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Nigeria: AFC to Build $700m Ring Road in Port Harcourt

09.04.2008 05:50    allafrica.com
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and the Rivers State Government have agreed to construct an 88-kilometre ring road in Port Harcourt at the cost of $700 million.


Nigeria: The Abandoned N4bn Power Equipment

09.04.2008 05:50    allafrica.com
In Nigeria, it is often difficult to understand how government works and reasons. What ordinarily should be treated with dispatch is given the most lackadaisical treatment.

Nigeria: NDDC Reads Riot Act to Contractors

09.04.2008 05:50    allafrica.com
Contractors working for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) have been told to ensure that they deliver to specification if they have to retain their contracts with the commission.

Nigeria: Tribunal Recovers N65bn For Defrauded Investors

09.04.2008 05:50    allafrica.com
Investors in the nation's capital market who had been defrauded by stockbrokers and other players in the sub-sector have received restitution worth N 65 billion through judgments of the Investment and Securities Tribunal (IST).

Nigeria: Oceanic Bank Grows Income By 129 Percent

09.04.2008 05:50    allafrica.com
Oceanic Bank International Plc has continued its profitability run, posting superior financial results with the group's gross earnings hitting N66.47 billion, in the first six months of the financial year ended March 31 2008.

Nigeria: Bayelsa Govt Business District to Gulp N25bn

09.04.2008 05:50    allafrica.com
The dredging of the site of the Bayelsa State government planned Central Business District (CBD) in Yenagoa will gulp over N25 billion.

Nigeria: NOHL - Stakeholders Seek N5b for Transformation

09.04.2008 05:50    allafrica.com
The foremost orthopaedic hospital in Nigeria and West Africa - the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi will soon wear a new look as stakeholders are set to raise N5 billion needed to take the hospital to its full potentials.

Nigeria: Sheriff Advises Banks on High Interest Rate

09.04.2008 05:50    allafrica.com
Borno State Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and commercial banks, to work out plans on how to reduce the high lending rate.

Nigeria: 'Why We Set Up Corporate Counsel Forum'

09.04.2008 05:50    allafrica.com
The just concluded Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law Conference in Abuja witnessed a number of memorable events including the inauguration of the Corporate Counsel Forum. JUDE IGBANOI caught up with the Company Secretary and Head of Legal Division

Nigeria: Power Probe - Legislative Tour and the Question of (dis)honour

09.04.2008 05:50    allafrica.com
Welcome , even though belated, some power industry watchers and operators have opined that the nationwide tour of ongoing electricity projects embarked upon by the House of Representatives Committee on Power tantamount to putting the cart before the horse.

Gambia: SoS Balla Gaye Clarifies

09.04.2008 05:50    allafrica.com
Mousa Gibril Balla Gaye, secretary of state for Finance and Economic Affairs, has explained the improper, inconceivable and unimaginable greedy behaviours the commercial banks displayed and conducted foreign currency transactions during the recent months of the dalasis's appreciation which he

Liberia: Cellcom Launches GPRS-Edge Technology

09.04.2008 05:50    allafrica.com
Cellcom GSM mobile network Monday launched the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) with Edge.

Liberia: Dev. Agenda Must Be Driven By Local Production

09.04.2008 05:50    allafrica.com
The government last week announced price hikes of some essential commodities which many citizens viewed would lead to an increase in social economic hardships.

Liberia: 'Power Generators Pose Threat to Human Lives'

09.04.2008 05:50    allafrica.com
The former Head of Pediatrics at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center, Dr. Roseda E. Marshall-Ochillo has observed that the constant use of power generators was a serious threat to human lives in the country.

Sierra Leone: Nigeria to Provide 150 Megawatts Electricity

09.04.2008 05:50    allafrica.com
Chief Executive Officer of CON Dangote Group has said in Freetown that the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) was ready to invest in power generation through transmission and distribution of up to 100 and 150 megawatts.

Burkina Faso: General Strike Over Cost of Living

09.04.2008 05:50    allafrica.com
Workers from the public and private sectors throughout the country launched a two-day strike on 8 April to protest high living costs and demand salary increases.

Land Dispute Hits Kono District

09.04.2008 05:49    allafrica.com
Residents of Bumajah and Bongema villages in the Sandor chiefdom, Kono district have engaged in a serious confrontation over a piece of land bordering the two villages.

Koroma Reconciles With Kailahun 'Court Barry'

09.04.2008 05:49    allafrica.com
President Ernest Koroma Thursday said he has extended an olive branch to many former opponents including a delegation from the Kailahun Court Barry, which he assisted in promoting its activities.

Freetown Garbage Collection Privatized

09.04.2008 05:49    allafrica.com
Government has finally resolved to take garbage collection from the hands of the Freetown City Council (FCC) and called for its privatization, Chief Administrator of the council said on Wednesday.

Tombo Community to Get Mini Stadium, Jetty

09.04.2008 05:49    allafrica.com
Councilor of York ward in the Tombo community around the Freetown peninsular road has brought new project of jetty, community center, mini stadium, and cold room to boost development.

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