UPDATE 1-Africa's richest man plans to build refinery in Nigeria
Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to invest up to $8 billion to build a Nigerian oil refinery with a capacity of around 400,000 barrels a day by late 2016, the tycoon told Reuters on Tuesday,...
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In this photo taken, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 Nigerian billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote attends a global business environment meeting in Lagos, Nigeria.
View ArticleGE Gas Engines to Power New Anti-Malaria Equipment Plant in Nigeria
Clarke Energy to Supply Three of GE's Jenbacher J624 and One J612 Gas Engine to Nigerian Medical Equipment Maker IMIL ABUJA, NIGERIA-April, 16 2013-Highlighting the growing demand for distributed power...
View ArticleNigeria reporters face criminal charges for story
... of the oil-rich nation's subsidized gasoline - an issue that sparked a nationwide strike last year. Officials with Nigeria's presidency later described the purported memo as a forgery and "cheap...
View ArticleAnxiety as Jonathan, service chiefs meet over insecurity
... comments. Instead, they all walked towards their waiting cars and drove off. Meanwhile, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has faulted comments credited to Ja'amatu Nasril Islam (JNI),...
View ArticleHow to rebuild Nigeria, by govs, Onaiyekan
... Bishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, said that in spite of the numerous challenges confronting the country, Nigeria was not a failed state and that there was great possibility it could avoid...
View ArticleNigerian journalists charged over president story
... a political reporter, did not answer the charges, they said, because Amokeodo had not been able to see the charges. Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, has a relatively free press by the...
View ArticleRape: Zonta tackles stigmatisation
... ng the countries involved are Senegal, Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Burkina Fasso, Benin Republic and Nigeria. At the event were Dr. Sade Ajasin, President, Zonta Club of Ibadan; Mrs....
View ArticleNIGCOMSAT facilities, good for nation-building - CT Perm Sec
The new Permanent Secretary to the Communications Technology Ministry, Dr Henry Akpan last week, regretted why government has not properly harnessed facilities at the Nigeria Communications Satellite...
View Article2015: Groups ask northern govs to save careers
... with religion. This is a man who could not manage a simple dispute with an official of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, leading to prolonged labour crises. It is only in this country...
View Article21st century belongs to African women - Cherie Blair
... and Venture capital told the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, who hosted her to a lunch at the State House that Nigeria has continued to make progress since her first visit to the country....
View ArticleCommuters stranded as bus drivers, task force clash
TRAVELLERS passing through Awka, Anambra State, had an ugly experience yesterday as members of the state task force on the registration and branding of commercial vehicles clashed at the popular Aroma...
View ArticleBoko Haram Recruitment Strategies
BAUCHI, Nigeria Members of an local Islamic group lie on the ground at a police station after their arrest in the northeastern city of Bauchi, July 25, 2009.
View ArticleTop court limits reach of US justice with torture case
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the US justice system does not have the jurisdiction to determine whether oil giant Shell was complicit in acts of torture by the Nigerian government.
View ArticleGunmen kill one, injure ex-dep gov's son in Borno
... declaring open a training workshop for Police Public Relations Officers PPROs at Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Moreover, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the South East zone yesterday rose from...
View ArticleConcerns over red meat link to cancer, heart disease
... in moderation, not roasted or fried as in suya, isi-ewu, nkwobi, kilishi. According to the Nutrition Society of Nigeria (NSN) and the Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN), red meat is a valuable...
View ArticleJonathan raises amnesty panel on Boko Haram crisis
... to stem the tide of the worrisome spread of small arms and light weapons, and their use in creating instability in Nigeria and other developing countries. While briefing State House correspondents...
View ArticleACN wants Jonathan's visit to Lagos rescheduled over convention
ACTION Congress of Nigeria Wednesday expressed worry over the planned visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to Lagos Thursday which coincides with the holding of the party's national convention in the...
View ArticleLet's stop Nigerian scams once and for good
... Philippines and need you to wire money") had an IP address in a "Received" header that pointed squarely at Lagos, Nigeria. The modus operandi of these scammers is well understood. They erased my...
View ArticleShell shuts down Nigeria oil pipeline over thefts
... the day Shell announced record profits, on January 31, 2008 in London, England. (Cate Gillon, Getty Images) LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has shut down a major pipeline in...
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