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NIGERIA SUSPENDS TARIFF ON RICE IMPORTATION - BY ALIYU OTHMAN

 

The Nigerian government has approved the suspension of Levies and duties on Rice imports for six months to boost the product availability and cushion the effect of food crisis in the country.......More

 

NIGERIA TO HOST ECOWAS CHEMICAL WORKSHOP.
 

Nigeria is to host the Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS regional workshop on Chemical Hazard Communication and Global Harmonized systems from May 13th – 15th 2008.......More

 

NIGERIA TO DEVELOP MINERAL RESOURCES
 

Efforts are being intensified to develop Nigeria’s mineral resources rather than oil.
The permanent Secretary, ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Alhaji Bello Sali made this known at a workshop .......More

 

NIGER DELTA SUMMIT STAKEHOLDERS WOOS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
 

The International community has been called upon to participate in the First Niger Delta Assembly, taking place in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,......More

• NIGERIANS IN THE DIASPORA URGED TO HELP IN AGRICULTURE.

• NIGERIAN PRESIDENT ADVOCATES FOR NEW SECURITY NETWORK 

• HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PLEDGE TO STRENGTHEN VOICE OF NIGERIA

• NAFDAC BOSS BAGS INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENT 

• NIGERIAN BANKS RATES HIGH IN EMERGING ECONOMIES

• NIGERIA SEEKS U.K’S ASSISTANCE IN OIL AND GAS

• NIGERIA TO FIND ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF POWER

• U.S. ROTARY GROUP SATISFY WITH SITUATION IN NIGERIA

• SPEAKER HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AGAINST RICE IMPORTATION

• NOLLYWOOD NETS 42.2 BILLION NAIRA

• Nigerian Government To Harness Culture For Development

• Niger Delta Development Commission to Stay 

• Government Will End  Anti-Labour Policies- Yar’Adua

• Ill Treatment: British Airways Apologises To Nigeria

• Japan To Spend N11billion On Yar’Adua’s 7-Point Agenda

• We'll Produce A People's Constitution, Mark

• UNICEF Votes N960million To Fight Guinea

• Lagos Pledges Job Opportunities

• Yar'Adua Tasks Media On Vision 2020

• Constitution Amendment: Review May Exclude President’s Tenure

• Hajia Yar'Adua Calls For Human Capital Development

• Yar'Adua Signs 2008 Appropriation Bill Today

• ASCON HOSTS NIGERIA JOURNALISTS

• Food Crisis: FG Releases More Grains

• U.S. Disburses $30m Agricultural Loans To Nigerians

• Cross River Govt Plans To Establish Rural Empowerment Scheme

• Government To Review Operations Of Free Trade Zones

• Nigeria To Contribute N120m To Boost African Aviation

• NBA Sues British Airways For Maltreatment Of Nigerian

• Ruling Party PDP Wins Adamawa Governorship Polls

• Hajj 2008: Nigeria Preparations To Begin

• Elder Statesmen Adesanya Dies At 85

• Nigerian Government To Set Up 6 Economic Zones

• House To Probe N1.38 Trillion Roads Fund

• House of Representatives Okay Constitution Amendment

• Nigeria To Sanction British Airways Over Assault On Nigerian Passengers

• Ahmadiyya Leader Begins Tour Of Nigeria; Call On African Leaders To Invest In Education 

• President Yar’Adua Orders Investigation Of Maltreatment Of Nigerians By Foreign Airlines

• Nigerian Government To Unveil New Solid Minerals Policy

• Senate Cautions Nigerians Against Traveling To South Africa

• Nigerian Government Procures 650 Tons Of Fertiliser For Sale To Farmer

• Nigerian Government To Invest N1 trillion In Agriculture

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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN NIGERIA INVITES FORMER PRESIDENT AND HIS DEPUTY.

The Nigerian House of Representatives has invited former President, Olusegun Obasanjo and his deputy, Atiku Abubakar, to appear before the Committee on Power and Steel probing the .......More
 

NIGERIAN SENATE SETS UP COMMITTEE ON FOOD CRISIS

The Nigerian Senate has set up a twelve member Ad-hoc committee to investigate the persisting food crisis in the country in spite of the huge investments in Agricultures since 1999.......More

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FOOD CRISIS: GAMBIA THREATENS TRADERS.
 

Gambia’s President, Yahya Jammeh has threatened to lock up traders who sell rice at more than the going rate in an effort to stop them from profiteering from high world food prices......More

 

MOZAMBIQUE TO HOST UN RISK PROGRAMME.
 

