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In this image taken from TV showing the bodies of victims of inter-faith violence as a crowd gathers around, in the town of Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, about three miles (five kilometers) south of the city of Jos, Sunday March 7, 2010.
(photo: AP / NTA TV)
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...
A man walks past charred cars in Jos, Nigeria, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.
(photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
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...
Stock Market
** FILE ** An unidentified man walks past a Chinese trader in Lagos, Nigeria, in this Aug. 1, 2002 file photo. Business and political leaders in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday June 15, 2007, attending an annual conference meant to focus entrepreneurial attention on Africa hailed China' and India's' huge appetite for raw materials as a powerful driving force to move the African economy up a gea
(photo: AP / George Osodi)
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...
Economy
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki addresses pupils of the Jamhuri High school in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008 as he officially launched free secondary education for all Kenyan children.
(photo: (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) / )
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...



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