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Oil Rises to Record $125 as Nigeria Unrest Draws Speculators - Bloomberg

The Southern Ledger

Oil Rises to Record $125 as Nigeria Unrest Draws Speculators
Bloomberg - 13 hours ago
By Grant Smith May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Oil rose to a record above $125, set for the biggest weekly gain since March last year, as concern violence in Nigeria ...
Oil at record $126; tin at new record too Reuters
Oil price rises over $125 mark Irish Times
Crude oil set to stay above US$120 Malaysia Star
Center For American Progress - AllAfrica.com
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Nigeria: Gas Flaring - 2008 Deadline Not Achieveable - Shell - AllAfrica.com

Calgary Herald

Nigeria: Gas Flaring - 2008 Deadline Not Achieveable - Shell
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 13 hours ago
The issue of gas flaring in Nigeria has been a subject of controversy between the government and the major oil companies operating in the country. ...
ANALYSIS-Despite price, future of Nigeria oil sector cloudy Reuters India
Nigerian official sees jobs as key to taming violence Houston Chronicle
Niger Delta Leader Faults Proposed Peace Summit Voice of America
Resource Investor - AllAfrica.com
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UPDATE 1-Three Chinese workers kidnapped in Nigeria - Reuters UK

UPDATE 1-Three Chinese workers kidnapped in Nigeria
Reuters UK, UK - 4 hours ago
By Ani Akpan CALABAR, Nigeria, May 9 (Reuters) - A Nigerian driver abducted three Chinese workers from a construction firm in the remote southeastern state ...
Three Chinese Workers Kidnapped in Nigeria Voice of America
China doing utmost to rescue three workers kidnapped in Nigeria Xinhua
Three Chinese workers kidnapped in Nigeria Africasia
Reuters - China Daily
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Nigeria's Peter to face Vitali but looking for Klitschko double - AFP

Turkish Press

Nigeria's Peter to face Vitali but looking for Klitschko double
AFP - 6 hours ago
NEW YORK (AFP) ? Nigerian fighter Samuel Peter will defend his World Boxing Council heavyweight title in October against Vitali Klitschko and he hopes to ...
Peter reaches deal to fight Vitali Klitschko USA Today
Klitschko to face Peter in comeback RTE.ie
Klitschko set for Peter showdown BBC Sport
Sky News - Bad Left Hook
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Something Has Got To Give - Forbes

Earthtimes (press release)

Something Has Got To Give
Forbes, NY - 4 hours ago
"With Nigeria, there is a lot of uncertainty," said MF Global's Meir. Rebel attacks in the country's oil-producing areas have threatened supplies and pushed ...
Oil Reaches Record Near $121 on Nigeria Attack, US Demand Bloomberg
Local oil prices inch towards Ksh 100 Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Oil Economics 101 Human Events
International Business Times - AFP
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Nigeria: Power Probe - I Have Not Received Any Invitation - Obasanjo - AllAfr...

Nigeria: Power Probe - I Have Not Received Any Invitation - Obasanjo
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 13 hours ago
But speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday, the personal assistant to the former president, Mr. Adeoba Ojekunle said his boss was yet to ...
Nigeria: Probes - FG'll Prosecute Culprits, Says Aondoakaa AllAfrica.com
Nigeria: Obasanjo Yet to Get Reps' Summons AllAfrica.com
Nigeria: Power Probe - At Last, House Summons Obasanjo, Atiku AllAfrica.com
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Mikel Obi - I Love Nigeria - Goal.com

Goal.com

Mikel Obi - I Love Nigeria
Goal.com, Switzerland - 6 hours ago
"I?ll like to let people know how I love Nigeria and how much I want to play for this country and how much it means to me whenever I put on the green and ...
Nigeria: Mikel - I Am Too Busy for Internationals AllAfrica.com
Beijing Olympics: Dream Team IV players kick against Mikel?s inclusion Nigerian Tribune
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Nigeria: Calls for Obasanjo's Trial Swell - AllAfrica.com

Voice of America

Nigeria: Calls for Obasanjo's Trial Swell
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 17 hours ago
He said, "Obasanjo's regime was the most corrupt regime in the history of Nigeria," adding, "Our country had never had it so good economically, ...
Nigerian President Under Pressure to Probe Predecessor Voice of America
Nigeria cabinet reverts to weekly session Afrique en ligne
Nigerian labour union urges president to broaden graft probe AFP
Nigerian Tribune - This Day (subscription)
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Nigeria: Two New Ambassadors Present Credentials - AllAfrica.com

Nigeria: Two New Ambassadors Present Credentials
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 6 hours ago
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has expressed satisfaction with the existing warm relations between Nigeria, Thai and Cote d'Ivoire, which he noted, ...


Nigeria Says Extra OPEC Meeting Not Needed at Present (Update1) - Bloomberg

Earthtimes (press release)

Nigeria Says Extra OPEC Meeting Not Needed at Present (Update1)
Bloomberg - 7 hours ago
``Given the broad consensus on the issue of adequate supply in the market since Nigeria's production is no longer significantly diminished as it was during ...
DJ Nigeria Would Back Pre-Sept OPEC Mtg If More Oil Needed - Min Trading Markets (press release)
Oil Prices Still Soaring, Hit Record: $126 A Barrel Voice of America
Extra OPEC Oil No Panacea For Record-High Crude Prices CattleNetwork.com
AllAfrica.com - Business Standard
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Oil Rises to Record Above $125 as Nigeria Cuts Curb U.S. Supply (Bloomberg.com)
Nigeria production , which fell to the lowest level in a decade in April, has been cut further this month by rebel assaults on Royal Dutch Shell Plc pipelines. OPEC said yesterday it doesn't need to increase supplies, even as its president warned prices may reach $200 a barrel.

