Pentagon seeks billions of new dollars to battle terrorism, cyber threats in US and abroad KDVR WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is seeking billions in budget increases to target terror threats from abroad, especially Pakistan and Yemen, with boosts for surveillance and attack drones, special operations forces and a new military cyber command. | The focus is on regions that hav...
Oil edges higher in Europe on attacks on Nigerian pipeline, cold weather in US northeast Star Tribune | Oil prices rose above $73 a barrel Monday, driven by news of attacks on an oil pipeline in Nigeria and persistently cold weather in the U.S. northeast. | Prices were kept in check, however, by stalling stock markets in Europe and Asia and the continued strength of the U.S. dollar, which made crude...
IMB Piracy Reports and Implications for Nigerian Shipping All Africa The managing director of Genesis Worldwide Shipping, Emmanuel Iheanacho, is worried. His worry stems from the branding of Nigeria as a sea pirate-prone country, a situation, which has made business very difficult for ship owners. | ...
An Appeal to MEND All Africa LAST November, barely a month after the Federal Government rounded off its amnesty programme, complaints began about the programme. | ...
Oil inches up on geopolitics, dollar and cold The Guardian * Dollar weakens against basket of currencies * Cold expected in US heating fuel regions this week * Iran raises stakes in nuclear dispute (Recasts, updates prices, market activity) By Edward McAllister NEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Oil inched up on Mo...
Road Accident Claims 14 in Niger All Africa A fatal road accident which involved a trailer and a Peugeot J5 bus, yesterday claimed 14 lives along Gwada-Minna road. | ...
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India, Nigeria to strengthen relationship The Hindu | Special Correspondent | ECOWAS, FICCI | sign MoU | Pharma industry's role discussed | NEW DELHI: India and Nigeria have agreed to hold talks and forge relationship in the areas o...
Cabinet nod for ONGC Videsh investment in Nigerian venture The Hindu | Special Correspondent | ONGC-Mittal Energy plans | to spend | $389 million | NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Friday approved ONGC Videsh Limited's (OVL) proposal to invest $359 m...
Bajaj Auto will enter China, Brazil DNA India | Mumbai: Bajaj Auto, which saw a 27% year on year growth in exports in the third quarter, plans to tap the Chinese and Brazilian markets in 2-3 years. It may also consider setting...
Total Opens Creche For Working Mothers All Africa Nigeria's downstream market leader, Total, is injecting empathy in its business culture by addressing the concerns of mothers on its staff. | ...
Yar'Adua's Awol And Economy All Africa President Umaru Yar'Adua's absence without official leave (AWOL), now into its 78th day, for medical treatment at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is taking a huge toll on the nation's economy as well as grinding the ship of...
It's Bank Phbust for Chukwumah All Africa Controversies are still trailing the August 14 and October 2, 2009 decisions of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Lamido Sanusi, to reform and revitalise the Nigerian money market. Some of the decisions consequently led to the sack of so...
Oil edges higher in Europe on attacks on Nigerian pipeline, cold weather in US northeast Star Tribune | Oil prices rose above $73 a barrel Monday, driven by news of attacks on an oil pipeline in Nigeria and persistently cold weather in the U.S. northeast. | Prices were kept in check, however, by stalling stock markets in Europe and Asia and the continued strength of the U.S. dollar, which made crude more expensive for investors holding other curren...
Nigeria, UAE supplies put OPEC crude production on upbeat Business Day Online • Freight rates in crude oil tanker market increased by 12% | As non-Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil supply experienced a minor decline of 90 thousand barrels per day (tbd), and OPEC crude increased slightly, it is on record that the wake of the preliminary figures indicated that global oil supply remained steady last mon...
