Nigeria

  • Sep 11, 2008
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NIGERIA: Yar'Adua risks position with cabinet changes

President Umaru Yar'Adua yesterday overhauled the structure of the cabinet, making changes to key...

Nigeria
  • Sep 8, 2008
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NIGERIA: Politics complicate SWF future

Nigeria's proposed sovereign wealth fund will be the sixth such fund in Africa. Although...

Nigeria
  • Sep 5, 2008
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NIGERIA: New Delta peace committee lacks lustre

The government today named a 40-member committee to pursue peace in the Niger Delta, in the first...

Nigeria
  • Sep 4, 2008
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NIGERIA/RUSSIA: NNPC reaches MoU with Gazprom

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday...

Nigeria
  • Sep 1, 2008
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NIGERIA: Government rejects Yar'Adua health rumours

The government denied yesterday speculation that President Umaru Yar'Adua was ill in Saudi...

Nigeria
  • Aug 28, 2008
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NIGERIA: Leadership deficit threatens reforms

The new president has not parlayed the momentum from the country's first civilian-to-civilian...

Nigeria
  • Aug 21, 2008
  • 1 min read

AFRICA: Ecobank will expand with record rights issue

Togo-based Ecobank announced yesterday that it would go ahead with a 2.5 billion dollar rights...

Africa
  • Aug 21, 2008
  • 1 min read

NIGERIA: Yar'Adua reshuffles top military brass

President Umaru Yar'Adua appointed a new chief of defence staff yesterday, along with new chiefs...

Nigeria