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AllAfrica.com: Yar'Adua Orders Ports to Be Decongested Within 60 Days

Source: Androscoggin News

Lagos :: Nigeria | about 9 hours ago | No category

Yar'Adua Orders Ports to Be Decongested Within 60 Days Adelanwa Bamgboye 7 January 2009 President Umaru Musa Yar'adua has directed principal stakeholders to immediately look for a way to decongest the nation's Seaport ports of cargo within 60 days.

AGO spits over embezzlement claim

Source: The Jakarta Post

Ago :: Nigeria | about 13 hours ago | No category

On Jan. 5, the newspaper quoted ICW's Emerson Yuntho and Illian Deta Arthasari as saying they suspected the AGO had misused Rp 8 trillion and US$18 million that had been salvaged from all corruption cases investigated between 2004 and 2008....

Hostages freed by pirates off Somalia, Nigeria

Source: The Goshen News

Lagos :: Nigeria | about 24 hours ago | No category

Pirates freed 20 hostages aboard a Turkish freighter commandeered off the Somali coast, as nine captives on a French boat were released off southern Nigeria, the boat owners said Wednesday. The Yasa Holding Co. said pirates freed the Yasa Neslihan...

Monday | Art exhibit

Source: Miami Herald

Lagos :: Nigeria | 2 days ago | Entertainment News

The American Orchid Society's exhibit Elegance in Bloom -- The Watercolors of Sally Robertson runs through Feb. 1...The Miami Herald is pleased to provide this opportunity to share information, experiences and observations about what's in the news. Some of the...

ECOWAS to sanction Guinea

Source: Xinhuanet.com

Abuja :: Nigeria | 1 day ago | Political News

We are looking at time frame that is just enough to conduct elections and get out. If it requires two weeks let them conduct the elections and get out," he added. The minister said Nigeria would never condone coups in...

Malaysian court frees jailed blogger

Source: International Herald Tribune

Isa :: Nigeria | 2 months ago | No category

In what lawyers described as a landmark decision, a court in Malaysia on Friday freed one of the country's best known bloggers, ruling that the government was wrong in detaining him under a draconian internal security law. Raja Petra Kamarudin, who...

Decisions a good start, says Anwar

Source: The Star

Isa :: Nigeria | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim does not see the two recent court decisions on Friday as the start of a judicial renaissance. I wont get over-excited by declaring these signals a start of a judicial renaissance, he said. He...

Controversial Malaysian blogger freed

Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Isa :: Nigeria | 2 months ago | Technology News

A court ordered the authorities to free Raja Petra Kamaruddin, Malaysia's best-known opposition blogger, saying there were not sufficient grounds for his arrest. Raja Petra is a leading light in Malaysia's opposition movement, and for years he has used his...

House meets to debate US bail-out

Posted by: philipol

Lagos :: Nigeria | 3 months ago | Political News

Members of the US House of Representatives are considering a revised $700bn (£380bn) plan to rescue America's financial sector. Party leaders are hoping the House, which stunned global markets by rejecting the initial plan, will follow the Senate and back...

Olaleken hattrick steers Mohammedan past Muktijoddha

Source: BDNews24

Lagos :: Nigeria | 2 days ago | Sports News

Dhaka, Jan 5 (bdnews24.com) Alamu Bukola Olaleken struck a hattrick as Dhaka Mohammedan thrashed Muktijoddha Sangsad 5-0 in the Citycelll B...Nigerian striker Olaleken opened the floodgate in the very second minute and doubled the lead six minutes later before...