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Gunmen hijack supply vessel in Nigeria, seek ransom - Reuters

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Gunmen hijack supply vessel in Nigeria, seek ransom
Reuters - 5 hours ago
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, May 14 (Reuters) - Gunmen in Nigeria's Niger Delta have hijacked a supply ship working for US oil major Chevron (CVX. ...
Gunmen kidnap foreign oil workers in Nigeria AFP
Military: Gunmen in Nigeria oil region hijack boat The Associated Press
Oil ship hijacked in Niger Delta BBC News
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Nigeria: Probe Panel - We're Satisfied With Obasanjo's Response - AllAfrica.c...

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Nigeria: Probe Panel - We're Satisfied With Obasanjo's Response
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 9 hours ago
People should know that Section 88 and 89 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria empower us to do what we are doing now. ...
Nigeria: Obasanjo fails to appear before investigative committee Afika
Nigeria: N'assembly to Streamline Invitations AllAfrica.com
Nigeria: House Changes Gear on Obasanjo's Invitation AllAfrica.com
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Nigeria Plans `Action' to Keep Inflation Under 10%, Usman Says - Bloomberg

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Nigeria Plans `Action' to Keep Inflation Under 10%, Usman Says
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
By Nasreen Seria May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria's central bank will take ``whatever action'' it needs to keep inflation below 10 percent this year, ...
Nigeria: Niger Delta Crisis - Blame the Federal Government ... AllAfrica.com
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Nigeria: Govt Targets 10 Million Jobs By 2011 - AllAfrica.com

Nigeria: Govt Targets 10 Million Jobs By 2011
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 11 hours ago
He stated that meeting the two targets was mandatory if Nigeria was to achieve her vision of being one of the top 20 economies by the Year 2020, ...
Citizens ahoy! Vanguard
Nigeria: Disregard Rumours On Yar'Adua, Dabai Tells Citizens AllAfrica.com
Africa: Continent Made $24.3bn From Tourism in 2007 - Yar'Adua AllAfrica.com
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Nigeria: UBA - Repositioning for Global Leadership - AllAfrica.com

Nigeria: UBA - Repositioning for Global Leadership
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 9 hours ago
The six Strategic Business Groups have responsibility for customer interface and business development and include: UBA Plc Nigeria-South, UBA Plc Nigeria ...
UBA unveils micro-finance bank Nigerian Tribune
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Nigeria: Serving the Unbanked Banking Interests With Moneybox ... AllAfrica.com
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Nigeria: NFA/NSC - Minister Calls for NFA/NSC - Minister Calls for ... - AllA...

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Nigeria: NFA/NSC - Minister Calls for NFA/NSC - Minister Calls for ...
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 5 hours ago
Sports Minister, Abdul rahaman Gimba is determined to make sweeping changes in the Nigeria Football Association and possibly the sports ministry. ...
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Nigeria: House Asks Gimba to Resign as Sports Minister AllAfrica.com
Nigeria: Lawmakers Declare NSC Illegal - Want Minister, Adamu to ... AllAfrica.com
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Nigeria: Steel Sector - FG May Sack Non-Performing Firms - AllAfrica.com

Nigeria: Steel Sector - FG May Sack Non-Performing Firms
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 4 hours ago
... he said: "Any private investor who is not willing or does not have the capacity to operate in the privatized Nigeria 's Aluminum and Steel Sector and ...
FG assures Swiss investors of support Nigerian Tribune
Nigeria: FG Takes Power Sector Investment Drive to China AllAfrica.com
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Nigeria: IGI Sues FG Over NICON - AllAfrica.com

Nigeria: IGI Sues FG Over NICON
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 5 hours ago
A copy of the court processes was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja yesterday. According to the plaintiff, Section 1 of the 1999 ...


Nigeria: Bears Deflate NSE Index, Capitalisation By 0.1 Percent - AllAfrica.com

Nigeria: Bears Deflate NSE Index, Capitalisation By 0.1 Percent
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 5 hours ago
Other share price losers include: G. Cappa Plc N1.63, First Bank Nigeria Plc N1.57, Northern Nigeria Flour Mills Plc N1.42, Dangote Flour Mills Plc N0.96, ...


Nigeria: FIFA Reschedules Inspection Visit to Nigeria - AllAfrica.com

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Nigeria: FIFA Reschedules Inspection Visit to Nigeria
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 5 hours ago
FIFA executive director of communications, Jim Brown disclosed this in a letter to the Nigeria 2009 Local Organizing Committee that the visit can no longer ...
FIFA postpones visit to Nigeria Nigerian Tribune
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Military: Gunmen in Nigeria oil region hijack boat (AP via Yahoo! News)
Unidentified gunmen in Nigeria's restive south have hijacked an oil-services vessel carrying 11 crew members, the military said Wednesday.

Gunmen hijack supply vessel in Nigeria (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria - Gunmen in Nigeria's Niger Delta hijacked a supply ship working for U.S. oil major Chevron and are demanding a ransom for the release of the vessel and its crew, the army said on Wednesday.

