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This Day (Lagos)Abuja - House of Representatives yesterday accused the Presidency of misleading the nation over implementation of the 2009 Appropriation Act and constraints of shortfalls in oil and non-oil revenue accruing to the Federation Account.
This Day (Lagos)Abuja - House of Representatives yesterday accused the Presidency of misleading the nation over implementation of the 2009 Appropriation Act and constraints of shortfalls in oil and non-oil revenue accruing to the Federation Account.
Abuja — House of Representatives yesterday accused the Presidency of misleading the nation over implementation of the 2009 Appropriation Act and constraints of shortfalls in oil and non-oil revenue accruing to the Federation Account.
This Day (Lagos)Lagos - Crude oil prices hit a six-month high above $63 a barrel yesterday ahead of today's meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
This is coming as top producer Saudi Arabia said the global economy had strengthened enough to cope with oil at $75 to $80 a barrel.
This Day (Lagos)Lagos - Crude oil prices hit a six-month high above $63 a barrel yesterday ahead of today's meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
This is coming as top producer Saudi Arabia said the global economy had strengthened enough to cope with oil at $75 to $80 a barrel.
Lagos — Crude oil prices hit a six-month high above $63 a barrel yesterday ahead of today's meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
This is coming as top producer Saudi Arabia said the global economy had strengthened enough to cope with oil at $75 to $80 a barrel.
Dakar — Thousands of people are displaced in the Niger Delta region after the military stormed the area in pursuit of militants it said had attacked government troops. The move comes two months after President Umaru Yar'Adua said he would consider amnesty for some militants. Yar'Adua and his predecessors have battled for years with the local groups - perpetrators of regular violent attacks and kidnappings - who say they are fighting for the people's rights in the oil-rich region.
Dakar — The Nigeria Red Cross says conflict-hit areas it has been able to access in the Niger Delta are in better condition than anticipated, but that continued restrictions on aid workers' movement leaves many questions unanswered.
Daily Independent (Lagos)Abuja - Police authorities are meeting in Abuja today to fashion out ways of curbing possible terrorist attacks on Nigeria, the rumour of which, has been rife in Abuja in the last few days.
Rumour mill has it that some local groups are cooperating with other international terrorist organisations to unleash mayhem on the nation in sympathy with the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) and other militant groups that are being plummeted by the Nigeria Armed Forces in the Niger Delta, currently.
Vanguard (Lagos)Warri - MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) says militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, who was declared wanted by the Joint Task Force (JTF) six days ago and ordered to give himself up will not surrender to the task force.