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NIGERIA: Slow increase in oil production may not last
Petroleum production rose to 2.29 million barrels per day (b/d) in May, up from 2.15 million b/d...
NigeriaNIGERIA: Unions unlikely to stop civil service reform
The Nigerian Labour Congress yesterday rejected government plans to eliminate some 33,000 public...
NigeriaINTERNATIONAL: Factors combine to drive oil price
Crude oil edged close to 76 dollars this morning after reports of explosions along two pipelines...
InternationalNIGERIA: Transcorp's swift rise prompts probe
The House of Representatives committee on capital markets will probe this month's 750 million...
NigeriaNIGERIA: Southeast violence reflects wider tensions
Clashes in the southeastern town of Onitsha occurred yesterday between regional rights activists...
NigeriaAFRICA: Bird flu carries serious economic consequences
Avian influenza, thought to have cost more than 10 billion dollars worldwide since the first...
AfricaNIGERIA: Cabinet shake-up overshadows blacklist repeal
The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force on Friday delisted Nigeria from its blacklist of...
NigeriaNIGERIA: Politics and business mix in Delta militancy
Two foreign oil workers were kidnapped in the Port Harcourt region of the Niger Delta on June 20....
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