N49 Million Debt - Abuja Largest Market Shut Down - THE Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Wednesday shut the largest market in Abuja located at Garki area of the Federal Capital Territory under wise known as "Monday market" over what the administration described as failure to pay a debt of N49 million for sanitation and maintenance services. [Nigeria News : All Africa]
Militants Destroy 3 Chevron Facilities - Militants, under the auspices of Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), have destroyed more facilities in Delta State belonging to American oil giant, Chevron whose Otunana flow Station caught fire last week. [Nigeria News : All Africa]
Lagos Adopts GIS - The Lagos State Government yesterday reviewed the adopted digital mapping and comprehensive Geographic Information System (GIS) towards coordinating information storage system for geospatial data commonly used by many agencies. [Nigeria News : All Africa]
Affordable Housing Wanted - A real estate expert, Mr Ime Udoetuk, has called on Federal and State governments to come up with policies that will enable low income earners to build their own houses. [Nigeria News : All Africa]
Timeline of Recent Events in Niger Delta - Thousands of people are displaced in the Niger Delta region after the military stormed the area in pursuit of militants it said had attacked government troops. The move comes two months after President Umaru Yar'Adua said he would consider amnesty for some militants.
Foreign Reserves Drop to $45 Billion - Nigeria's foreign reserves have dropped to $45 billion, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Soludo Chuwkuma has said. He said this at the weekend while briefing newsmen after the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting where he said inflationary rate has dropped too. [Nigeria News : All Africa]