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Mardi to help Nigeria with padi know-how
The Star
| THE Malaysia Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) has offered to provide technical assistance in padi-planting to Nigeria. | According to Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed, the technical assistance is to help the republic to grow its own padi twi...
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Shell declares force majeure after Nigeria attack
The Guardian
(Adds force majeure declared) LAGOS, July 29 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell declared force majeure on Tuesday on its Nigerian Bonny Light crude oil exports for July to September following an attack by militants on an oil trunk pipeline in the Niger Delta on Monday. SPDC, the joint venture under which...
Mardi to help Nigeria with padi know-how
The Star
| THE Malaysia Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) has offered to provide technical assistance in padi-planting to Nigeria. | According to Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed, the technical assistanc...
Nigeria Set to Produce Structural Steel
All Africa
Structural steel is to be produced for the first time in Nigeria soon, feelers from the steel industry have indicated. | ...
Shell profits up despite new Nigeria attack
The Times
| Royal Dutch Shell is losing 40,000 barrels every day of Nigerian oil after militants destroyed a pipeline this week, the company's chief executive said yesterday. | Speaking as the group unveiled a 5per cent rise in second quarter profits yesterday...
Agbami Field Kicks Off Production Offshore Nigeria
Rig Zone
| Chevron Corporation has announced that its Nigerian affiliate, Star Deep Water Petroleum Ltd., has commenced crude oil production from the Agbami field, located offshore Nigeria. | First oil from the Agbami Field was achieved on July 29, 2008, from...
Shell reduces production in Nigeria
Al Jazeera
| Royal Dutch Shell has said it will suspend some crude oil deliveries after fighters sabotaged one of its pipelines in the Nembe Creek Trunk, sending oil prices rising above $126 a barrel. | The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend...
Oil rises as rebels target pipelines in Nigeria
CNN
Oil rises on sabotage in Nigeria | Crude prices top $125 a barrel as militants attack a Royal Dutch Shell pipeline. | #yahooBuzzBadge-form{text-transform:uppercase;} #shareMenu{display:none;} | | | RSS Subscribe to Markets feed://rss.cnn.com/rss/mone...
Stakeholders Want Local Content in Telecoms Industry
All Africa
Indigenous contractors in the telecommunications sector have urged the telecoms regulator Nigerian Communications Commission and the lawmakers to promote local content in order to create more jobs in the sector. | ...
Niger Govt Earmarks N2 Billion for Industrial Development
All Africa
Niger State government, in collaboration with the Bank of Industry, has earmarked the sum of N2 billion for the industrial development of the state. The state governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu disclosed this in Minna yesterday at a training workshop for ...
Nigerian gangs clash in oil hub
News24
| Port Harcourt - Rival gangs clashed in Nigeria's southern oil industry hub, leaving at least one dead and more than a dozen others injured, police and aid group officials said on Saturday. | Police confirmed the overnight gunbattle in the city of P...
Shell profits up despite new Nigeria attack
The Times
| Royal Dutch Shell is losing 40,000 barrels every day of Nigerian oil after militants destroyed a pipeline this week, the company's chief executive said yesterday. | Speaking as the group unveiled a 5per cent rise in second quarter profits yesterday...
Agbami Field Kicks Off Production Offshore Nigeria
Rig Zone
| Chevron Corporation has announced that its Nigerian affiliate, Star Deep Water Petroleum Ltd., has commenced crude oil production from the Agbami field, located offshore Nigeria. | First oil from the Agbami Field was achieved on July 29, 2008, from...
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Ecobank Drums Support for Cocoa Processors
All Africa
Ecobank Nigeria has commended FTN Cocoa Processors Plc for getting its shares listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), saying this is the only way the country would move from the path of exporting raw materials to the exportation of processed and finished products. | ...
Economy
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Virgin profits fly high on premium sales
NZ Herald
| LONDON - Virgin Atlantic Airways, the privately owned British airline controlled by billionaire Richard Branson, said yesterday that a record number of business travellers sent profits skyrocketing more than sevenfold. | The company said that net profit for the year ending February 29 was £47.7 million ($125.3 million), up from £6.6 m...



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