Three Chinese workers kidnapped in Nigeria (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters (Recasts with Nigerian comment, previous BEIJING) By Ani Akpan CALABAR, Nigeria, May 9 (Reuters) - A Nigerian driver abducted three Chinese workers from a construction firm in the remote ...

Senegal joins Nigeria in dismissing biofuels food security risk (AFP via Yaho...
Senegalese experts said Thursday that biofuel production in Africa is not a threat to their country's food security, echoing a call for more jatropha tree production from Nigeria.

Nigeria: Two New Ambassadors Present Credentials (AllAfrica.com)
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has expressed satisfaction with the existing warm relations between Nigeria, Thai and Cote d'Ivoire, which he noted, were getting stronger.

Olympics course for sports journalists in Nigeria (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Lagos, May 9 (Xinhua) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in conjunction with the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) is to organise a high-level training course for sports journalists in Lagos. Tony Nezianya, NOC's Public Relations Officer, said that the course was to prepare the journalists for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games' coverage.

Nigeria: British Airways And Their Colonial Tendencies (1) (AllAfrica.com)
Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, a British university trained lawyer, held sway as Nigeria's aviation minister during the last phase of the immediate past administration of General Olusegun Obasanjo (rtd) and his reign was momentous.

Nigeria: Mismanagement - a Symbol of National Identity (AllAfrica.com)
Recently in Canada, my four ?year-old son asked one of the most realistic questions that a child of his age could ever ask: "Daddy, why is NEPA in Canada better than NEPA in Nigeria?"

Three Chinese workers kidnapped in Nigeria (Independent Online)
The Chinese embassy and consulate in Nigeria are exerting all possible efforts to come to the aid of the kidnapped workers.

Nigeria: Country Can Feed Her Citizens, Become World Food Exporter - Govt (Al...
Nigeria can ensure food security for its citizens and become a major player in world food export markets with the organised private sector playing a huge role in this regard, says the Minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Sayyadi Abba-Ruma at an emergency meeting of the NES #14 Agriculture & Food Security Policy Commission which held Tuesday, in Lagos.

Nigeria: GGESS and Nigeria - the Imperative of Getting It Right in the Niger-...
Nigeria and all of the Gulf of Guinea Societies are Poverty Endemic Societies (PES). PES are societies in which more than 5 percent are suffering from extreme poverty.

 

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Militants List Conditions for Niger Delta Summit
Militants in the Niger Delta say they would only participate in the proposed Niger Delta summit if the Federal Government promises to implement its outcome.

N300m Scam - Senate Rejects Iyabo's Report
THE Senate, yesterday, turned down the National Health Bill facilitated by the Federal Ministry of Health with funds from the N300 million unspent 2007 budget of the Ministry.

Ruling Party Offices Bombed in Bayelsa State
Less than 48 hours to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag off of the governorship campaign of Chief Timipre Sylva in the ordered re-run election in Bayelsa State, the state secretariat was in the early hours of yesterday attacked with explosives suspected to be dynamites.

More Calls to Try Obasanjo and Daughter for Corruption
Calls for the trial of former President Olusegun Obasanjo over alleged corrupt practices swelled across the nation yesterday as different rallies were organised in Abuja and Kaduna by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Coalition of Northern Nigeria Civil Society Organisations, calling on President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to prosecute Obasanjo and his daughter, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello.

Okah, Mend Leader, Appeals Court Ruling
The leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Mr Henry Okah, has appealed the ruling of the Federal High Court in Jos presided over by Justice Stephen Adah, declaring that the lower court's ruling was delivered against the weight of argument made before it.

Not Officially Invited, Says Obasanjo
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo said yesterday that he had not received any official invitation from the House of Representatives to appear before the committee on power, currently investigating the power sector.

Cassava Can Help
About three years ago, government called on farmers to cultivate cassava.

50,000 Tree Seedlings to Fight Desertification
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Africa Desertification Control Initiative (ADCI), has disclosed its preparedness to battle the menace of desertification in the country with a free distribution of 50,000 tree seedlings to individuals in the country.

Envoys Ask Govt to Address Security Problem
High Commissioners and Ambassadors in Nigeria have advised the Federal Government to address problems associated with youth restiveness in the Niger Delta, security and poor infrastructural facilities in the country.

Group Raises Alarm Over One-Party State Plot
Prominent stakeholders in the Nigeria project have raised alarm over secret but deliberate plans by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to turn the country into a one-party state.

Police Avert Bloody Clash
What would have resulted to a bloody political clash between members of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) was on Wednesday averted by the police in Ibadan.

Explosion Rocks Bayelsa PDP Secretariat
UNKNOWN people yesterday threw a dynamite into the Bayelsa State Secretariat of the PDP in Yenagoa just 48 hours ahead of the flag-off of campaigns for the re-run governorship election in the state.

Abraham Adesanya (1922-2008)
Senator Abraham Aderibigbe Adesanya who died the other day at the age of 85 years was truly remarkable. As an ethnic leader, he vigorously pursued, promoted and, to a recognizable degree, represented the collective yearnings and idiosyncrasies of his people - the Yoruba.

SSS Attempts Barring el-Rufai From Travelling
There was mild drama at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Intern-ational Airport, Abuja yesterday as attempts by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to stop the former minister of the territory, Mallam Nasiru el-Rufai, from boarding a London-bound flight failed.

Obasanjo Yet to Get Reps' Summons
IMMEDIATE past President Olusegun Obasanjo is yet to receive the House of Representatives Power Committee's letter inviting him to come and testify on Monday on the ongoing probe of the power sector between 1999 and 2007.

 
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