394506&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 + ] BISSAU, July 23 (Reuters) - The United Nations urged Guinea Bissau on Wednesday to deal "properly" with the seizure of a jet and its Latin American crew suspected of trafficking drugs, adding th... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16386094&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:54:43 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16386094&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 By Jim LoneyGUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's driver overheard the al Qaeda leader saying he was happy about the death toll in the September 11 attacks and thought the... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382898&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:12:56 -0400 Swiss Info http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382898&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 + ] (Adds quotes, background) By Randy Fabi ABUJA, July 23 (Reuters) - The governor of Nigeria's central bank, Chukwuma Soludo, said on Wednesday core inflation was under control at around 3.6 p... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16386097&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:54:41 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16386097&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 on a charge of "complicity to undermine the security of the state" for alleged contact with Tuareg rebels, had faced a possible life sentence if found guilty. The journalist, himself a former head o... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16383493&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:29:34 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16383493&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 + ] LONDON, July 23 (Reuters) - Differentials for Nigerian light, sweet crude for September were supported by the result of an Indian tender, traders said on Wednesday. Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16386098&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:54:40 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16386098&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Everton striker Victor Anichebe has been confirmed as part of Nigeria's squad for the Olympic Games football tournament, which starts on 6 August. The 19-year-old will miss the start of the Toffees... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382875&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:25:27 -0400 BBC http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382875&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigerians should take their electricity problem to God, adding that they should take to God anything they do not have which they wished to have or cannot ge... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382270&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:42 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382270&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo had declined to sign into law the FOI Bill sent to him for his assent by the last National Assembly in March, 2007, claiming that the Bill as passed by members of th... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382275&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:40 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382275&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The inability of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to produce the Chairman of Global Fleet Oil and Gas Limited and Group Managing Director of NICON Insurance, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim , bef... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382271&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:35 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382271&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeriatelecoms The Nigerian e-Govt initiative despite its moribund nature is still being held on to by international bodies as a road map for achieving the right citizens-government interactions acr... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16378719&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:27:46 -0400 ZDNet http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16378719&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 LAGOS (AFP)--The Nigerian army has said a notorious militant leader in the restive Niger Delta region was responsible for the deaths of three soldiers and two civilians last week. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16378722&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:21:30 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16378722&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 THISDAY gathered that the farmers are against the project because the construction of a Dam will result in taking over of their lands, diversion of water will also affect the annual Argungu Fishing Fe... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382276&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:41 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382276&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 No fewer than five persons have been reportedly killed and property worth millions of naira destroyed in the crisis between the Atagenyi and Omelemu communities of Apa local government area of Benue S... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382282&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:31 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382282&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Riyadh - A convicted Nigerian drug trafficker was beheaded by the sword on Wednesday in the holy city of Mecca, in western Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said. Shuaib Ali Mohammed, who had pre... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16378726&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:23:23 -0400 IOL http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16378726&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Defence Headquarters in Abuja and the authorities of the Joint Military Task Force In Bayelsa State yesterday identified a militia Commander, Woki Abralafu, alias Kitikata as the leader of those respo... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382284&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:29 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382284&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 A Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria trainer plane with registration number N5-CAV yesterday morning overshot its runway and crash landed at the premises of the college damaging par... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382273&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:37 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382273&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Hardly does a day pass without one reading about claims and counter-claims of assassinations leveled by one highly placed individual against another. The frequency of these claims should be cause for ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382281&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:27 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382281&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Security operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger Delta are now on the trail of a lawmaker in connection with the killing of seven persons including three soldiers at the Obioku community... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382274&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:39 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382274&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) says it would intervene in the release of the two German nationals kidnapped in Rivers State on July 11, 2008. The kidnapped men were staff ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382279&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:24 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382279&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Abuja - The Cocoa Association of Nigeria (CAN) Wednesday urged the Nigerian government to buy off banned pesticides still in the possession of the country's cocoa farmers. The request came on the heel... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16378724&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:33:12 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16378724&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The Inspector General of Police, Sir Mike Okiro, was yesterday ordered by the House of Representatives Joint Committee on Capital Market Institutions, Banking and Currency, to arrest the Managing Dire... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382272&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:36 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382272&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The ad-hoc committee setup by the House of Representatives to investigate the oil and gas sector will commence its public hearing today with the invitation of all petroleum ministers between 1999 to d... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382278&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:23 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382278&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 "I'm really happy for Mandela as he celebrates his 90th birthday. It's good that after all the years of suffering fighting for the freedom of South Africa, he is alive today to see that South Afr... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382277&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:21 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16382277&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Eight months after he was dragged before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja by two lawyers over allegation of acquisition of $3.9 million sprawling villa in Dubai and another house in Mambilla Stre... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16377493&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:14 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16377493&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria Ruling on the motion, Justice Naron said that the tribunal was a court of law and a court of record does not base its decisions on speculations. He further ruled that it could not disqualify i... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16376871&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:36:46 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16376871&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Appearing for screenings that would have seen them employed as Immigration and Prisons staff, about 195,000 candidates had been put through the paces for reported openings of only 3,000 jobs in such c... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16376870&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:36:44 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=16376870&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3