RP checking allegations of oil theft in Nigeria (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
The Philippine embassy in Nigeria is looking into the arrests of 15 Filipinos last week for allegedly stealing crude oil from the Niger Delta, the foreign affairs department said Saturday. Read more...
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Philippines checking allegations of oil theft in Nigeria (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA -- The Philippine embassy in Nigeria is looking into the arrests of 15 Filipinos last week for allegedly stealing crude oil from the Niger Delta, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Saturday. Read more...
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Philippines checking allegations of oil theft in Nigeria (AFP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
The Philippine embassy in Nigeria is looking into the arrests of 15 Filipinos last week for allegedly stealing crude oil from the Niger Delta, the foreign department said Saturday. Read more...
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Nigeria: Nulge Protests Move to Abolish LG System (AllAfrica.com)
MEMBERS of the Ebonyi state chapter of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), yesterday, marched round major streets of Abakaliki, protesting against the move by some state Governors to abolish the local government system in the country. Read more...
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Nulge Protests Move to Abolish LG System
MEMBERS of the Ebonyi state chapter of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), yesterday, marched round major streets of Abakaliki, protesting against the move by some state Governors to abolish the local government system in the country. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 4:01pm
Community Protests Sale of Burial Ground
SOME women and youths in Umunze community in Orumba South local government area of Anambra State, has protested the alleged sale of the town's burial ground by some high placed indigenes of the town. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 4:01pm
Appeal Court Orders Retrial of Njoku's Suit
THE Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has ordered the restoration and retrial of the legislative petition filed by Chief Best Njoku of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) against Chief Mike Iheanaetu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 4:00pm
Today's Africa Hockey Third Place Game
Ghana's female U-21 hockey side will today battle their Nigeria opponents for supremacy, as they revive age long rivalry between the two sides, for the third place position in the Africa U-21 Hockey Championship. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 2:59pm
Nigeria: Sabotage behind pipeline blast (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
An explosion that destroyed an Eni SpA oil pipeline in Nigeria's restive southern oil region was caused by aggrieved youths from a nearby community, a military official said Friday. Read more...
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Soccer: Ghana, Nigeria heading for Fifa U-17 tournament (The New Zealand Herald)
African heavyweights Ghana and Nigeria have won through to the Fifa Under-17 Women's World Cup which kicks off in Auckland on October 28. All but the three Northern/Central American [Concacaf] teams have now been found for the 16-team tournament. Read more...
Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria, Yesterday, 1:56pm
Oil nears $131 on Nigeria news (The Economic Times)
Oil rebounded to near US$131 a barrel Friday as news of an output cut in Nigeria helped to halt the sharp decline in prices that began three days ago. Read more...
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Oil theft in Nigeria: 14 OFWs claim innocence (GMA News)
WARRI, Nigeria - Fourteen Filipino nationals detained in Nigeria on suspicion of stealing thousands of tons of crude oil from a vandalized pipeline have declared their innocence while they were paraded before journalists in the West African nation. Read more...
Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria, Yesterday, 11:55am
Technip awarded contract for infrastructures in Nigeria (Oil Online)
Technip has been awarded by Nigerian Agip Exploration Ltd. a lumpsum turnkey contract, worth approximately €75 million, for the development of the OYO oil field. This field is located off the coast of Nigeria in Block OML 120/121, at water depths reaching 410 meters. Read more...
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Nigeria parades Filipinos arrested over stolen oil (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Nigeria has paraded 15 Filipinos arrested last week for allegedly stealing crude oil from the country's oil-rich Niger Delta, a military spokesman said Friday. Read more...
