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NigerianMuse Articles (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Pius Adesanmi Does anybody know President Umaru YarAduas mailing address? I know hes in Aso Rock but whats the P.O.Box or the P.M.B.? I have a gift for him: a brand new copy of the last edition of Frantz Fanons The Wretched of the Earth. Its an excellent edition, translated from the French original by Richard Philcox. Earlier editions are a quasi-disservice to those who are unable to read Fanon...
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Daily Pundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
IBDeditorials.com: Editorials, Political Cartoons, and Polls from Investor’s Business Daily — Saddam’s Nukes WMD: Hear about the 550 metric tons of yellowcake uranium found in Iraq? No? Why should you? It doesn’t fit the media’s neat story line that Saddam Hussein’s Iraq posed no nuclear threat when we invaded in 2003. It’s a little known fact that, [...]
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Grandiose Parlor (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Nigeria operates a national electric grid system by hydro-power and coal. The nation is shifting toward natural gas, a material that is been flared for lack of adequate processing infrastructure. Over the last 36 years, Nigeria has flared some 70 billion USD worth of natural gas. During the last eight of those years, Nigeria has [...]
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Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
The European Union Commission is to raise 300 billion CFA francs in favour of Niger, for the next six years, for the implementation of its National Indicative Programme (NIP), government daily Le Sahel reported Monday.
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China Digital Times (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
The government in Niger has signed an agreement for China to help improve the country's power supplies. China will transfer several electrical power units to Niger under the agreement, officials said. [...] Chinese companies have recently become more active in Niger, exploring for uranium and oil in the north and east of the ...
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Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
A Niger parliamentary delegation Monday began a three- day official visit to Algeria, according to a communiqué issued by the Algerian n ational people's assembly here. The visit is aimed at strengthening friendship and cooperation between the twon eighbouring countries, the communique said, adding that the Nigerien delegation was led by the speaker of the national assembly, Ousmane Mahamane.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
China agrees to send electrical power units to help improve Niger's power supplies.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Plainly put, the Niger-Delta crisis has moved from a domestic challenge to a global one. The internationalisation of the crisis may have earned the country a few sympathetic glances from international stakeholders in the oil industry. But surely it has contributed immensely to the run-away price of crude oil.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Engineer Abubakar Lawal Yar'adua, says solution to the Niger Delta crisis is a collective responsibility.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Nigeria's Defence Minister, Alhaji (Dr) Mahmoud Yayale Ahmed, has assured Nigerians and the International Community of the federal government's determination to reach a peaceful resolution with the Niger Delta militants within a short period of time against the wish of those anticipating a complete breakdown of law and order in the region.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
A Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria [PFN], Rivers State chapter, Apostle Eugene Ogu, has described the the proposed summit on the Niger Delta as an agenda of Northern elite.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State has declared free and compulsory education in all public schools in the state.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
In line with its post consolidation vision, Niger Insurance Plc has set up an additional five new branch offices to boost the existing ones across the country.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
MEMBER representing Oshimili South constituency (Asaba/Okwe) in the Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. Eugene Emeka Okonji and State Commissioner in charge of Project Monitoring, Chief Ejaife Odebala, have expressed concern over the state of the Niger Bridge which is at the verge of collapse, going by the recent alarm raised by a former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Works during a...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Prince Tonye Princewill is a businessman, community leader, politician and one of the leading voices for peace in the troubled Niger Delta region. In a media chat with selected media executives in Abuja, Princewill, who flew the governorship flag of the Action Congress (AC) in Rivers state in the April 2007 general elections, bared his mind on a number of issues, including the Niger delta Summit, the...
