West Africa

Police Undergo Weapons Training

allafrica.com     21 hrs ago          

Posted to the web 29 August 2008 Monrovia Authorities at the Liberia National Police say one 143 trainees of the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) have begun weapons training. The trainees are expected to graduate shortly...                    

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Nigeria: Alleged Task Force Killings - AC Calls for Probe

allafrica.com     21 hrs ago          

Posted to the web 29 August 2008 The Action Congress (AC) in Bayelsa has asked the state Assembly to probe the alleged killing of innocent citizens by the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area....                    

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Nigeria: '80 Percent of Zamfara Teachers Unqualified'

allafrica.com     21 hrs ago   1 related          

Posted to the web 29 August 2008 Lagos About 80 per cent of teachers teaching in primary schools in Zamfara State do not possess the professional qualification to teach. This was disclosed by the chairman of the State...                    

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Etsu Nupe Threatens to Banish Man With 86 Wives

allafrica.com     19 hrs ago          

Posted to the web 29 August 2008 Abdulazeez Sani The Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, has threatened to banish Alhaji Bello Ma'asaba, a man with 86 wives in Bida, Niger State, unless he reduces his wives to four. He...                    

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Nigeria: GSK Plan Big for Nigerian Football

allafrica.com     19 hrs ago          

Posted to the web 29 August 2008 Glaxo Smith Kline say they are in Nigeria to partner with the Premier League and improve the condition of the Nigerian footballer. The Managing Director of the company, Hannah Oyebanjo...                    

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Air Crash Reports to Be Released Soon

allafrica.com     19 hrs ago          

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), an agency of the Federal Government, which is saddled with the task of investigating air mishap, has said that reports of investigations into some of the past air crashes in the...                    

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Nigeria: Technical Audit Underway for Ajaokuta Steel

allafrica.com     19 hrs ago          

TPE of Russia, the original builders of Ajaokuta Steel Complex, will be in Nigeria within the next two weeks on a technical audit of the plant that had been bogged down by intrigues, asset-stripping and non-performance by...                    

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Nigeria: FCTA Impounds Eight Vehicles Carrying Beggars

allafrica.com     19 hrs ago          

Posted to the web 29 August 2008 Golu Timothy The FCT Administration has impounded eight vehicles at various entrance points into the Federal Capital City, Abuja carrying 120 beggars. The FCT Minister, Dr. Aliyu Modibbo...                    

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Nigeria: Katsina's Harvest of Robberies - Who Dunnit?

allafrica.com     19 hrs ago          

Recently, the entire Katsina emirate was thrown into bewilderment when news broke that some hoodlums had gained entry into the family house of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. The first family's country home is not alone...                    

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Nigeria: Govt Lifts Embargo On Admission

allafrica.com     19 hrs ago          

Posted to the web 29 August 2008 Edem Edem Rivers State government has lifted the embargo it placed on admission at the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Port Harcourt. Dr Sampson Parker, the Commissioner for Health, said...                    

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