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Nigeria: Crude Theft - Petroleum Minister, Service Chiefs Meet in Lagos
AllAfrica.com
Although she declined to reveal other strategies to be put in place by parties to stem the tide, the minister said the task force, which comprises representatives of multinational oil companies, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and ...
Nigeria loses $7bn to oil thieves yearly, says DiezaniThe Nation Newspaper
Nigeria Lost Over $7bn To Oil Theft In 1yr – Alison-MaduekeLeadership Newspapers
FG loses $7billion to crude oil theftVanguard
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NJC vs. Salami: Nigerian justice system on trial
Vanguard
BY IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI Is President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in danger of further creating more muddle than there already is within the Nigerian judicial system with his delay in the reinstatement of Justice Isa Ayo Salami as recommended by the National ...
Why Salami Should Not Be ReinstatedAllAfrica.com
This Week in Nigeria: US Banks Freeze Nigerian Embassy AccountsThink Africa Press (blog)
Privatisation Of Governance And The Danger Of Bad FaithLeadership Newspapers

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Nigeria: FG Discovers 3000 Ghost Workers, Gets N207.5 Billion as April Allocation
AllAfrica.com
By Abdulwasiu Hassan, 18 May 2012 The Federal Government has discovered about 3400 ghost workers through the Integrated Payroll personnel Information System, IPIS, the minister of state for finance, Yerima Lawal Ngama, has said.



Asia to Boost Nigerian Crude Imports for June to 11-Month High
Bloomberg
Asian refiners will boost their daily imports of Nigerian crude in June to the highest level in at least 11 months, a survey of seven traders and an analysis of loading programs obtained by Bloomberg News showed. They bought 16 cargoes of Nigerian ...

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euronews

A Nigerian mass wedding to fight stigma of 'divorcee'
Christian Science Monitor
In a state better known for bombings, a mass wedding of 100 divorcees to confront traditional stigma of divorce in Nigerian society. By Ibrahim Garba, Correspondent / May 18, 2012 Kano has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons lately, ...
Nigeria mass wedding for divorcees denouncedeuronews
100 Nigerian Couples in Mass WeddingSudan Vision
Nigeria/Society: Widows and Divorcees in Mass Wedding Fiesta in KanoInternational Islamic News Agency
UPI.com
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Council on Foreign Relations (blog)

The State of Nigeria's Economy
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
by John Campbell Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks during a media briefing in Pretoria March 23, 2012. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Courtesy Reuters) In a recent Wall Street Journal interview, Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ...
Nigeria's crude oil sales declining daily -Okonjo-Iweala •Seeks speedy ...Nigerian Tribune
Okonjo-Iweala Seeks Speedy Approval For N1.8 TRN External Borrowing PlanNigerian Observer
'Nigeria is not broke' -NOIDaily Times Nigeria
Daily Sun -AllAfrica.com -Nigerian Bulletin
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The Republic

Total plugs Nigeria gas leak, no further well needed
Reuters
Total confirms leak stopped, seal nearly finished * Shell starts repair work on Nembe Trunkline LAGOS May 18 (Reuters) - French oil major Total has plugged a gas leak in southern Nigeria's Niger Delta region and no longer needs to drill an additional ...
Total To Abandon Nigerian Well After Stopping Gas Leak4-traders

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AFP

Nigerian security forces find bomb-making stock in raid
AFP
JOS, Nigeria — Security forces found weapons and bomb-making stocks during a house raid Saturday in the violence-plagued central Nigerian city of Jos, police said. "There was a bomb factory that was discovered in Rikkos," police spokesman Samuel Dabai ...

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RTT News

US mulls Nigeria's Boko Haram for terror watch list
Christian Science Monitor
The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has killed more than 1000 in a three-year insurgency, and may have ties with Al Qaeda. Will putting the group on a terror watch list help? By Scott Baldauf, Staff Writer / May 18, 2012 The US government is ...
US: Nigeria's Boko Haram on terror watch listAlaska Dispatch
US, Nigeria set for talks on Boko HaramThe Nation Newspaper
U.S. Mulls Designating Nigerian Islamist Sect As International Terror GroupRTT News
Chicago Tribune -Reuters
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Leadership Newspapers

Union Bank Nigeria Falls to Lowest in 3 Weeks: Lagos Mover
Bloomberg
Union Bank Nigeria Plc (UBN), one of eight lenders bailed out by the central bank three years ago, fell to the lowest in almost three weeks after the lender pulled its share sale. The stock slid 4.9 percent to 4.09 naira at the close in Lagos, ...
Naira Pares Worst Week in 5 Months on Bets CBN Selling DollarsBusinessWeek
Nigeria bond yields rise on inflation worriesThe Daily Star
Nigeria Naira Gains First Day in Two Weeks as Bank Sells DollarsBusiness Hallmark
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