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Attack on Oil Pipeline Causes Major Setback
Nigeria's crude oil export has suffered another major setback as United States oil major Chevron yesterday declared a force majeure on its Escravos crude oil exports, until the end of the year, due to last Friday's militant attack on its pipeline.
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Desertification - 35 Million Affected in the North
The House of Representatives has pledged its readiness to partner with the Agricultural Development Company (International) Ltd, Israel and the Federal Ministry of Environment under the Desert-To-Food Programme to eradicate the menace of desertification.
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Govt Declines to Cut Fuel Prices
Hopes that the falling crude oil prices would lead to cheaper petroleum products in Nigeria have been dashed by the Federal Government.
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Judicial Workers Threaten Strike Again
Members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) are poised to embark on fresh nationwide strike again.
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We Can't Sell Petrol At N50 - FG
It is simply not possible to sell fuel at N50 per litre, the government has flatly argued, despite the lower price of crude on the international market, which should benefit consumers.
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Rights Group Lauds Court Martial On Arms Deal
Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA), a Non-Governmental Organisation yesterday applauded the Brigadier-General Bala Usara-led ten-man military Court Martial that recently slammed various prison sentences to six military operatives for supplying sophisticated weapons illegally to militants in the Niger Delta even as the rights group charged the State Security Service and other security agencies to comprehensively unravel those behind the spate of abductions and kidnappings around the country and especially in the South Eastern region of Nigeria.
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Reps Summon Ajumogobia, Yar'Adua Over N72 Billion Gas Project
As part of its inquest into the oil sector, the House of Representatives Wednesday summoned the minister of energy (gas) Mr. Odein Ajumogobia and the group managing director of Nigerian National petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Alhaji Abubakar Yar'Adua in connection with the contract for the construction of Excravos-Lagos pipeline expansion and the East West Gas pipeline awarded by the federal government at the cost of N72 billion.
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Senate Begins Screening of Ministerial Nominees
The Senate will today commence the screening of the ministerial nominees submitted to it last Tuesday for confirmation by President Umaru Musa YarAdua, even as some Senators yesterday declared that they would be very thorough in the screening exercise in order to ensure that only the best were cleared for the cabinet positions.
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Looted Billions Leave Country Daily
Looted funds in billions of naira are still moved out of Nigeria on a daily basis and for failing to alert Mrs. Farida Waziri, the Director in charge of the National Finance Intelligence Unit (NFIU) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Hashina Okaro was yesterday placed on indefinite suspension. He was accused of failing to alert the commission of illegal financial transactions reported to his office.
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Country Will Be Bankrupt in Five Years - Audu Ogbe
Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Chief Audu Ogbe has predicted that with the way Nigeria's economy is being run; the country was headed for bankruptcy in the next five years.
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