OIL producing communities in the Niger Delta region have been urged to form registered foundations in order to benefit from a N59.2-billion fund set aside by the European Union (EU) for the development of the area.
Every year the Nigerian Shippers Council brings together judges from various jurisdictions for its Maritime Seminar for Judges. JUDE IGBANOI spoke with Mr. Hassan Bello, Director of Legal Services at the Council, at this year's seminar at the Sheraton Hotel
The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr Charles Ugwuh, has stated that the first batch of bagged cement for which seven companies were issued licenses by the federal government last month will arrive the country's shore in August.
The Federal Government would soon send a proposal to the United Nations for decisive action to be taken by the international community to clampdown on illicit trade in stolen crude oil.
Ijaw Monitoring Group (IMG) has condemned the salary structure being paid by most companies in the Niger Delta region, insisting that the companies were taking advantage of the poverty level in the region to enslave the youths.
MEMBERS of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Joint Parliamentary Committee on Administration, Finance, Economic Policies and Budget Control are meeting in Asaba, Delta state capital to work out modalities towards the use of single Currency for the
Federal Capital Territory Administration has increased the 2008 budgetary allocation of its Parks and Recreation Department to N1billion from N100million.
Capital market capitalization in the Nigerian Stock Market has reached N13.294 trillion, the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said yesterday in Abuja.
AS nationwide strike action embarked upon by NUT persists, Kano State governor Ibrahim Shekarau says, his administration is ever ready to pay whatever salary adopted by the federal government to serving teachers in his state, if they issue a federal
President Ernest Bai Koroma Monday said in the current era of rising commodity prices especially for fuel and rice, the need to restructure the minerals sector is urgent.
If there is one desire Nigerians want the Yar'Adua-led government to urgently tackle, it is the issue of regular electricity supply in the country. For months now, the total megawatts available for the entire country have been hovering just about
The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) yesterday said that it was worried over the row between President Umaru Yar'Adua and the National Assembly over the 2008 budget.
Members of the striking Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) Nasarawa State branch stormed the state House of Assembly yesterday to protest the non release of the budgetary allocation to the judicial arm by the executive.
The call by the National Automotive Council to ban importation of used cars is surely bound to provoke a lot of concern from the public. An immediate reaction would be if the ban is imposed what would be the alternative?
THE Federal government is to present a proposal to the United Nations for actions to be taken by the international community against activities of traders in stolen crude oil.
African leaders attending the 34th Group of Eight(G8) Summit, including Nigeria's President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua , were yesterday unanimous in their condemnation of the events in Zimbabwe .