Gunmen in Nigeria Oil Region Hijack Boat (ABC News)
Military: Gunmen in Nigeria's oil region hijack boat with 11 crew onboard

Nigeria United Bank Of Africa Unveils Microfinance Bank (Nasdaq)
IBADAN, Nigeria -(Dow Jones)- The United Bank of Africa PLC, or UBA, one of Nigeria's main financial institutions, is to operate a microfinance banking outfit with a capital base of 3 billion naira ($25.4 million), Tony Elumelu, UBA managing director said Wednesday.

Military: Gunmen in Nigeria oil region hijack boat (San Francisco Chronicle)
Unidentified gunmen in Nigeria's restive south have hijacked an oil-services vessel carrying 11 crew members, the military said Wednesday. The hijackers are demanding about $250,000 for the release of the boat and the crew, including one Portuguese and one...

Nigeria: Caution on New Electricity Tariff (AllAfrica.com)
One of the most worrisome plagues confronting the nation is unarguably the issue of stable electricity supply. The magnitude of the problem is such that it seems to hold the sole key to Nigeria's economic leap.

Nigeria: Women Academics Demand Equality in Education Management (AllAfrica.com)
The under representation of women in the management of higher educational institutions in Nigeria was the focus of a round table organised by Accessure Educational, an advocacy group on education, in conjunction with the Goethe-Institut Lagos, recently.

Gunmen hijack oil supply vessel in Nigeria (SABC News)
Gunmen in Nigeria's Niger Delta have hijacked a supply ship working for US oil major Chevron and are demanding a ransom for the release of the vessel and its crew, a military spokesperson said today.

Nigeria: Ecobank Commends Lagos State On Transport Confab (AllAfrica.com)
Ecobank has commend ed the Lagos State Government for organizing Nigeria 's first ever National Conference on Public Transportation.

Nigeria: ICAN Inducts 1,511 New Members (AllAfrica.com)
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), the umbrella body of accounting practitioners in the country has admitted 1,511 fresh members into its fold. This brings the membership of the institute to 24.935.

 

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Senate Insists On Probing Past Govt
THE Senate, yesterday, pledged to continue with its probe of some selected agencies of the Federal Government, saying such probes would make members of the executive arm accountable for their own actions in future.

Senate Hands Off Iyabo
The Senate yesterday washed its hands off Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello and drew her attention to the risk of losing her seat in the upper legislative chamber if she continued to be absent from plenary sessions.

House of Reps Satisfied With Obasanjo's Response
Despite the controversy over the invitation of former president Olusegun Obasanjo and his former deputy, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the House of Representatives Committee probing the contracts in the power sector has said it is satisfied with the responses of Obasanjo and Atiku to its summons.

Yar'Adua Yet to Get Report On Missing Aircraft
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua is yet to get the report of the investigative panel set up to probe the missing aircraft saga, THISDAY has learnt.

Yar'Adua Not Different From Obasanjo
Former governor of Sokoto State and presidential candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) in the April 21, 2007 presidenital election, Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, yesterday said President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua is proving not to be different from his predecessor in office, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.

N49.3m Fraud - Ex-Trade Bank MD Clears Jimoh Ibrahim
Former managing director of the defunct Trade Bank, Mr. Tunji Adeniyi, has exonerated the chairman of Global Fleet, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, from any wrong-doing in the payment of N49.3 million to him by the then management, saying he followed due process in releasing the funds.

NAFDAC Bans 30 Agrochemical Products
THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has banned the sale and supply of 30 different agrochemical products in the country.

Assets Declaration - How Public Officials Try to Beat Arrest - ICPC
CHAIRMAN of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Emmanuel Ayoola, says some public officials now engage in anticipatory declaration of assets to escape arrest for corruption when they leave office.

Court Threatens to Revoke Order On Iyabo's Arraignment
AN Abuja High Court yesterday threatened to revoke its order stopping the arraignment of Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello in connection with the N300 million scam at the Federal Ministry of Health if she further delayed the adoption of written arguments on the competence of the charge preferred against her by the EFCC.

Rivers New CP Deploys
TO effectively tackle the rising crime situation in Rivers State the new Police Commissioner in the state, Mr. Hassan Bala said a police anti terrorist squad had been deployed to the state.

Environment - As Senate Considers Climate Bill
The Committee on Environment and Ecology of the Senate will tomorrow open a debate on a bill for an act to establish a National Climate Commission; in a public hearing scheduled to hold at the National Assembly.

The Nnamani Example
There are great lessons to learn from the rising profile of former Senate President Ken Nnamani. The rise has been steady since he left office a year ago. His profile is a profound testimony to the fact that amid the cloud that often envelopes the perennial discussion of the leadership question, a silver lining comes up, once in a while, on the horizon.

Food Poison - Nafdac Laboratory Test Result Out
Laboratory result of the poisonous beans eaten by students of Government Girls Secondary School, Doma, Gombe State, is out.

UBEC Cautions States Against Collapse of Education
State governments and various State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEB), have been warned of the dangers in allowing education to collapse in the country.

Women Academics Demand Equality in Education Management
The under representation of women in the management of higher educational institutions in Nigeria was the focus of a round table organised by Accessure Educational, an advocacy group on education, in conjunction with the Goethe-Institut Lagos, recently. Uchechukwu Nnaike reports

 
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