Ethnic Violence in Nigeria Kills 500, Officials Say The New York Times | DAKAR, Senegal — Officials and human rights groups in Nigeria said Monday that about 500 people had died in weekend ethnic violence near the central city of Jos, considerably more than what had initially been reported. | A government spokesman said Sunday that the dead numbered more than 300...
Hundreds killed in Nigeria attack Al Jazeera | Nigeria's acting president has ordered security forces to hunt down those behind an attack near the central city of Jos that left more than 300 people dead. | Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege, reporting from the capital Abuja, quoted police as saying that the attackers were Muslim Hausa-Fulani herders wh...
Ethnic Violence in Nigeria Kills 500, Officials Say The New York Times | DAKAR, Senegal — Officials and human rights groups in Nigeria said Monday that about 500 people had died in weekend ethnic violence near the central city of Jos, considerably more than what had initially been reported. | A government spokesma...
Hundreds killed in Nigeria attack Al Jazeera | Nigeria's acting president has ordered security forces to hunt down those behind an attack near the central city of Jos that left more than 300 people dead. | Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege, reporting from the capital Abuja, quoted police as saying that...
"The Unites States and Nigeria in 2010: A Time for Friendship, Partnership, and Renewal" Business Day Online I appreciate the opportunity to address this august gathering at the Petroleum Club, still early in this New Year. 2010 promises to be an important and special time to Nigeria and the entire African continent. In October, Nigeria turns 50. | The half...
Nigeria: Explosives Damage Oil Station The New York Times | Planted explosives damaged a Royal Dutch Shell oil station in the Niger Delta, a company spokesman said Wednesday. It was the latest attack in a region that had been for a brief time brought under control by a government amnesty program. A previous...
Shell reports attack on Nigeria oil flow station Seattle Times LAGOS, Nigeria - | Planted explosives damaged a Royal Dutch Shell PLC oil flow station in the Niger Delta, a company spokesman said Wednesday, marking the latest attack in a region supposedly brought under control by a government amnesty program. | A...
Shell reports attack on Nigeria oil flow station The Guardian | JON GAMBRELL | Associated Press Writer= LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Planted explosives damaged a Royal Dutch Shell PLC oil flow station in the Niger Delta, a company spokesman said Wednesday, marking the latest attack in a region supposedly brought und...
"The Unites States and Nigeria in 2010: A Time for Friendship, Partnership, and Renewal" Business Day Online I appreciate the opportunity to address this august gathering at the Petroleum Club, still early in this New Year. 2010 promises to be an important and special time to Nigeria and the entire African continent. In October, Nigeria turns 50. | The half...
More Manufacturing Companies Close Shop This Day The Manufacturing Association of Nigeria [MAN] has raised an alarm that a frightening trend in the de–industrialisation of Nigeria is in process at an alarming pace a...
China defends growing links with Africa Business Report | China rejected foreign concerns over its growing energy links with Africa on Sunday, saying it benefits African nations by bringing badly needed trade and infrastructure development. | "I have noticed that in the international community there are s...
Community Leader Lauds Delta Industrial Park Project All Africa Chief Mike Ikpuri, a community chief in Delta, says the state's industrial park project is capable of generating millions of naira annually for the government. | ...
Oil exporters angle for bigger cut CNN March 5, 2010: 3:55 AM ET | NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Two of the world's oil-rich countries may make it harder for oil companies to do business with them. | Both Brazil and Nigeria currently offer fairly good contract terms to international oil gian...
Nigeria’s Total Debt Now $26bn This Day Nigeria’s total debt stock amounted to $26 billion (about N3.812 trillion) as at the end of 2009. | The data, which was made available yesterday by the Debt Management Office represents the stock of $3.9billion in external debt and N3.23 trillion ($21.79 billion) owed local contractors and creditors. The local debt represents 84.7 percent of the to...
Kibaki urges Kenyans to venture into the EAC Common Market Kenya Broadcasting Corp Written By:PPS , Posted: Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | President Mwai Kibaki has challenged Kenyan investors to take advantage of the expanded East African Community (EAC) common market to increase their investments and make penetration. | President Kibaki expressed the government's commitment to the implementation of the E.A.C Comm...
