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Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria’s foreign currency reserves rose 3 percent in the month through Dec. 3 as oil prices and production improved. Reserves climbed to $44.04 billion from $42.7 billion the month before, the Central Bank of Nigeria , based in the capital, Abuja, said on its Web site today.
ABUJA, Nigeria----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 150-200MW power plant in Kaduna, Nigeria.
(AP:THE HAGUE, Netherlands) 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.
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
Sinopec, as China Petroleum is known, may announce its decision this month, the Shanghai-based newspaper said. The Angolan field holds about 3 million metric tons in oil reserves.
(AP:THE HAGUE, Netherlands) 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.
LONDON (AP) -- Olympic leaders are finally ready to distribute the individual medals stripped from Marion Jones for doping -- but withhold the 100-meter gold from another drug-tainted athlete.
Houston has always been a hotbed for Medicare fraud, authorities said, but the close-knit Nigerian community here has been especially active.
Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for somegay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords could be imprisoned for...
Olympic leaders are finally ready to distribute the individual medals stripped from Marion Jones for doping but withhold the 100-meter gold from another drug-tainted athlete.
Mark Mobius, the veteran emerging-markets investor, sees opportunities in several markets in the Middle East, including Dubai, where he may consider investing if prices decline to “reasonable” levels.
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.
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Abdullah makes his living as a tour guide on Lamu Island, a palm-tree paradise in the Indian Ocean, just off the coast from the heaving port city of Mombassa. Short and bearing a wild, rheumy eye, he's as mellow as a beach bum. But mention soccer, and Abdullah becomes as excited as a kid on a sugar high.
Olympic leaders are finally ready to distribute the individual medals stripped from Marion Jones for doping -- but withhold the 100-meter gold from another drug-tainted athlete. Officials with direct knowledge of the plan spoke to The Associated Press on Monday on condition of anonymity because the decision hasn't been announced yet.
The "R" in Montrose must stand for reload. That's what legendary Montrose Christian School boys basketball coach Stu Vetter does each and every winter, replacing scores of future college players with equally impressive prospects.
MUSCATINE, Iowa — Forty four years ago, Gregs Thomopulos drove to Muscatine from Nebraska with everything he owned in a Volkswagen Beetle.
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