Nigeria arrests 45 illegal Chinese textile tradershttp://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-arrests-45-illegal-chinese-textile-traders-165748791.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAXSH_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-arrests-45-illegal-chinese-textile-traders-165748791.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAXSH_wgt.Wed, 23 May 2012 09:57:48 -0700
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria has arrested 45 Chinese illegal textiles traders in its main northern city of Kano and plans to deport them, the city's top immigration official said on Wednesday. Nigerian law forbids foreigners from certain trades meant to be reserved for locals, including selling clothes. "Our men arrested 45 Chinese, 11 of them are women. We carried out this exercise to salvage our ...
Nigeria holds rates on lower growth, oil outputhttp://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-central-bank-retains-12-pct-interest-rate-141850231--finance.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAXiH_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-central-bank-retains-12-pct-interest-rate-141850231--finance.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAXiH_wgt.Tue, 22 May 2012 11:02:26 -0700
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's central bank kept its policy rate on hold at 12 percent on Tuesday for the fourth time in a row, saying the worrying trend of slowing economic growth countered largely expected higher inflation. Central bank governor Lamido Sanusi said the bank was concerned about a slowdown in global economic activity and lower crude oil prices and domestic oil output, which meant ...
Nigeria vows to investigate massive fuel subsidy grafthttp://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-vows-investigate-massive-fuel-subsidy-graft-164652690.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAXyH_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-vows-investigate-massive-fuel-subsidy-graft-164652690.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAXyH_wgt.Tue, 22 May 2012 09:46:52 -0700
Nigeria's justice minister vowed Tuesday to probe those implicated in a parliamentary report detailing billions of dollars lost through a graft-ridden fuel subsidy programme, as the government faced pressure to act.
Nigeria says Shell, Chevron oil licenses renewed by Junehttp://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-says-shell-chevron-oil-licenses-renewed-june-132731612--finance.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAYCH_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-says-shell-chevron-oil-licenses-renewed-june-132731612--finance.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAYCH_wgt.Tue, 22 May 2012 06:58:59 -0700
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria expects to renew onshore oil licenses with U.S. firm Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell by June, its oil minister said on Tuesday, following Exxon Mobil's renewal in February worth trillions of dollars. Shell, the biggest operator in Nigeria, has onshore assets that can produce 1 million barrels of crude oil per day. It is partnered in these projects by Nigeria's state-oil ...
Nigeria beaten by Peru in Limahttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAYSH_wgt./SIG=1220jf6ie/EXP=1337891756/**http%3a//www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18192204http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAYSH_wgt./SIG=1220jf6ie/EXP=1337891756/**http%3a//www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18192204Thu, 24 May 2012 04:09:12 -0700
Nigeria lose 1-0 in Peru as the Super Eagles continue their preparations for next month's 2014 World Cup qualifiers.
Nigeria Lost $4.3 Million To Oil Theft Over Last 2 Years - Watchdoghttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAYiH_wgt./SIG=13vid5gb1/EXP=1337891756/**http%3a//www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/05/23/nigeria-lost-43-million-to-oil-theft-over-last-2-years-watchdog/http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAYiH_wgt./SIG=13vid5gb1/EXP=1337891756/**http%3a//www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/05/23/nigeria-lost-43-million-to-oil-theft-over-last-2-years-watchdog/Wed, 23 May 2012 06:45:00 -0700
Nigeria has lost $4.3 million over the last two years as a result of oil theft in the Niger Delta, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative said in a press statement published on its website last week.
Nigeria doesn't back US push on Boko Haramhttp://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-doesnt-back-us-push-boko-haram-144406335.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAYyH_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-doesnt-back-us-push-boko-haram-144406335.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAYyH_wgt.Wed, 23 May 2012 07:44:06 -0700
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - A U.S. Congress push to designate Nigerian militant group Boko Haram a "foreign terrorist organisation" would not help efforts to start dialogue and does not have Nigeria's backing, its defence minister said on Wednesday. Boko Haram, which wants an Islamic state in northern Nigeria, has been linked to 700 killings in Africa's most populous nation over the last 18 months ...
Nigeria doesn't back U.S. push on Boko Haramhttp://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-doesnt-back-u-push-boko-haram-143115272.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAZCH_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-doesnt-back-u-push-boko-haram-143115272.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAZCH_wgt.Wed, 23 May 2012 07:31:15 -0700
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - A Congress push to designate Nigerian militant group Boko Haram a "foreign terrorist organization" would not help efforts to start dialogue and does not have Nigeria's backing, its defense minister said on Wednesday. Boko Haram, which wants an Islamic state in northern Nigeria, has been linked to 700 killings in Africa's most populous nation over the last 18 months. Its ...
Nigeria bond yields fall after rates heldhttp://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-bond-yields-fall-rates-held-161847846--business.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAZSH_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-bond-yields-fall-rates-held-161847846--business.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CUsK75PSFsAZSH_wgt.Wed, 23 May 2012 09:18:47 -0700
LAGOS (Reuters) - Yields on Nigerian government bonds fell on Wednesday after the central bank held rates at 12 percent, with a boost to liquidity from maturing debts and oil revenues expected to push yields down further, dealers said. Nigeria's central bank left its benchmark interest rate on hold on Tuesday for the fourth time in a row at its by-monthly meeting, citing slowing economic growth ...