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Yuguda Drops Two Commissioner Nominees
GOVERNOR Isa Yuguda of Bauchi yesterday dropped two out of the nine commissioner nominees earlier submitted to the state Assembly. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 9:29am
Achukwu, FUT Graduate Wins London Varsity Scholarship
The winner of 2008 Murtala Muhammed Post Graduate Scholarship Award instituted by London Metropolitan University has been named. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 9:29am
Kano Farmers Yet to Get Fertilizer
Farmers in Kano State are yet to take delivery of fertilizer allocation from the state ministry of agriculture many months after sale of the commodity was launched by Governor Ibrahim Shekarau. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 8:47am
APM Terminals Trains NPA Pilots Abroad
APM Terminals Apapa Limited, operators of the Apapa Container Terminal has again displayed its commitment to the progress of the Nigerian port system as it has organized a Ship Handling Training Course for Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) pilots at Force Technology, Kgs Lyngby, Denmark. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 8:47am
The Effects of Biomass Burning On Mother Nature
Wood is a product of the process of the natural recycling of elements in the air and the surface of the earth that makes life on earth possible. Life existed for millions of years without the use of fossil fuels but, since prehistoric times, mankind has used wood for heating and cooking. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 8:46am
Battling for Power Shift
By 2011, Bauchi Central will have held onto the governorship of the state for 12 uninterrupted years and based on this sentiment, political forces in both Bauchi North and Central are mobilising for the defeat of Governor Isa Yuguda in an election that will hold in about three year's time. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 8:46am
Rioting Soldiers
We were alarmed by reports of a violent protest in Akure by hundreds of soldiers who blocked roads, chanted war songs, and held their commanding officer hostage to demand the reimbursement of allegedly illegal deductions from their UN peacekeeping allowances. An Army spokesman blamed the failure to pay the overdue allowances and that the army authorities will constitute an internal board of enquiry to discover the nature of the "mix-up." We beg to observe however that similar "mix-ups" have long affected the payment of legitimate allowances to the police, not to speak of the entitlements of countless sportsmen and other groups of "ordinary" Nigerians who have either been denied their remuneration for services rendered or failed to receive them as and when due. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 8:46am
Minister Explains Need for Review of Labour Laws
Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Hassan Muhammad Lawal yesterday said his ministry's move to review existing labour laws under the aegis of the International Labour Organization was designed to strengthen the capacity of the ministry and its agencies in the discharge of their statutory obligations as well as promote social dialogue. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 8:46am
Town Settlers Urged to Help Environmental Protection
The Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) satellite town settlers have been urged to join government in its ongoing efforts toward reclaiming the beauty of Abuja by making it peaceful and habitable as envisioned by the precursors of the Abuja dream. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 8:46am
Urban Renewal - Imo Demolishes Illegal Structures
The Imo State government has commenced the second phase of demolition of illegal structures in some major streets and roads aimed at giving the state a new look. The Special Adviser to the governor on Sanitation and Transport, Barrister Willie Amadi disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Owerri yesterday, saying the exercise would last till the middle of August. The adviser said the exercise which begins with the demolition of structures on Douglas Road in Owerri would stretch to Tetilow, Royce, Okigwe, Egbu, MCC, Ikenegbu, Wethewral and Mbaise roads. Other affected roads according the adviser include World Bank, Nwe Owerri, Onithsa road, Christ Church, School, Imsu, Orlu, Ama Hausa, Concord, Lagos street, Mbari, Nwaturuocha street down to Chukwuma Nwoha street. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 8:46am
Shinkafi, Yarima Rift Personal - Adviser
The raging rift between former Zamfara governor, Senator Ahmed Sani Yarima and his successor, Alhaji Mahmuda Aliyu Shinkafi has been described as a very personal matter only known to the two politicians. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 8:46am
NCC Begins Sim Cards Registration
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has commenced the process of registration of Sim Cards in a bid to tackle security threats posed by some GSM suscribers Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 8:46am
Attorney General Kicks Against Torture
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Michael Aondoakaa, has admonished all law enforcement agencies to respect and implement the provisions of the Robben Island Guidelines (RIG) which seek to prevent and prohibit torture of African citizens. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 8:46am
Minister Campaigns for Subsidy Removal
The Federal government yesterday kicked off a campaign for the removal of subsidy on petroleum products in the country. Minister of State for Energy (Petroleum) Mr. Odein Ajumogobia, who opened the campaign while addressing the National Executive Committee of the Trades Union Congress [TUC] in Lagos, urged labour organisations to support the government to ensure the removal of subsidy on petroleum products. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 8:46am
Oil rebounds to near $131 on Nigeria news after 3 days of steep losses (GMA News)
Oil rebounded to near $131 a barrel Friday as news of an output cut in Nigeria helped to halt the sharp decline in prices that began three days ago. Read more...
Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria, Yesterday, 8:40am
A Governor's Gift of Bumper Harvest
For Ondo State governor, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, the determination and zeal to transform the state are uppermost in his heart of hearts. While some might think activities at the governorship election petition tribunal may be a distraction, Agagu is not in any way loosing sleep, as he has promised to conclude his plans to make the sunshine state better than he met it five years ago. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 6:52am
Rescind Directive to Citizens On Niger Delta, Rivers AC Urges British Govt
THE Rivers State chapter of Action Congress (AC) has pleaded with the British government to withdraw the directive given Britons to stay away from the Niger Delta, saying the move was capable of crippling the economy of states in the region. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 6:52am
Edo Citizens Pay Okosuns Last Respect
THOUSANDS of Edo State indigenes, including traditional rulers, members of the state Executive Council as well as National and State Assembly members, thronged the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium yesterday, to pay their last respect to the late Oziddi musician, Evangelist Sonny Okosuns. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 6:52am
Ijaw Group Backs Teachers' Strike, Blames Yar'Adua
THE Monitoring Group (IMG) has thrown its weight behind Nigerian teachers over their disagreement with the Federal Government. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 6:52am
Serap Asks ICPC to Investigate Spending of Recovered Stolen Funds
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to investigate the management and spending of recovered stolen assets between May 1999 and May 2007. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 6:52am
This is Time to Fight Human Trafficking
The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, calls for a focus on the human rights aspects of the issue of trafficking in persons. I come to this position with many years of human rights activism behind me and global experience on gender and women's rights. I have stood shoulder to shoulder with women all over Africa and, indeed, the world, to demand an end to injustices, discrimination, degradation and the inhumanities that plague our current world. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 6:52am
How We Carry Out Oil Bunkering in Niger Delta, Filipinos Confess
FOURTEEN Filipinos, suspected to be international oil bunkerers, arrested last week, by the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta with 150-160 metric tonnes of stolen crude oil at the Bight of Benin in Bayelsa State have spilled the beans on how they carry out illegal oil bunkering in Nigeria with their Nigerian accomplices, according to the task force. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 6:52am
Prominent Citizens Hijack FG's Distribution From Strategic Grain Reserve
PROMINENT Nigerians including senators and emirs were yesterday named as beneficiaries in the Federal Government's distribution from the strategic grain reserve. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 6:52am
The Law School Class of '78, Thirty and Counting (3)
The point which has been made but not vigorously pursued in the earlier part of this essay is that, the path of legal and constitutional developments which have guided the footsteps of this class are important for the proper understanding of what has shaped their progress. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 6:52am
FG Dumps Niger Delta 'Summit'
THE Federal Government has jettisoned the idea of a summit in resolving the crisis in the Niger Delta, and opted for what it calls dialogue with the various interest groups in the region in dealing with the problems there. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 6:52am
Mugabe's Swearing-In Should Be Condemned
The recent swearing-in of Robert Mugabe as the President of Zimbabwe for the sixth time has elicited near global condemnation and we align with those condemning the aberration. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 5:29am
Yar'Adua Dumps Niger Delta Summit
The insurgence of Niger Delta militants continued yesterday, as unidentified gunmen blew up the Tebidaba oil pipeline, belonging to Italian oil giant, Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC), in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa state. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 5:27am
Nigeria: Probes, Strikes and the Economy (AllAfrica.com)
The year 2008 will certainly not be forgotten in a hurry in Nigeria for obvious reasons. It marked the first year of President Yar'Adua in the mantle of national leadership and also witnessed, and is still witnessing harvests of probes by the National Assembly. Read more...
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Nigeria: We'll Not Participate in LG Poll - ANPP (AllAfrica.com)
The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) yesterday in Kogi State said that it will not participate in the July 26 local government elections in the state. Read more...
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Nigeria: David Mark Eulogises Nwafor Orizu (AllAfrica.com)
Senate President, David Mark, yesterday eulogised the virtue of Dr. Nwafor Orizu, the patriarch of Senate leadership of independent Nigeria and one-time acting president of Nigeria. Read more...
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FG Drops Niger Delta Summit
Apparently due to the controversy generated by the planned Summit for the Niger Delta region, the Federal Government, together with stakeholders of the area, yesterday agreed to drop the talk show. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 4:52am
Before Nupeng Strikes Again
Queues are yet to disappear from filling stations in major Nigerian cities, four days after tanker drivers suspended a three-day strike to press for less expensive diesel, good roads and a pay rise. Motorists are still feeling the pains of that strike by the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG). Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 4:49am
Food Scarcity - How Emirs, Senators, Got Tonnes of Grains
There were more startling revelations at the ongoing probe of the Senate adhoc Committee on Food Crisis as officials of the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday revealed that emirs and senators took possession of 65,755 tones of grains meant for masses. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 4:47am
U.S. Soldiers in Abuja
About 100 American soldiers are in Abuja to help train African soldiers, including Nigerian soldiers on the use of sophisticated military weapons and communications equipment. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 4:47am
Appeal Court Orders Release of Governor's Passports
The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna yesterday ordered the immediate release of the confiscated diplomatic and international passports belonging to former Governor of Delta State James Ibori. Read more...
AllAfrica News: Nigeria, Yesterday, 4:37am
Nigeria: UI at 60 - Clarion Call on Alumni (AllAfrica.com)
It is no longer news that the premier university of Nigeria, the University of Ibadan (UI), fondly called "the first and the best" is 60 years old this year. Read more...
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