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Nigeria: RATTAWU, NUJ Threaten Strike Over Monetization

26.07.2008 17:46    allafrica.com
The Amalgamated Union of Radio Television and Theatre Art Workers Union (RATTAWU) and the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) have vowed to commence strike action Monday over government's failure to pay 33 months' monetization arrears. The strike is likely to


Nigeria: Reps to Set Up AD-Hoc Committee On Niger Delta Crisis

26.07.2008 17:46    allafrica.com
Worried by the lingering crisis in the Niger Delta region, the House of Representatives yesterday resolved to constitute a special ad-hoc committee to conduct public hearing on the crisis.

Nigeria: AFC Probe - 'Soludo Abused His Office'

26.07.2008 17:46    allafrica.com
The Presidential Committee investigating the $462 investment in the African Finance Corporation (AFC) by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has accused the CBN Governor, Professor Charles Soludo of gross abuse of office, gross negligence, round tripping and money laundering

Nigeria: NGF Wades Into FG/NUT Feud

26.07.2008 17:46    allafrica.com
As part of efforts to end the ongoing nation wide teachers' strike, Northern Governors Forum (NGF) yesterday met with officials of the Nigerian Union of Teachers to see how it could resolve the impasse between the union and Federal Government


Nigeria: 'No Site for Advertised Power Projects'

26.07.2008 17:46    allafrica.com
The Ministry of Energy is yet to decide on the location for three power turbines in the country even after receiving N2.5 billion out of N5 billion earmarked for them in the 2008 budget, Minister of State for Energy (Power)

Nigeria: Borno to Engage Local Contractors for Capital Projects

26.07.2008 17:46    allafrica.com
The Borno State government says it is ready to start awarding contracts for capital projects to local contractors instead of foreign firms. Governor Ali Sheriff disclosed this on Wednesday at an interactive session with newsmen in Maiduguri.

Nigeria: NUT Strike - Teachers Stage Mass Protest in Kano

26.07.2008 17:46    allafrica.com
Thousands of primary schools teachers yesterday staged a mass protest rally in Kano over the non-implementation of Teachers Salary Scale by the Federal Government, vowing not to call off the strike until the new salary structure is implemented.

Nigeria: 'Government Lacks Will to Resolve Education Crisis'

26.07.2008 17:46    allafrica.com
The Federal Government has been blamed for not exibiting the political will to implement policies that will resolve the problems currently confronting the education sector.

Ghana: Aggrey Reveals Undercover Moves

26.07.2008 01:06    allafrica.com
The Ghanaian Investor who is claiming 20% shareholding in Scancom Limited, operators of Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN), has noted that he was able to maintain his shareholding in the company through undercover, a year after ex-President Rawlings' damning comments about

Ghana: Danger On Sunyani-Atronie Bridge

26.07.2008 01:06    allafrica.com
The Brong Ahafo File has identified a very scary death-trap, on the Sunyani- Atronie Bridge, which forms part of the road recently commissioned by His Excellency President John Agyekum Kufuor, resulting in a hole in the bridge, which puts fear

Ghana: HFC Assures Shareholders of Prudent Investments

26.07.2008 01:06    allafrica.com
The Management of HFC Investment Services, a subsidiary of HFC Bank, has assured shareholders that it would engage in prudent investments, to consolidate their gains in the year.

Ghana: AMS Buys Taysec Mining for $20 Million

26.07.2008 01:06    allafrica.com
Information reaching the Business desk of The Chronicle indicates that Taysec Construction Limited has sold its mining division to Australian Mining Services (AMS), for a whooping amount of US$20million.

Ghana: Country Has Failed to Build a Sustainable Economy - Unilever Chairman

26.07.2008 01:06    allafrica.com
The Board Chairman of Unilever Ghana Limited, Mr. Ishmael E. Yamson, on Wednesday, said the country had failed in its bid towards building a sustainable economy, as recent upheavals in the macro-economy attested to that effect.

Nigeria: Oil Probe - Obasanjo Signed As Minister, President - $210 Million Signature Bonus Missing

26.07.2008 01:06    allafrica.com
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo signed each bid document for oil blocs twice, as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and as Minister of Petroleum Resources, the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee probing the activities of the Nigeria National Petroleum

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