January 2010

Reps Query Presidency over State of Niger Bridge

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 31 January, 2010 - 16:02
Reps Query Presidency over State of Niger Bridge - The House of Representatives will on Tuesday next week take a motion on the failure of the Executive to construct the Niger Bridge , after several budgets have been passed for that purpose. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

UNESCO on Poverty in Nigeria

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 29 January, 2010 - 00:57
UNESCO on Poverty in Nigeria - The 2010 Global Monitoring Report (GMR) of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which revealed that about 92 per cent of the Nigerian population survive on less than $2 daily, while about 71 per cent survive on less than $1 daily, is a major embarrassment for the supposed 'Giant of Africa.' [Nigeria News : All Africa]

Defence Chiefs Warn Against Coup

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 27 January, 2010 - 10:10
Defence Chiefs Warn Against Coup - On Monday, both the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Paul Dike, and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Abdurahman Dambazau, warned military personnel not to plot a coup d'etat against President Umaru Yar'Adua, whose health condition Senators will debate today. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

326 Killed in Jos Crisis, Say Police

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 27 January, 2010 - 10:09
326 Killed in Jos Crisis, Say Police - CHRISTIAN schools have been closed in Bauchi State in fear of the spill over of the riot in Plateau State, where the government on Monday accused the police of hiding suspects. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

Plateau Relaxes Curfew As Peace Returns to Jos

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 25 January, 2010 - 21:55
Plateau Relaxes Curfew As Peace Returns to Jos - As peace returns to Jos, the Plateau State capital, Governor Jonah Jang has relaxed the curfew in the city by five hours. The state government had last Wednesday announced a review of the 24-hour curfew it had initially imposed on the city to between 5pm and 10am. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

Fuel Scarcity May Linger - Barkindo

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 16 January, 2010 - 19:09
Fuel Scarcity May Linger - Barkindo - Unless the nation's refining capacity is raised, the fuel scarcity persistent in the country is likely to continue in years to come, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Mohamed Sanusi Barkindo has said. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

FG Unviels Niger Delta Development Plans, Okays N174 Billion Contracts

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 14 January, 2010 - 23:00
FG Unviels Niger Delta Development Plans, Okays N174 Billion Contracts - World class strategic master plan expected to rely on the federal government's contracts worth N174 billion to ameliorate the environmental problems in the Niger Delta region is being developed by the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

Noise Pollution - Lagos Set to Tackle Churches, Others

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 14 January, 2010 - 22:59
Noise Pollution - Lagos Set to Tackle Churches, Others - Ahead efforts of the state government to reduce noise pollution in the state, the Lagos State Government has appealed to various religious organisations and other concerned groups like musical centres and video clubs to minimize the volume of noise emanating from their activities in the interest of public health. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

Government Limbo Continues

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 14 January, 2010 - 09:23
Government Limbo Continues - Nigerians are getting startling, and conflicting, news each day about their long crisis of governance. Early Monday morning, the BBC's Hausa service surprised them with a three-minute interview with their long-absent, long-silent president, Umaru Yar'Adua, in which he said, "I'm getting better" and hoped that "very soon" he will be able "to get back home." [Nigeria News : All Africa]

Gunmen Abduct Four Expatriates, Kill Nigerian

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 13 January, 2010 - 08:01
Gunmen Abduct Four Expatriates, Kill Nigerian - Three British nationals and a Colombian were yesterday morning kidnapped at Owaza Junction in Abia State along Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway by yet-to-be identified gunmen. A Nigerian security officer, whose identity was not immediately known, was reportedly killed, while their driver sustained injuries in the attack. [Nigeria News : All Africa]