Nigeria

  • Jun 20, 2008
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NIGERIA: Excess Crude Account payout risks inflation

Nigeria will withdraw more than 10 billion dollars from its Excess Crude Account to finance power...

Nigeria
  • Jun 19, 2008
  • 1 min read

NIGERIA: Attack on off-shore oil field cuts production

Shell said today that its Bonga facility will be closed following an attack by militants,...

Nigeria
  • Jun 17, 2008
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NIGERIA: Rebels reject Niger Delta summit chair

A statement today from the rebel Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) rejected...

Nigeria
  • Jun 16, 2008
  • 1 min read

NIGERIA/GHANA: Globacom expands into Ghana

Nigeria's Globacom today won the bidding for Ghana's sixth mobile telecoms licence, facilitating...

Nigeria
  • Jun 12, 2008
  • 11 min read

AFRICA: International links key to corruption battle

Corruption is one of the most important problems facing Africa because it undermines economic...

Africa
  • Jun 5, 2008
  • 7 min read

NIGERIA: Niger Delta crisis dents oil outlook

President Umaru Yar'Adua said yesterday that Shell's operations in Oganiland in Rivers State...

Nigeria
  • Jun 4, 2008
  • 7 min read

AFRICA: New wave of telecoms privatisations underway

Privatisation, liberalisation and regulation have transformed the structure of telecoms markets...

Africa
  • May 30, 2008
  • 2 min read

NIGERIA: One year in, president faces same challenges

President Umaru Yar'Adua marked his first anniversary in power yesterday with a speech on a live...

Nigeria