Fuel scarcity resurfaces as marketers ration product
Region: NigeriaBARELY a week after the petroleum tanker drivers-induced fuel scarcity ended, long queues yesterday emerged at filling stations in some states of the federation. The development was, however, attributed to oil mar... more
Views: 292In Cameroun, experts seek cultural renaissance for Africa
Region: CameroonTHE significance of African arts and culture in the socio-political and economic equation of the global world was the major thrust of the just concluded Summit of African Cultural Institutions and the African Dias... more
Views: 294Education: Roadmap to 2011
Region: NigeriaYET again, the Federal Ministry of Education (FME) has unveiled a comprehensive reform agenda. This time, 2011 has been set aside as the year of fulfillment for some critical aspects of that agenda. However, in th... more
Views: 374Nigeria, others race against time in the fight against malaria
Region: NigeriaWITH merely two years to meet the global targets of delivering effective, affordable protection against the debilitating disease, BEN UKWUOMA and CHUKWUMA MUANYA write that recent efforts by the international comm... more
Views: 436Swine flu fears slide oil prices further
Region: United StatesFEARS that the spread of swine flu could further undermine demand for crude by cutting air travel pushed prices down near $49 a barrel yesterday. Expectations of a further build in U.S. oil stocks also depressed p... more
Views: 157Financial crisis: IMF urges African countries to draw-down on reserves
Region: South AfricaTHE International Monetary Fund (IMF), has advised African countries to maintain spending from their reserves through the current crisis period, to avoid a debt trap. Nigeria has already fallen back on its reserve... more
Views: 208Agic, tourism hold key to nation's growth, says Mark
Region: NigeriaSENATE President, David Mark, has said that the primary solutions to Nigeria's poor economic situation would be a diversification from the mono economy and over-dependence on crude oil by the country, to more prod... more
Views: 203Report finds terrorists moving from Afghan border to Africa
Region: AfghanistanA NEW report has shown that battle-hardened extremists are filtering out of safe havens along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border into East Africa, bringing sophisticated terrorist tactics that include suicide attacks... more
Views: 228UN, U.S, allies differ on Darfur violence reduction
Region: SudanMIXED reactions have trailed an international envoy's comment that violence in Sudan's Darfur region had subsided into a "low-intensity conflict." The United States (U.S.) and its allies, according to diplomats, f... more
Views: 245Govt orders flu screening at Nigerian ports
Region: NigeriaTHE Federal Government yesterday directed that all aircraft and ships arriving Nigeria be checked and cleaned up to ensure that both passengers and luggage have no trace of the swine influenza. The directive came ... more
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