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Hijacked oil vessel released in Nigeria: military, operator (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:43:48 GMT
A Danish-registered vessel hijacked at the weekend with its 20-strong crew in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta was released late Monday, Nigerian military and the ship's operator said Tuesday.

Danish oil ship briefly seized off Nigeria (AP via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:02:27 GMT
A Danish shipping group says one of its vessels has been released after being hijacked for nearly 30 hours in Nigeria's southern oil region.

Nigeria: Albishir Vs. Ali - With a Democracy Like Ours (AllAfrica.com)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:56:25 GMT
Thursday, November 13, Leadership carried an unusual full page advert by the Force CID of the Nigeria Police declaring Senator Usman Albishir wanted. The following day Daily Trust followed suit. Subsequently the Sun carried the same advert more than once.

Nigeria: MTN Provides WAN Solution for CBN Branches (AllAfrica.com)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:56:15 GMT
The leading telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria, has signed an agreement for the provision of wide Area Network(WAN) solutions to support 21 Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) branches across the country.

Nigeria: Technical Education Vital to Vision 2020 -ITF Dg\G (AllAfrica.com)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:56:46 GMT
Nigeria may not achieve the Vision 2020 and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) if technical education is not improved and given adequate support, the Director General, Industrial Training Fund, Professor Longmass Wapmuk has said.

Nigeria: Faces of the New Ministers (AllAfrica.com)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:54:57 GMT
Prof. Dora Akunyili: She is Director-General of the National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administra-tion and Control (NAFDAC). Born on July 14, 1954, Akunyili holds a 1985 Ph.D. from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where she was Senior Lecturer before her appointment to NAFDAC.

Nigeria: Nuclear Security - Nigeria Joins League of 23 (AllAfrica.com)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:12:24 GMT
Nigeria has joined the league of 23 countries benefiting from the Global Threat Reduction Search Project developed by the United States Government to train nuclear regulatory agencies in the world to locate, identify and protect abandoned radioactive sources.

Nigeria: Federal Government Develops Framework for It Education (AllAfrica.com)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:11:22 GMT
The Federal Government has packaged a new document, the National Information Technology Education Framework (NITEF) for the structuring and regulation of the formal and non-formal educational institutions of Information Technology in Nigeria.

Nigeria: Why Degree No Longer Guarantees Automatic Job - Expert (AllAfrica.com)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:55:30 GMT
An expert in Human Resource Development has explained why having a degree no longer guarantees a good job in Nigeria, saying this is partly due to the high number of graduates currently produced and the quality of education offered which does not match the required skills in the industries.

Nigeria: The Country is Divinely Favoured in Oil, Gas' (AllAfrica.com)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:12:44 GMT
President, Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (IPAN), Mr Ganiyu Sanni, has described Nigeria as divinely favoured with abundant deposit of crude oil and gas, which account for over 90 per cent of her total export revenue and not less than 30 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product.

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