February 2010

Eti-Osa Local Govt to Float Bio-Diesel Refinery

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 17 February, 2010 - 01:37
Eti-Osa Local Govt to Float Bio-Diesel Refinery - As part of efforts at combating the menace of climate change, Eti Osa Local Government Council of Lagos State has said it is set to float the first bio-diesel refinery in the country. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

New Leader Should Act Boldly on Violence, Corruption, and Lack of Accountability

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 14 February, 2010 - 22:06
New Leader Should Act Boldly on Violence, Corruption, and Lack of Accountability - Nigeria’s acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, should take immediate and concrete steps to address large-scale violence, endemic corruption, a lack of accountability for abuses, and other pressing human rights problems in Nigeria, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the newly mandated leader.

N400 Million Project Abandoned in Gombe

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 4 February, 2010 - 22:15
N400 Million Project Abandoned in Gombe - Months after the Federal Government announced the establishment and citing of the export handling, preservation and conditioning centres in six states including Gombe, the contractors are yet to mobilise to site. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

Niger - Governor's Wife Constructs N16.8 Million Skills Centre

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 4 February, 2010 - 22:15
Niger - Governor's Wife Constructs N16.8 Million Skills Centre - The wife of the Niger State Governor, Hajiya Jummai Babangida Aliyu, has spent reportedly spent a sum of N16.8 million for the construction and equipping of a skills acquisition workshop for prisoners in Minna. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

Robbers Are Back in Lagos

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 4 February, 2010 - 22:14
Robbers Are Back in Lagos - FOR more than one year now, the Lagos state police command has remained the cynosure of all eyes especially in the area of crime fighting. It has successfully maintained a low crime rate compared to other states of the federation. Available statics clearly showed that in 2009, the command recorded only 44 armed robbery incidents. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

How We Swindle Prospective Tenants - Suspects

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 4 February, 2010 - 22:13
How We Swindle Prospective Tenants - Suspects - Are you looking for accommodation in any part of Lagos, or beyond, then you have to be very careful because some unscrupulous individuals have devised a new method of extorting desperate accommodation seekers . [Nigeria News : All Africa]

Obi Lays Foundation for Five Buildings At Varsity

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 3 February, 2010 - 18:35
Obi Lays Foundation for Five Buildings At Varsity - Governor Peter Obi at the weekend laid the foundation stone of five more buildings at the Igbariam campus of Anambra State University. The buildings, which will cost more than N3.6 billion, include the Faculty of Agriculture, Management Sciences, Administrative buildings, Guest House and the perimeter fence. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

Presidency Orders Security Beef Up in Abuja

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 1 February, 2010 - 21:50
Presidency Orders Security Beef Up in Abuja - FOLLOWING repeated security concerns over the recent Jos crisis and ripple effects across states bordering Plateau State, as well as anxiety created by the continuous absence of President Umaru Yar'Adua, the Presidency has ordered a security beef up in the Federal Capital Territory and environs. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

Crisis Looms as Fuel Runs Out

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 1 February, 2010 - 21:49
Crisis Looms as Fuel Runs Out - A mega fuel scarcity, which could make the current and past ones look like a child's play, is looming following disclosure at the weekend that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the lone importer of the product, is running short of it. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

Firm Seeks Federal Govt's Approval to Build Refinery

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 1 February, 2010 - 21:48
Firm Seeks Federal Govt's Approval to Build Refinery - The Nigerian Independent Petroleum Company (NIPCO) has sought the approval of the Federal Government to build a private refinery. Mr Tunji Adeniji, a director of the company, said in Lagos on Thursday that NIPCO would put an end to the lingering fuel scarcity in the country, if the government issued a licence to it to build the refinery. [Nigeria News : All Africa]