Nigerian cities enduring fuel shortages
UPI - Wed Dec 2, 4:04 pm ETABUJA, Nigeria, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Residents of the Nigerian cities of Abuja and Lagos are facing ongoing fuel shortages in the oil exporting African nation, officials said Wednesday.
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ABUJA, Nigeria, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Residents of the Nigerian cities of Abuja and Lagos are facing ongoing fuel shortages in the oil exporting African nation, officials said Wednesday.
A Nigerian group said Tuesday it would next week mobilise over 5,000 volunteers to give a notorious slum in the centre of Lagos, the country's commercial hub, a facelift.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria should extend its investigation of the banking industry to include the country’s stock exchange, central bank and securities and exchange commission, Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Lamido Sanusi said at a conference in the nation’s capital, Abuja, today.
Fidelity Bank Plc (FIDELITY NL), a Nigerian lender, rose the most in three weeks, adding 10 kobo, or 4.9 percent, to 2.4 naira after ARM Investment Management assigned a ‘buy’ rating on the stock and set a price target of 4.38 naira.
The exchange will be based either in Abuja, the capital, or the northern city of Kano, Okereke-Onyiuke said at an African stock exchanges conference in the Abuja today. She didn’t provide a timeframe for the creation of the bourse.
Oil giant Anglo-Dutch Shell and its Nigerian subsidiary went on trial before a civil court here Thursday for a pipeline leak in 2005 alleged to have caused widespread environmental and social damage.
Ten countries, including Ghana, Nigeria, Mauritius and Kenya, have signed up to participate, Afedzie said at a conference in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, today.
The impacts of climate change on Nigeria could be dire for the economy and ecology, and this could lead to civil unrest, Environment Minister John Odey warned on Tuesday in Abuja.
Nigerian villagers and a Dutch environmental group pleaded with a Hague court Thursday to hear their case against Royal Dutch Shell PLC for allegedly polluting their land with oil that gushed from a broken pipeline.
Nigerian villagers and a Dutch environmental group have pleaded with a Hague court to hear their case against Royal Dutch Shell for allegedly polluting their land with oil that gushed from a broken pipeline.
GE Oil & Gas, a world leading company in oil and gas equipment and services, in consortium with Rockson Engineering Nigeria, has been awarded a $230 Million contract by the Federal Government of Nigeria for the installation and commissioning of a dual fired (low pour fuel oil/gas) 150-200MW power plant in Kaduna, Nigeria
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*To commemorate the one year anniversary of BET in African, the network will bring its gospel music competition series, "Sunday Best" to Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday Dec. 6.
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The condition of Nigerian President Umaru Yar'adua is improving as the official was moved from intensive care at a Saudi Arabian hospital, officials said.
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Cocoa exports from Nigeria, the world’s fourth-biggest producer of the chocolate ingredient, almost doubled in September, the Federal Produce Inspection Service said.
Adebayo Ogunmeno is a lawyer in Kansas City, Kan., but he is considering a second career: being a king. Ogunmeno, 54, is a prince in the Yoruba tribe in southwest Nigeria, and when the time comes, says he thinks he has a good chance to ascend to the throne.