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Nigeria: Union Frowns At Customs' Seizure of Goods in Shops

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
The National Union of Shop and Distributive Employees (NUSDE) has condemned decision of Customs officials to go into shops to seize imported goods after passing through the borders.


Sierra Leone: Investors' Haven Offering Paradise Beaches

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
The bombardment as disenchanting western media frenzy portrayal, caricaturing Sierra Leone in the mold of "Blood Diamond" can be discouraging for investors like tourists desiring an exploration to SL once the Athens of West Africa. Making them believe that too

Sierra Leone: JD Rogers Proffers Economic Solutions

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
Former bank governor Friday spoke on his 'reflections on issues of our times' suggesting what he believed were workable solutions to current national economic woes that have been deepened by the surge in prices of global commodities like oil and

Nigeria: ANPP Backs FG On $5 Billion Energy Project

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has been urged to go ahead with his proposal to withdraw the $5 billion from the excess crude account for the state of emergency to be declared in the energy sector.


Nigeria: ACF Blames N/Delta Militancy On Leadership Failure

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the umbrella socio-cultural organisation for the northern states, has blamed the persistent militancy in the Niger Delta region on the failure of leaders from the area.

Nigeria: Govt Warns Contractors Over Shoddy Jobs

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
Ebonyi State Government has read the riot act to contractors handling various road and bridge projects in the state to deliver quality job and at stipulated period or the risk having their contracts terminated.

Nigeria: 'Power Plant Will Boost Industrial Growth'

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
Chairman, Geometric Power Limited, Prof. Bart Nnaji, has said the N46.2 billion power plant to be established at Aba, in Abia State, will facilitate the rapid industrial growth of the area.

Nigeria: Yuguda Okays N550 Million for Napep

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has approved the release of N550 million for the implementation of the Joint Poverty Eradication Scheme in the state.

Nigeria: FG Begins Rehabilitation of Militants

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
Determined to end the Niger Delta crisis, the Federal Government has commenced a rehabilitation programme for some of the militants in the region.

Nigeria: Agency to Check Export of Commodities

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
Head of the Federal Produce Inspection Service in Lagos, Mr Rufus Akinrodolu, has said the service has been strengthened to prevent illegal export of commodities to the international market.

Nigeria: Wamakko Assures On Ailing Industries

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has assured of his administration's committment to revive ailing industries across the state.

Ghana: African Governments Urged to Review Mining Codes

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
African governments have been called upon to put in place alternative mining contracts and investments standards for the mining sector in order to optimize national benefits, including the integrated national development, protection of community rights and the environment.

Ghana: Lack of Capacity, the Bane of SMEs

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
Ghanaian industries have a huge opportunity to take advantage of markets across the West African Sub region although the lack of capacity is holding them back.

Liberia: Govt Combats High Prices

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
History teaches that for most Liberians, to maintain low prices for such threshold commodities as rice, building materials and petroleum products is to effectuate good governance and to "have the people at heart".

Nigeria: Teachers Begin Strike

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
Teachers across the country began a nationwide industrial action today to press their demand for the implementation of the new Teachers Salary Structure (TSS) by the Federal Government.

Sierra Leone: What Does Scrap Metal Business Portend for Tomorrow's Leaders?

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
Since the ban on the activities of members of Sierra Leone Scrap Metal Association (SLSMA) was lifted few months ago, as part of newly-elected All Peoples Congress (APC) government's effort to bloom the economy, many children of primary and secondary

Nigeria: 260 Oil Wells - Communities Protest Court Ruling

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
Dissatisfied with the ruling of the Federal High Court which ceded the 260 oil wells hitherto credited to Ondo State to Delta State, residents of oil-producing communities of Ondo State have signified their intention to be joined in the appeal

Nigeria: Intercontinental Bank Debuts in UK

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
Intercontinental Bank Plc says that its subsidiary, Intercontinental Bank UK, has been licensed by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) of the United Kingdom (UK) as a full-fledged bank to offer wholesale banking services in the country.

Nigeria: Brokers on Own Market

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
Stock-broking firms have been making private placements, in a desperate bid to meet the new capital base of N1 billion. The private placements are made on the premise that the shares of the recapitalising firms would be listed on the

Ghana: MP Wants to Review Petroleum Law

30.06.2008 18:40    allafrica.com
As Ghana gears up to become an oil producer following the discovery by Kosmos Energy, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, has called for a review of the Petroleum Law of Ghana to benefit the

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