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AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 10 minutes ago
About 61,000 barrels of crude of oil giant Anglo-Dutch Shell were spilled in Nigeria last year, mostly due to the activities of Niger Delta armed militants, company document said on Wednesday.
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 8, 10:48 am ET
Dangote Flour Mills Plc (DANGFLOU NL), a Nigeria company that makes noodles and flour, rose the most since August after it forecast a full-year before-tax profit of 3.26 billion naira for the period through December 2009. The stock gained 37 kobo, or the daily limit of 5 percent, to 7.77 naira.
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 9, 5:20 am ET
Swiss logistics provider Panalpina said Wednesday it has started settlement talks with U.S. authorities over alleged corruption involving Nigerian customs officials and American oil companies.
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Boston Globe - Wed Dec 9, 6:33 am ET
Beware of police roadblocks in Nigeria: If you cannot pay a bribe, you can land up dead, according to an Amnesty International report published Wednesday.
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The Boston Phoenix - 1 hour 36 minutes ago
Boston and Broadway Riddle this: what's more unlikely than the fact that the current toast of Broadway is a musical about a Nigerian agitprop pop singer, or that it owes its existence to a Caucasian commodities trader from New England? Riddle this: what's more unlikely than the fact that the current toast of Broadway — which has garnered gasping raves from the New York Times , among others — is ...
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EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 4, 11:46 pm ET
Nairobi/Abuja - Nigerian fans are happy with their World Cup group, which pits them against Argentina, South Korea and Greece, but are worried their coach will be unable to take advantage of the relatively kind draw. Nigeria struggled to qualify unde...
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The Advocate - Tue Dec 8, 2:23 pm ET
Sesame Workshop announced that the company will be expanding a Nigerian version of Sesame Street with the goal of discussing HIV/AIDS, female empowerment, and the importance of education.
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Hospitality Net - Tue Dec 8, 5:36 am ET
The Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the fastest growing hotel companies worldwide, announces two new Park Inn hotels: The Park Inn Luxembourg City featuring 99 rooms is scheduled to open in Q4 2010, and the Park Inn Abeokuta in Nigeria with 173 rooms will welcome the first guests in Q4 2010.
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UPI - Wed Dec 2, 4:04 pm ET
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.
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Rigzone - Tue Dec 8, 2:27 pm ET
Chinese companies have proposed investing $50 billion to buy 6 billion barrels of oil reserves in Nigeria, the African nation's presidential adviser on energy said Tuesday.
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Sports Illustrated - Mon Dec 7, 12:19 pm ET
Russia coach Guus Hiddink has revealed that he will not lead another team to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Both the Nigerian FA and the Argentinian FA were believed to be interested in signing the Dutchman.
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Albuquerque Journal - Wed Dec 9, 10:47 am ET
30-year-old Nigerian accused of stealing checks from roommate, defrauding school. A New Mexico Tech graduate student from Nigeria has been charged with fraud and forgery, following complaints by his roommate and the school's personnel department regarding stolen, forged and fraudulent checks, Socorro's
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CNN - Sun Dec 6, 12:32 am ET
Planners of Nigeria's capital city are plotting three new city centers, new railways and a highway.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 6:22 am ET
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.
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Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 5:18 am ET
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.