Positive news from Nigeria
African leaders pledge farming revolutionAbuja, Nigeria - African leaders recommended on Tuesday scrapping taxes on fertilisers as one of 12 key measures to foster a "Green Revolution" in farming and reduce hunger in the poorest continent. |
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Nigerian Kidnappers Free Oil Workers, Italy SaysPort Harcourt, Nigeria - Nigerian kidnappers freed an Italian and two other oil-industry employees who were abducted in the latest violence aimed at foreign workers in the African country. |
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Sudan government, main rebel group sign peace accord to end Darfur crisisAbuja, Nigeria - The Sudanese government and the main Darfur rebel group signed a peace plan Friday to end the death and destruction in western Sudan after an international diplomatic push led by the United States. |
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Peace agreement for Darfur within reach, UN Security Council toldAbuja, Nigeria - Though the parties to the conflict in Darfur, Sudan - which has already cost nearly 200,000 lives, mainly civilians - have not yet compromised on key issues, a peace agreement is within reach by the 30 April deadline set by the African Union (AU), the chief mediator from that organization told the United Nations Security Council today, urging support for the AU mission in the country. |
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Oil giants to face Nigerian courtAbuja, Nigeria - hell Nigeria and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have been called to appear at the Federal High Court of Nigeria to outline plans to end the controversial practice of gas-flaringђ in the Iwherekan area in the next year. |
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Akunyili donates cash award to lepersIbadan, Nigeria - Winner of the 2005 Silverbird Television Man of the Year award, Professor (Mrs) Dora Akunyili, has donated her prize money for the award, the sum of N1 million to the community of people living with leprosy in Nigeria. |
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US Based Group Donates Books, School Supplies Worth N1mEnugu, Nigeria - Books and school supplies worth about half a million naira have been donated by an American based community group Ozara Union USA (OUUSA) to four primary schools in the town. |
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