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ECONOMY-NIGERIA: Twenty-Six Banks to Close Their Doors
Nigeria's government Monday made public the names of 12 merchant banks and 14 commercial banks that will be liquidated for failure to recapitalise by the end of last year.TRADE: Calling All Nigerians – Buy A Used Car Now!
Government budgets are usually no reason for celebration, but one week after the announcement of the 1998 budget for Nigeria, people have started to see some benefits.TRADE: Calling All Nigerians – Buy A Used Car Now!
Government budgets are usually no reason for celebration, but one week after the announcement of the 1998 budget for Nigeria, people have started to see some benefits.TRADE: Calling All Nigerians – Buy A Used Car Now!
Government budgets are usually no reason for celebration, but one week after the announcement of the 1998 budget for Nigeria, people have started to see some benefits.HEALTH-NIGERIA: Lagos Takes Action To Reduce Malaria Scourge
Local authorities in Lagos will soon intensify campaigns and programmes against malaria which kills more than 300,000 Nigerians every year.DEVELOPMENT-NIGERIA: Good News And Bad In The 1998 Budget
Nigeria's 1998 economic blueprint has been greeted with mixed feelings, especially from manufacturers who have urged the government to exercise caution in it plans to privatise petroleum refining companies.POLITICS-NIGERIA: Coup Plotters Tried Before Trial Begins
The Nigerian government's parade before the public of traditional rulers and public opinion leaders who have condemned those arrested last December for plotting a coup, may adversely affect their fate, lawyers and political analysts say.ECONOMY-NIGERIA: Some Good News and Bad in the 1998 Budget
Nigeria's 1998 economic blueprint has been greeted with mixed feelings, especially from manufacturers who have urged the government to exercise caution in it plans to privatise petroleum refining companies.NIGERIA-POLITICS: Smaller Parties Try to Limit the Damage
Leaders of four of Nigeria's five registered political parties have been meeting to discuss plans for an alliance, following a landslide victory by the fifth group at elections to state assemblies (parliaments).ENVIRONMENT-NIGERIA: El Nino Sets its Sights on Nigeria’s Farms
Nigerian farmers are worried that a climatic phenomenon blamed for floods in East Africa will keep the rains away from the western fringe of the continent, and adversely affect their yields.ENVIRONMENT: El Nino Sets its Sights on Nigeria’s Farms
Nigerian farmers are worried that a climatic phenomenon blamed for floods in East Africa will keep the rains away from the western fringe of the continent, and adversely affect their yields.NIGERIA-RIGHTS: Death in Jail Spurs Free-Detainees Calls
The death of Gen. Shehu Musa Yar'Adua while serving a jail term for an alleged coup plot has spurred calls for the release of Nigeria's political detainees and earned its government widespread condemnation.POLITICS-NIGERIA: Alleged Coup Plotter Dies in Prison
The death Tuesday of Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, a retired Nigeran army general jailed for allegedly plotting a coup, has put the spotlight on the continued detention of political prisoners in this West African nation.NIGERIA-POLITICS: Poll’s Result Confirms Main-party Trend
The result of Saturday's elections to the parliaments of Nigeria's 36 states has fuelled fears that the country might be headed for a situation where one party hogs political power at various levels.POLITICS-NIGERIA: Presidential Hopefuls Come out of the Closet
Not one of Nigeria's politicians said they would run for president at elections in 1998 until last week when Gen. Sani Abacha invited them to do so in a broadcast marking the fourth anniversary of his regime.ECONOMY-NIGERIA: Textile Sector Sinking Under Liberalisation
Nigerian industrialists and workers in the textile industry are lobbying the government ahead of the 1998 budget to revisit the import liberalisation policy which has put the textile industry in shambles.SPORTS: Nigeria Vies To Host The Under 20 World Soccer Games
Nigeria is bracing for the Under 20 World Football Championship in 1999, if the team inspecting sports facilities here recommends that the games be held in the West African country.POLITICS-NIGERIA: Abacha Dissolves Cabinet, Announces Amnesty
Nigerian military ruler General Sani Abacha Monday gave his administration a huge pat on the back, dissolved the Federal Executive Council, and announced that he may soon grant an amnesty to political prisoners.ECONOMY-WEST AFRICA: Monetary Union Back on Track?
By now, most people in the West African region have probably long forgotten the Economic Community of West African States' (ECOWAS) plans to introduce a common currency in the region.NIGERIA-DEVELOPMENT: Quelea Birds, Threat To Food Security
Millions of quelea birds are devastating farmlands in grain producing Sahelian States of Northern Nigeria.NIGERIA-POLITICS: Pro-Democracy Group Calls For Tougher Sanctions
Nigeria's pro-democracy groups have called on the Commonwealth to impose tougher and more comprehensive sanctions against the military regime of General Sani Abacha.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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