News Desk Early Edition Friday, Sept 5, 2008

NEXPORTRADE berths in Monrovia on Nigeria's National Day

NIGERIA'S dream of strengthening the economic ties of ECOWAS sub-region seems good as the nation's first shipment of goods will berth at the port of Monrovia on October 1, 2008 to officially launch the operations of NEXPORTRADE MORE>>>

Okah’s arrest: Nigerians in S’Africa blame Angola over N’Delta crisis

The Nigerians, under the aegis of Nigerian Citizens in Diaspora in the Republic of South Africa, made the allegation on the occasion of the first anniversary of the arrest of the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Mr. Henry Okah. MORE>>>

Presidency remains uncertain on Yar’Adua’s return

The Minister of Information and Communications, Mr. John Odey, had told journalists after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Wednesday that Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan would, before the close of work on that day, speak on the President’s schedule of return. MORE>>>

Off Broadway
Fela!

Channeling his human rights activism and outspoken opposition to Nigeria's corrupt, post-colonial military government into his music, Fela declared the Kalakuta compound where he lived with his commune through much of the 1970s an independent republic MORE>>>

Mass importation of kerosene, food items

Ahead of the October 31 deadline for importation of duty-free rice, the bid to resolve the excruciating scarcity of kerosene and the surge in imports associated with end-of-year transactions, the ports will bubble this month with over 87 vessels expected to berth with assorted goods. MORE>>>