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We Will Not Surrender to EaglesThe camp of the Eagles in Calabar is in high spirit, as all the players are enthusiastically hoping to have a good start in their campaign for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with the qualifier against Madagascar on Sunday. [ more ] |
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No Plan to Release Al-Mustapha, Lagos Govt SaysLagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Olasupo Sasore, has denied reported deals with the Presidency for the release of Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer to late General Sani Abacha and others who have been in detention over an alleged murder attempt on publisher of The Guardian Newspaper, Chief Alex Ibru. [ more ] |
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Arms' Trafficking Threatens Our PeaceThe recent arrest in Maiduguri of five men with deadly weapons bound for Plateau and Taraba states has raised fresh security concerns over the proliferation of illicit arms in this country. The State Security Service (SSS) said it arrested the suspects with rocket launchers, AK47 rifles and cash amounting to N4.8 million heading for the two states. The weapons were said to have been brought into the country from Cameroon. [ more ] |
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EFCC Targets Five Pro-Zoning GovernorsCrack agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission are expected to swoop down in Ilorin, Birnin Kebbi, Sokoto, Gombe and Dutse today to arrest top Finance and Local Government Ministry officials in a crackdown secretly ordered by the Presidency, top political sources told Daily Trust in Abuja yesterday. [ more ] |
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Shekarau, Sheriff Fight for ANPP's SoulThe subterranean battle for the soul of the ANPP between Governor Ibrahim Shekarau and his Borno State counterpart Ali Sheriff intensified yesterday with the suspension by the Ume-Ezeoke faction of six officials of the rival group which is believed to be instigated by the Kano state governor. [ more ] |
Nigeria To Allow Foreign Exchanges To Invest In NSENigeria To Allow Foreign Exchanges To Invest In NSE [ more ] |
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Nigeria's power industry reform needs more scrutinyNigeria's privatization plans for its power grid don't consider the role of the generator and diesel fuel industries, which may have an interest in holding up improvements. [ more ] |
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Nigeria Plans $1 Billion Wealth Fund to Spur GrowthNigeria?s government is targeting economic growth of 10 percent as it creates an oil-financed infrastructure fund, encourages foreign investment in the power industry and abolishes fuel subsidies that have drained the national purse, Finance Minister Olusegun Aganga said. [ more ] |
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Nigeria Receives Interest in Planned $500 Million Eurobond, Minister SaysNigeria has received interest from investors for a proposed $500 million Eurobond, which the government will sell in October or November, Finance Minister Olusegun Aganga said. [ more ] |
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Nigeria's Power Industry Receives Interest From Brazil, China and GermanyNigeria, Africa?s top oil producer, has received interest in its power industry from investors in China, Brazil and Germany, Finance Minister Olusegun Aganga said. [ more ] |
INTERVIEW-Undersea oil firm Sea Trucks eyes convertible, IPOSINGAPORE, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Sea Trucks Group, a Nigerian undersea engineering company, said it plans to raise up to $200 million in convertible bonds this month in London, setting the stage for a... [ more ] |
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Floods Worsen Misery for Hunger-Stricken - UNAlready stricken by a severe food crisis brought on by a prolonged drought, the people of Niger have now to contend with floods which have affected more than 200,000 people, the United Nations said on... [ more ] |
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Nigerian economy 'to grow by 10%'Nigeria's economy will hit double-digit growth by the end of 2011 or early 2012, the country's finance minister has told the BBC. Olusegun Aganga's prediction comes after the Nigerian ... [ more ] |
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Floods worsen misery for hunger-stricken Niger - UNAlready stricken by a severe food crisis brought on by a prolonged drought, the people of Niger have now to contend with floods which have affected more than 200,000 people, the United Nations reporte... [ more ] |
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Nigerian advance-fee scammer gets 12 yearsIDG News Service - A Nigerian man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for sending out fraudulent e-mails offering victims big bucks in exchange for moving cash to the United States. Okpako Mike D... [ more ] |
