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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Nigerian group to facelift a notorious Lagos slum
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 6:22 am ETA 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.
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Nigerian Governor Sanusi Calls for Wider Market Investigations
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 10:33 am ETDec. 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.
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Nigerian Equities: Intercontinental Bank, Fidelity Bank Active
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 1:03 pm ETFidelity 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.
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Nigeria Plans to Start Operating Commodities Exchange (Update1)
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 6:18 am ETThe 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.
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Shell on trial for pipeline leak in Nigeria
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 2:35 pm ETOil 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.
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Africa Securities Association to Create African Index (Update1)
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 8:33 am ETTen countries, including Ghana, Nigeria, Mauritius and Kenya, have signed up to participate, Afedzie said at a conference in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, today.
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Climate change may be dire for Nigeria: minister
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 1, 10:56 am ETThe 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.
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Nigerian villagers seek to sue Shell over oil leak
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 3, 7:43 am ETNigerian 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.
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Nigerian villagers sue Shell over oil leak
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 3, 6:54 am ETNigerian 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.
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GE Oil & Gas And Rockson Engineering Awarded $230M Contract For Nigeria Power Plant
OilandGasOnline - Thu Dec 3, 1:52 am ETGE 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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Kansas City Lawyer Could Be King in Nigeria
Law.com - Thu Dec 3, 1:55 pm ETAdebayo Ogunmeno is a criminal defense and plaintiff 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. If his plans pan out, it would be an abrupt return to a traditional Yoruba upbringing that he left 26 years ...
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BET'S 'SUNDAY BEST' HEADED TO NIGERIA: Auditions will be held in the country to mark first anniversary of network's ...
Eurweb - Thu Dec 3, 3:08 am ET*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.
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Condition of Nigerian president improving
UPI - Wed Dec 2, 3:59 pm ETJEDDAH, 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.
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Nigerian Cocoa Shipments Doubled in September, Service Says
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 2, 6:48 am ETDec. 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.
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Kansas City, Kan., lawyer is a man who could be king — in Nigeria
The Kansas City Star - Thu Dec 3, 12:09 am ETAdebayo 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.
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