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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.
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.
Oil 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.
HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - 12/08/09) - ERHC Energy Inc. (OTC.BB: ERHE - News ), a publicly traded American company with oil and gas assets in the highly prospective Gulf of Guinea off the coast of West Africa, today announced that Addax Petroleum, the operator of Nigeria-Sao Tome & Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) Block 4, has commenced drilling the Oki East well this week. ERHC Energy has ...
LAGUNA WOODS -Jackie Reed knew about the Nigerian letter scam where a foreign email asks for money—but she didn't know she was unknowingly participating in it. Reed discovered on Friday an email had been sent from her own account to more than 100...
The Disposable Paper Products in Nigeriareport offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data (2002-2007), allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth.
Ten countries, including Ghana, Nigeria, Mauritius and Kenya, have signed up to participate, Afedzie said at a conference in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, today.
BET marked its one-year celebration on Dstv with a unique opportunity; an open call to its best and most talented gospel singers to audition for a chance to be on BET's hit competition series, SUNDAY BEST.
Riyadh - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua will be released from a Saudi Arabian hospital as early as next week, a doctor said Saturday. Yar'Adua, 58, was hospitalized late last month but no reason was given. Reports implied he was being treated for ...
Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay 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 renting to homosexuals.
MILAN, Italy (AP) -- Former Inter Milan manager Roberto Mancini says he has been sounded out about taking over Nigeria's national team and is interested in the job.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Pinnacle Point Group Ltd. , a South African property developer, said Absa Group Ltd. won’t back a rights offer that was spurned by investors until potential breaches of the underwriting agreement are addressed.
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