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Nigerian president slams "big man" mentality
Posted by on Jul 31, 2008, 16:33
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua said on Thursday the biggest problem in Africa's most populous nation was poor leadership and rounded on public servants who abused their positions of power to gain personal wealth.
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Indicting the opposition
Posted by Guardian on Mar 27, 2007, 13:43
Nigeria's 'war on corruption' seems to be turning into a political witch hunt.
Nigeria's 'war on corruption' seems to be turning into a political witch hunt.
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Nigerian court 'triumph' for VP
Posted by on Mar 9, 2007, 10:29
Nigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has claimed another victory in his continuing legal battle to be allowed to run for president in April's polls.
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Filipino hostage freed in Nigeria oil delta
Posted by Reuters on Mar 9, 2007, 10:03
ABUJA, March 9 (Reuters) - A Filipino oil contractor abducted on Feb. 6 in Nigeria's southern Niger Delta has been freed and handed over to his employers, police said on Friday.
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Nigeria reels from car bomb
Posted by Reuters on Apr 22, 2006, 08:31
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo faced growing pressure on Thursday with militants in the oil-producing south killing two people in a car bomb attack and thousands of opposition supporters rallying against him in the capital.
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Nigeria Establishes Three More Naval Bases in Niger Delta
Posted by on Jan 9, 2006, 19:03
Nigeria has established additional three naval formations in the oil-producing Niger Delta, apparently in a bid to effectively police the restive area, a Nigerian daily reported on Friday.
The naval units, identified as Forward Operational Base (FOB), were sited in Bonny in Rivers State, Forcados in Delta State, and Egueme in Bayelsa State, Flag Officer Commanding of the Eastern Naval Command Sunday Baje was quoted by The Punch daily as saying.
Obasanjo Evades 3rd Term Question
Posted by ThisDay on Dec 23, 2005, 10:36
Amid speculations that he intends to circumvent the 1999 Constitution to continue in office after 2007, President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday night evaded the question that would have put paid to the issue that is generating tension across the nation.
FG allocates 100 billion Naira for the Millennium Development Goals project
Posted by Vanguard - By Franklin Alli on Dec 22, 2005, 17:35
FOLLOWING calls by the Organised Private Sector that savings from the debt relief granted by the Paris Club be transmitted to Millenniums Development Goals (MDGs) project, the federal government has allocated N100 billion for the execution of various projects under the programme next year.
Fresh pipeline fire kills 5 in Edo
Posted by Vanguard - By Osaro Okhomina on Dec 22, 2005, 17:22
BENIN—A FRESH pipeline explosion, this time in Edo State, claimed five lives, yesterday, just 24 hours after a suspected terror gang blew up a Shell pipeline at Agba Okwan Asarama in the Andoni local government area of Rivers State and another pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) caught fire in Delta State.
Eight reported dead in Nigerian pipeline blast, Shell halts supplies
Posted by on Dec 22, 2005, 17:16
At least eight people have been reported to have died in an explosion that set ablaze a pipeline in the oilfields of southern Nigeria, as the Shell oil company said it was unable to make deliveries to customers.
Nigeria Grounds Boeing 737 Aircraft After Deadly Air Crashes
Posted by on Dec 19, 2005, 12:07
LAGOS, Dec. 18 -- Nigeria has grounded all Boeing 737- 100, 200 and 200C series aircraft which dominate Africa's most populous country's aviation industry after two deadly air crashes in two months, a government directive said.
According to the directive made available on Sunday, the presidential task force on verification of airworthiness set up earlier this week by the Nigerian government described the action as "precautionary measure."
Banned Boeing 737 aircraft still flying
Posted by Vanguard - By Kenneth Ehigiator on Dec 19, 2005, 11:40
LAGOS—TWENTY-FOUR hours after the Federal Government grounded Boeing 737-100, 200 and 200C series aircraft in the country, based on the US Federal Aviation
Residents accuse soldiers of burning rural delta town, killing 30
Posted by on Feb 24, 2005, 14:37
PortHarcourt: Residents in a rural town in the southern Niger Delta said government troops killed at least 30 people and torched houses during a raid carried out as part of investigations into an oil dispute between two local communities.
Nigerian Parliament to Review Laws on Oil Industry
Posted by AFX News Limited on Feb 17, 2005, 11:30
Nigerian lawmakers will launch a three day public hearing on Tuesday in the capital Abuja, to discuss how to amend the laws governing the oil industry in order to create more local jobs and boost government revenues, AFP reported.
Obasanjo cancels trip to Togo, threatens sanctions
Posted by on Feb 11, 2005, 03:54
LAGOS - Nigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo cancelled a crisis visit to Togo and warned of sanctions against its controversial new regime on Friday after Togolese authorities refused to allow a plane carrying his advance party to land, the Nigerian leader’s spokeswoman said.
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