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 Silent Revolution in Custom Service All Africa The appointment of Abdullahi Dikko as the comptroller-general of Nigeria Custom Service (NCS) has proved without any iota of doubt to be one of the best decisions ever taken by Umaru Yar'Adua administration. Dikko, the dexterous and punctilious compt...
Cocoa Producing States Decry FG's Attitude All Africa Cocoa producing states ,yesterday in Akure, Ondo State capital decried the Federal Government's attitude to the economy of the crop which accounted for larger percentage of the country's earning before the discovery of oil. | ...
Lukman - Deregulate Or Face Worse Fuel Crisis All Africa Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr Rilwan Lukman yesterday said the lingering shortage of petroleum products and the embarrassing queues at fuel stations across the country may worsen in the coming years if Nigeria failed to adopt the proposed dereg...
Reforming Shell? All Africa At last month's Oil & Gas Conference in Nigeria, outgoing Regional Executive Vice President, Shell Exploration and Production, Africa, Ann Pickard, forecast declining willingness to invest in Nigeria should Nigerian legislators insist on passing ...
Deregulation - FG Ready to Meet Labour's Conditions All Africa The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia, has said the Federal Government has accepted some of the conditions given by organised labour for the implementation of deregulation in the downstream petroleum sector. | ...
COPAL Tasks FG On Cocoa Production All Africa An appeal has gone to the Federal Government and other tiers of government in Nigeria to revamp the production of cocoa at a commercial quantity as it was before the discovery of petroleum by giving the necessary support to the cocoa farmers so that ...
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Nigerian acting president keeps full powers for now The Star | ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan will keep full executive powers for now, the presidency announced on Thursday, easing fears of a power struggle after ...
Korean Investors to Introduce Solar Energy for Housing All Africa Professor Samsung Lee, Head of Korean International Junior Science Olympiad, yesterday led a delegation of Korean investors on a courtesy call to the Minister of State for Works, H...
NNPC - FG May Push for Higher Opec Quota All Africa If the current relative peace in the Niger Delta is sustained and oil and gas installations remain free from militant attacks, the Federal Government may prevail on the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to increase Nigeria's crude ...
Cocoa grinders bet on Africa despite challenges The Guardian * Capacity utilisation down to one third at some plants * High bean prices, glut of cocoa butter hit margins * Evidence of demand pick-up cheers industry By Mark John DAKAR, March 10 (Reuters) - Industry moves to process more cocoa beans in Africa ar...
Pension Funds - Pencom Urged to Relax Guidelines On Investment All Africa The Association of Pension Funds of Nigeria (APFN) has called on the National Pension Commission (PenCom) to give due consideration to the review of guidelines on the investment of pension funds as the volume of contribution increases. | ...
Police Powerless Against Pipeline Vandals - Onovo All Africa Nigeria's 21 fuel depots remain empty shells while the police continue to wring their hands helplessly, citing poor logistics and inadequate manpower as reasons for their failure to rise up to the challenge of protecting the country's pipeline networ...
NNPC, Shell Apportion Blame as Power Supply Worsens All Africa Power supply in Nigeria is set to worsen in the weeks ahead as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) squabble over whose job it is to clear condensate sediments that are blocking gas supply ...
Korean Investors to Introduce Solar Energy for Housing All Africa Professor Samsung Lee, Head of Korean International Junior Science Olympiad, yesterday led a delegation of Korean investors on a courtesy call to the Minister of State for Works, Housing and Urban Development, Mrs. Grace Ekpwhire. | ...
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 while the victims were mainly from the Borom communi...
