Nigeria proposes energy forum
UPI - Wed Mar 17, 9:58 am ETABUJA, Nigeria, March 17 (UPI) -- The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. proposed a forum for shareholders to address challenges plaguing the national energy sector, officials said.
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ABUJA, Nigeria, March 17 (UPI) -- The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. proposed a forum for shareholders to address challenges plaguing the national energy sector, officials said.
ABUJA, Nigeria, March 19 (UPI) -- Nigeria recalled its ambassador to Libya, saying Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's remarks that Nigeria be split into Christian and Muslim states were offensive.
Nigeria's ruling party is planning crucial talks after Acting President Goodluck Jonathan sacked a government he inherited from the country's ailing head of state, sources said.
Specialty chemicals maker pleaded guilty to federal charges of bribery, defrauding the United Nations and violating the U.S. embargo against Cuba.
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Nigeria has recalled its ambassador to Libya and questioned whether the north African country is sponsoring violence after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said Nigeria should split along religious lines.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's acting president has dissolved this West African nation's cabinet, a month after assuming the young democracy's highest office.
March 19 (Bloomberg) -- The Ghana Cocoa Board plans to as much as double the amount of land under fertilizer use as it targets production of 1 million metric tons of the beans by 2012-13.
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The anchor for Florida State’s NCAA-best defense is 7-foot-1, 250-pound Solomon Alabi, a native of Nigeria who played his high school basketball at Montverde Academy near Orlando, Fla. Alabi, a redshirt sophomore, rejects 2.4 shots a game, one of the best in the nation on a team that averages 6.3 blocks a game, the 10th-best total. FSU holds opponents to 37.4 percent shooting ...
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