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NIGERIA: President proposes curbs on 'blood oil'
President Umaru Yar'Adua yesterday proposed a system for registering and tracking oil shipments,...
NigeriaINTERNATIONAL: Private insurance may improve welfare
Most developing countries use publicly funded and managed healthcare systems -- either by...
InternationalNIGERIA: Court orders new Cross Rivers governor's poll
The Court of Appeal in Calabar yesterday annulled the election of Cross Rivers State Governor...
NigeriaNIGERIA/CHINA: China wins billion dollar road contract
China Harbour Engineering, one of China's biggest engineering and construction firms, which...
NigeriaNIGERIA: Gambari resigns from peace committee
Ibrahim Gambari, the UN special advisor selected last month to head a steering committee...
NigeriaNIGERIA: Government aims for power generation boost
President Umaru Yar'Adua is due this month to declare a long-awaited state of emergency in the...
NigeriaSOMALIA: Nigerian peacekeepers set to bolster AMISOM
Nigeria's military is preparing to send an initial deployment of one battalion (750-850 soldiers)...
SomaliaNIGERIA: MEND 'ceasefire' could see reduced violence
At least one faction of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) announced...
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