Nigeria

  • Jul 20, 2006
  • 2 min read

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...

Nigeria
  • Jul 18, 2006
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NIGERIA: Unions unlikely to stop civil service reform

The Nigerian Labour Congress yesterday rejected government plans to eliminate some 33,000 public...

Nigeria
  • Jul 13, 2006
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INTERNATIONAL: Factors combine to drive oil price

Crude oil edged close to 76 dollars this morning after reports of explosions along two pipelines...

International
  • Jul 13, 2006
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NIGERIA: Transcorp's swift rise prompts probe

The House of Representatives committee on capital markets will probe this month's 750 million...

Nigeria
  • Jul 11, 2006
  • 1 min read

NIGERIA: Southeast violence reflects wider tensions

Clashes in the southeastern town of Onitsha occurred yesterday between regional rights activists...

Nigeria
  • Jul 5, 2006
  • 6 min read

AFRICA: Bird flu carries serious economic consequences

Avian influenza, thought to have cost more than 10 billion dollars worldwide since the first...

Africa
  • Jun 26, 2006
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NIGERIA: Cabinet shake-up overshadows blacklist repeal

The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force on Friday delisted Nigeria from its blacklist of...

Nigeria
  • Jun 22, 2006
  • 10 min read

NIGERIA: 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....

Nigeria