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    Finance Minister bans first class travel for government officials
    50112The newly sworn-in Minister of State for Finance Mr. Remi Babalola has placed a ban on government officials and other public servants especially working in the various agencies under the ministry to stop using public funds to pay for first class t...
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    Plateau bans commercial motorcycles
    50111The bill prohibiting the operation of commercial motorcycles also known as “Okada” within Jos-Bukuru metropolis of the crisis-ridden Plateau state was signed into law by the state Governor Jonah Jang at government house yesterday.The signing o...
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    Hundreds of Nigerians died of contaminated food in 2yrs
    50110Hundreds of Nigerian people have been reported to have died of food borne disease according to the country’s Consumer Protection Council (CPC) report.Director General of the Council Mrs. Ify Umenyi has said that already a total of 559 people die...
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    Former vice president, Atiku returns to PDP
    50109Nigeria’s immediate former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has returned back to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a party he left due to political disagreement between him and the former president Olusegun Obasanjo.Atiku’s media ...
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    UNICEF, SUBEB to sponsor 400 girls in Sokoto
    50108The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Sokoto State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) have jointly come into agreement by committing N210 million for the enrolment of girls into schools.The two organizations said the gesture i...
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    president: We are against nuclear bomb
    50042 AfranTehran, April 9, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here on Friday that Iran is against nuclear bomb.Addressing the Fourth National Nuclear Festival, President Ahmadinejad said those seeking nuclear bomb are against human logic.“W...
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    President: Iran to turn into exporter of nuclear technology
    50041 AfranTehran, April 9, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Friday that Iran will in the near future turn into an exporter of nuclear technology.Addressing the Fourth National Nuclear Festival, President Ahmadinejad said thanks to thei...
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    President unveils 1st model of 3rd generation machines for uranium enrichment
    50040 AfranTehran, April 9, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has just unveiled the first model of the third generation of machines for uranium enrichment, the so-called third generation centrifuges.President Ahmadinejad unveiled the achievement o...
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    Main Test for Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant to begin today
    50039 AfranTehran, April 9, IRNA – The main test needed before operation of Bushehr nuclear power plant will start on the day marking National Nuclear Festival, said the official in charge of the project.Jaafari said the “warm-water test” at the ...
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    President's speech in National Nuclear Festival
    50038 AfranPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Friday that there is no barrier to Iranian nuclear scientists today in the field of nuclear energy and they can meet related national requirements.Addressing National Nuclear Festival, President Ahmadi...
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    President warns Obama against following path of Bush
    50037 AfranPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here on Wednesday that if President Barrack Obama followed the path of former US president George W Bush, he would face a crushing response by world nations.President Ahmadinejad, who arrived in this provin...
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    Iran urges nuclear states to disarm to help international peace
    50036 Afran The Islamic Republic of Iran on Saturday called on the nuclear states to disarm in a bid to bring about an atmosphere of peace and security in the international community. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the call in a ceremony to inaugur...
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    AU SEEKS TO DEVELOP JOINT POLICY ON FIGHT AGAINST PIRACY
    50321 - 09042010African Union (AU) has embarked on a race to fight piracy, a major challenge for several coastal countries in the continent.An experts meeting on maritime security Ethiopia sought to develop a holistic policy to address the vice, which ...
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    KINGSWAY TYRES VENTURES INTO RETREADING
    50320 - 09042010KINGSWAY TYRES LTD plans to invest Sh50 million in a retread production line.The proposed Nairobi factory, which is a signature project in marking Kingway’s 50 year anniversary, will reduce the cost of tyres by 60 per cent and curb en...
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    MUSLIM ULAMAA AND SHEIKHS CAUTIOUS AS THEY SEEK ONE POSITION
    50319 – 09042010MUSLIM LEADERS remained cautious on going public with their stand on the Proposed Constitution.They said they were still consulting and holding meetings before taking a position. Prof. Abdullghafoor H.S. Elbusaidy, Chairma of Supreme ...
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    Iran invites all to Tehran disarmament meeting
    50035 AfranTehran, April 6, IRNA – The Foreign Ministry spokesman invited Tuesday the countries which advocate nuclear disarmament to attend Tehran’s nuclear disarmament meeting on April 17-18.Ramin Mihman-Parast made the remarks at his first weekl...
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    Iran to host G15 summit, Foreign Ministry spokesman
    50036 AfranTehran, April 6, IRNA -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Tuesday that Tehran has planned to host the G15 Summit of leaders on May 17 to help promote mutual and regional cooperation.Speaking to reports in his weekly brie...
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    IRI Naval Force foils pirate attack
    50034 AfranIslamic Republic of Iran's Naval Force has foiled a Somali pirates' attack on an Iranian oil tanker.The IRI's Naval Force announced on Tuesday that the Somali pirates attacked on the Iranian oil tanker at 5:45 local time in Aden Gulf by four...
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    CONFIDENCE CRISIS HIGH AS SHELL PLANS EXIT
    50315The local oil industry has yet again been hit by a confidence crisis after oil major Royal Dutch Shell Plc finally admitted it was exiting the country.In a press statement, the firm said it planned to quit the downstream business in 21 African cou...
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    Senegal 50428 Inauguration Monument de la Renaissance Africaine
    Sénégal 50428Inauguration du monument de la Renaissance AfricaineLe symbole d’une nouvelle destinéeLe président de la république du Sénégal, son excellence Me Abdoulaye Wade a inauguré samedi dernier (3 avril) en présence de chefs d’Etat a...
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