Two foreign journalists have been kidnapped in Somalia while reporting on the wave of piracy off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has urged the management of the Monrovia Transit Authority to work towards extending the activities of the Authority to other parts of the country. Speaking Saturday in Gardnersville when Government introduced recently acquired transport buses, the

Every kid wants to be a pirate when he or she grows up-at least on Halloween on October 31 in North American when children and adults dress up as a popular character.

The Minister of Transport, Mrs. Deizani Allison-Madueke, yesterday called for effective airport contingency plans to take care of emergencies such as hijack and terrorist attacks.

Schools must embrace new technologies to compete favourably, the Minister of Information Communication Technology, Dr. Ham Mulira, has said.

In one of its 2002 documents, the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation said: "generally the level of computerisation of the civil service is low. Although the government is keen to step up the computerisation of the

THE Gayaza-Zirobwe road will be tarmacked by the end of next year, the President said yesterday.

THE water affairs and forestry department recently entered the fray over poor water quality in SA, promising to step up regulation and name and shame underperforming municipalities.

SOFTWARE developer UCS is working with two budgets for the coming year: one for business as usual and one housing contingency plans on how to react if the economic turmoil inflicts greater damage than expected.

THE new MD of cellular retailer Nashua Mobile has made staff training and improved service his priorities, saying the rapid growth of the business has outpaced its ability to focus on customer care.

DUBAI-based telecoms advisory firm Delta Partners has boosted plans to invest in SA by launching an $80m equity fund.

Nigeria and Angola will be the highest earning oil-producing countries in a pack of 10 within the sub-saharan African region between 2006 and 2030, says the International Energy Agency (IEA).

As the fierce legal battle for the soul of Chevron Oil Nigeria Plc lingers unabated last week, its share price decline also intensified, as it added yet another N12.66 to its string of losses, in what may be the result

SOUTH African mining group, Kameni has mulled plans to develop new platinum mines in Zimbabwe and South Africa.

HEADS may roll in the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta over the November 14 interception of a foreign vessel, MT AKUADA with 12,000 tonnes of crude oil, stolen by a syndicate of oil thieves that has some military

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Information, Senator Ayogu Eze, has said President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua will present the 2009 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly tomorrow.

LOCAL and international energy producers could generate more than 5000MW from renewable energy sources, the minerals and energy department says.

Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) yesterday commissioned the $3.5 billion East Area Projects at Bonny River Terminal in Rivers State.

Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) yesterday told the Senate Committee on Gas that N15 billion were paid as penalty for gas flaring by oil companies in the last three years.

MURRAY & Roberts, one of SA's big four construction companies, said yesterday it had delayed or suspended some of its projects as some clients experienced cash-flow problems in the global credit crunch.