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Nigeria ready to release $2 bln for power, aviation
Category: Business. Location: Nigeria. Source: Reuters Posted by Justin Mensah on Wed, 25th Aug 2010.
Nigeria's central bank said on Wednesday it was ready to release 300 billion naira from a fund set aside to stimulate credit to the domestic power sector and the troubled airline industry....read more »
Powerful ex-gang leader shot in Nigerian oil hub
Category: General. Location: Nigeria. Source: Reuters Posted by Justin Mensah on Wed, 25th Aug 2010.
A powerful former Nigerian gang leader accused of helping to rig elections in the oil-producing Niger Delta was shot late on Tuesday, raising fears of retaliation in the volatile region....read more »
Nigeria: Feared gang leader believed dead, again
Category: Business. Location: Nigeria. Source: Associated Press Posted by Justin Mensah on Wed, 25th Aug 2010.
Police believe unknown gunmen killed a Nigerian gang leader accused of helping rig the 2007 election in the nation's oil-rich and violence-wracked southern delta, authorities said Wednesday, though officers have yet to find his body....read more »
Shell shuts plant in Nigeria after protest
Shell has shut down an oil facility in southern Nigeria due to protests by a group of local women, a company spokesman said Wednesday, after a similar demonstration targeted a Chevron pipeline....read more »
Central Bank sets up fund for Nigeria power, air sectors
Nigeria's Central Bank on Tuesday said it has set up a 300 billion naira (1.6 billion euro, 2.0 billion dollar) fund to assist private investments in the power and aviation sectors.
"The purpose of the fund is to help sustain private sector investment in the two sectors," the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said in a statement....read more »
"The purpose of the fund is to help sustain private sector investment in the two sectors," the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said in a statement....read more »
Cholera death toll in Nigeria rises to 283
The death toll from cholera and a related disease in northern Nigerian has risen to 283 from 231 within a week, according to various official figures.
The figure of those infected by cholera in the past two weeks has also risen above 5,000 from the earlier 4,600 figure announced last week, according to officials....read more »
The figure of those infected by cholera in the past two weeks has also risen above 5,000 from the earlier 4,600 figure announced last week, according to officials....read more »
Nigerian leader may run for president -- unless he does not
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's office wanted to make one thing clear about his potential candidacy in upcoming elections -- but they may have succeeded in clarifying nothing at all....read more »
Nigerian airlines approved for direct US flights: officials
The United States has granted Nigerian airlines permission for direct US flights, officials said Monday, less than a year after a Nigerian allegedly tried to blow up a Detroit-bound plane....read more »
Gunmen in Nigeria abduct 10-year-old son of politician
Gunmen have abducted the 10-year-old son of a Nigerian politician planning to run for a seat in upcoming National Assembly elections, a government spokesman said on Monday....read more »
Nigeria tailor-makes a yam-packed Sesame Street
Category: Entertainment. Location: Nigeria. Source: Associated Press Posted by Justin Mensah on Mon, 23rd Aug 2010.
It looks a lot like "Sesame Street," only that's no Cookie Monster.
"What is so exciting about yams? Everything!" Zobi, a taxi-driving muppet, shouts in a Nigerian lilt to anyone who will listen. "I can fry the yam. I can toast it. I can boil it. I love yams!"...read more »
"What is so exciting about yams? Everything!" Zobi, a taxi-driving muppet, shouts in a Nigerian lilt to anyone who will listen. "I can fry the yam. I can toast it. I can boil it. I love yams!"...read more »
Nigeria seeks bidders for power distribution firms
Category: Business. Location: Nigeria. Source: Reuters Posted by Justin Mensah on Mon, 23rd Aug 2010.
Nigeria is seeking bidders for 11 electricity distribution firms in deals that could unlock billions of dollars of foreign investment and help end chronic power shortages, the privatisation agency said on Monday....read more »
Elections into football federation postponed-Nigeria
Elections into the executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have been put off till Thursday.
The elections were initially scheduled for Saturday, but were postponed following unresolved complaints raised by some candidates....read more »
The elections were initially scheduled for Saturday, but were postponed following unresolved complaints raised by some candidates....read more »
Report: Bribes fuel corruption in Nigeria police
Nigeria's federal police officers use illegal arrests and torture to demand bribes from the innocent, sometimes killing people over as little as 13 cents, according to a report released Tuesday by an international human rights group....read more »
Cholera kills 87 in Nigeria: official
A cholera outbreak in Nigeria has killed 87 people during the past month while 1,315 others have been infected, official figures showed Monday.
The outbreak in the northern states of Bauchi and Borno was believed to be because of poor sanitation and the contamination of wells, while Nigeria's rainy season often sees a surge in cholera cases....read more »
The outbreak in the northern states of Bauchi and Borno was believed to be because of poor sanitation and the contamination of wells, while Nigeria's rainy season often sees a surge in cholera cases....read more »
Ex-military ruler to run for president in Nigeria
Nigerian ex-military ruler Ibrahim Babangida will run for president in upcoming elections, nearly two decades after he controversially overturned a ballot viewed as fair, a statement said Monday....read more »