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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Nigeria Bourse Seeks to Lure MTN, Shell Listings, ThisDay Says
Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 5:18 am ETDec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria will waive entry requirements in order to attract major oil and telecom companies operating in the country to trade their shares on the local bourse, ThisDay reported, citing Ndi Okereke-Onyuike, the director general of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
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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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Ruling delayed in Nigerian ex-governor graft trial
AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 19 minutes agoA Nigerian court on Friday again deferred a ruling to December 17 in the trial of a former governor of oil-rich Delta State accused of stealing millions of dollars during his tenure.
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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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Pregnancy complications 'kill 144' Nigerian women a day
AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 18 minutes agoThe number of women dying from pregnancy-related complications in Nigeria is akin to a plane crashing every day, but the crisis gets less noticed amid pandemics such as AIDS and malaria, activists say.
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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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Roberto Mancini interested in Nigeria job
AP via Yahoo! Sports - 1 hour 20 minutes agoFormer Inter Milan manager Roberto Mancini says he has been sounded out about taking over Nigeria's national team and is interested in the job. Mancini told Friday's Gazzetta dello Sport: "I have been asked informally if I was interested and I said 'yes' because the prospect of an African Cup of Nations and a World Cup is attractive, and Nigeria is filled with great but...
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Mancini tempted by Nigeria after unofficial approach
Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Fri Dec 4, 4:12 am ETFormer Inter Milan boss Roberto Mancini is prepared to take over at Nigeria after receiving an unofficial approach.
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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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Gullit: 'No formal approach from Nigeria'
EARTHtimes.org - 2 hours 10 minutes agoCape Town - Former World Footballer Ruud Gullit on Friday dismissed speculation that he was close to signing as Nigeria coach for the 2010 World Cup. The 47-year-old Dutchman Gullit said that there has been no formal approach from Nigeria. ...
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