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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.
Planners of Nigeria's capital city are plotting three new city centers, new railways and a highway.
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. 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.
Superstar actress Daryl Hannah, Pras a member of the legendary Grammy Award winning group 'The Fugees' and Gian Carlo Esposito distinguished star of numerous movies including "Twilight" opposite Paul Newman, "Derailed" with Clive Owen, Spike Lee films, TV and Broadway, joined by Bollywood Stars Nandita Das, Nandana Sen, and Film maker Madhu Mantena are all bound for Port Harcourt, Nigeria to ...
The Carter Center, which has battled the worm for 20 years, says none have been found for 12 months in a row.
Human rights are increasingly under threat in China, according to a British firm which analyses dangers for business worldwide, while also describing risks in Russia, Nigeria and India as extreme.
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.
Earlier this year, President Obama went to Africa and issued this simple statement: "Africa's future is up to Africans." He highlighted the power of Christians and Muslims in Nigeria working side-by-side to end malaria.
An arrest warrant issued by the Nigerian police against the popular reformer Nasir El-Rufai has been denounced by his lawyer as "groundless" and "part of a campaign of intimidation."
A 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.
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, a Nigerian lender, was raised to “buy” from “neutral” at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Guaranty’s price objective was set at 18 naira, offering 17% upside potential, BofA Merrill Lynch research analysts John Storey wrote in a note 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.
Associated Press - December 4, 2009 4:24 PM ET LAKE WORTH, Fla. (AP) - Two men who allegedly tried to bring immigrants from as far as Nigeria to Florida are facing federal smuggling...
The 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.
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.
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