Mozambique has been chosen to take part in a pilot UN programme to identify risks and enhance early warning systems in disaster prone countries........More

 

SOMALIA CLASHES CLAIMS MORE LIVES
 

Clashes between Ethiopian troops and Islamic activists left more than a dozen people in southern and central regions of Somalia dead. Islamist fighters, opposed to Ethiopian soldiers in Somalia ......More

 

NEWSPAPER EDITOR ARRESTED BY POLICE IN ZIMBABWE

• OPPOSITION ENDS BOYCOTT IN MALAWI 

• SOUTH AFRICAN APPOINTED INTO WORLD BANK ANTI-CORRUPTION DEPARTMENT

• U.N STEPS INTO ZIMBABWE ELECTION CRISIS 

• West African Leaders Adopt N990 Billion Plan On Niger River

• SOUTH AFRICA DISBAND ELITE CRIME-FIGHTING UNIT

• ZIMBABWE TEACHERS THREATEN STRIKE

• Zimbabwe: Opposition  Rejects Election Results

• Somali Rebels Defiant

• Global Court Seeks Arrest Of Fourth Congo Suspect

• Explosion, Gunfire Kill 6 In Somalia

• Zimbabwe Awaits Presidential Vote Result

• Pope Appeals For Peace In Somalia, Darfur, Burundi

• Zimbabwe: Riot Police Raid Opposition HQ

• Zimbabwe: Candidates To Vet Presidential Poll Result

• South Africa Moves To Curb Attacks On Nigerians

• Japan Announces $50 Million In Africa Emergency Food Aid

• Food Crisis: ECOWAS Ministers Meet In Abuja

• Donors Unblock $43 Million For Ivory Coast Polls

• Zimbabwe: Britain To Push For Arms Embargo

• China Says Arms Bound For Zimbabwe To Be Recalled

• Zimbabwe: Brown, Zuma Call For Release Of Election Results

• Spanish fishing boat seized by pirates off Somalia Coast

BURMA OPEN WAY FOR AID
 

The first aid flight by the UN has now arrived in Burma bringing much needed relief to up to one million people made homeless by Cyclone Nargis.......More

 

ISRAEL MARKS 60 YEARS OF STATEHOOD
 

Celebrations are taking place across Israel to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state. Fireworks, concerts and an aerial display were among the events laid on, while Israeli families .......More
 

 

RUSSIAN NEW PM PUTIN VOWS TO CURB INFLATION
 

Vladimir Putin who took over as Russia's prime minister a day after leaving the Kremlin has to pledged curb inflation and cut taxes to make Russia a leading economic power.......More

 

IRAN ARRESTS  MOSQUE BLAST GANG

DONOR COUNTRIES GIVE SUDAN 4.8 BILLION DOLLARS AID

 

• OBAMA WINS TUESDAY PRIMARIES

• NEW RUSSIAN   PRESIDENT TAKES OATH OF OFFICER

• CHINA AND JAPAN TO MEET ANNUALLY

• HOPE RISES FOR CYCLONE VICTIMS IN BURMA

• Mideast Quartet Presses Israel Over Settlements, Gaza Blockade

• Britain's Brown Suffers Major Defeats In Local Polls

• BURMA CYCLONE VICTIMS RECEIVED AID

• Eight Killed, 45 Wounded In Yemen Mosque Blast

• U.N., World Bank Pledge Action On Food Crisis

• Iraq’s Tariq Aziz On Trial For Execution

• China Jails 17 For Tibetan Riots

• Incest: Austrian Man Appears In Court

• British Foreign Secretary Visits Iraqi

• U.N. Official To Visit Iran Again For Nuclear Talks

• China To Meet Dalai Lama Aides Amid Tibet Tension

• China Train Crash Kills 70, Injures Hundreds

• 19 Dead In Ukrainian Helicopter Crash

• 38 Die In Fierce Clashes In Baghdad's Sadr City

• Bush Seeks Boost For Abbas, Mideast Peace Bid

• Clinton Clinches key Pennsylvania Primary

• Iran Ready To Discuss Nuclear Dispute: Ahmadinejad

• George Bush To Meet Canada And Mexico Leaders Over Trade And Immigration

• Opposition Wins Election in Paraguay

• Olympic Torch arrives Malaysia

• Russian president, Putin to Visit Libya

• France Signals Further Boost To Afghan Force 

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Tuesday April 29, 2008 

CELEBRATING WORLD DANCE DAY

• Ben Shemang Speaking With EU/ECOWAS Adviser At The 5th ECOWAS Tradefair In BurkinaFaso

• NFA Unveils Eagles' Coaches
• NFA To Negotiate Wages With Eagles’ Coaches
• NFA Rules Obi Out of Olympics
• Nigeria’s National U-23 team head coach Samson Siasia has named players