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- Yakubu to captain Nigeria against S.Africa
- LAGOS AFP — English Premiership outfit Everton striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni will captain Nigeria against South Africa in this weekend's 2010 World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifier in Port Elizabeth, officials disclosed on Wednesday. "In the absence of team skipper Nwankwo Kanu and Joseph Yobo, Yakubu is the most...
- Research articles 2008-09-03
- Kidnapped Israeli released in Nigeria
- JERUSALEM AFP — An Israeli abducted last week from his house in Nigeria's oil hub of Port Harcourt has been released by his kidnappers, his wife told Israeli public radio on Monday. "My husband Ehud Avni has been released and will soon return home. He is well and his...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- Nigerian president in Saudi hospital, official says
- JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia AFP — Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has been in a Saudi hospital for several days, a hospital official said on Sunday, as his government insisted he was in good health. Yar'Adua has been at the King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital in the Red Sea city...
- Research articles 2008-08-31
- Nigerian kidnappers seek 12 mln dollars for Israeli: source
- LAGOS AFP — A Nigerian armed group that kidnapped an Israeli earlier this week has asked for a ransom of 12 million dollars (8 million euros) for his release, a security source said Friday. The Israeli was abducted on Tuesday from his house in Port Harcourt, Nigeria's oil hub...
- Research articles 2008-08-29
- Israel media group retracts 'terrorist' term in Nigeria kidnap
- JERUSALEM AFP — An Israeli religious media outlet on Thursday said it has retracted its description of the kidnappers of an Israeli man in Nigeria this week as "terrorists." Arutz Sheva, which has a radio station and news website, made the move after a militant Nigerian group said it...
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- Gunmen kidnap Israeli in southern Nigeria: police
- LAGOS AFP — Gunmen kidnapped an Israeli national from his residence in Nigeria's southern oil hub of Port Harcourt, police said Wednesday. "An Israeli national was abducted in the city yesterday Tuesday. We are still checking the details of the incident," Rivers state police spokeswoman Rita Abbey told AFP....
- Research articles 2008-08-27
- Iran, Nigeria seeking to boost bilateral ties
- ABUJA AFP — Senior government officials from Iran and Nigeria opened talks on Tuesday aimed at boosting ties between the two oil producing nations. Head of the Iranian delegation, junior commerce minister Mohammadali Zeyghami, said the two OPEC member states had the capability to develop "relations in all fields"...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- Oil prices edge higher as BTC pipeline reopens
- NEW YORK AFP — Oil prices edged higher Monday in choppy, thin trade as the major Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan pipeline resumed operations after repairs from a fire and fresh unrest in Nigeria's oil-rich south. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for October, rose 52 cents to close at 115.11 dollars...
- Research articles 2008-08-25
- Nigeria, S.Africa worst greenhouse gas emitters in Africa: experts
- ACCRA AFP — Nigeria and South Africa are the main emitters of greenhouse gases in Africa, accounting for almost 90 percent of the emissions in the continent, environmental experts said Saturday. "Nigeria produces almost 45 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in Africa from its gas flaring by oil...
- Research articles 2008-08-23
- Seven years on, mobile telecom boom works changes in Nigeria
- ABUJA AFP — Seven years after their launch, mobile phone services have transformed Nigeria's society and economy, bringing unprecedented changes in just a short time, officials say. Earlier this year, Nigeria, Africa's most populous country outstripped economic powerhouse South Africa as the continent's biggest market for mobile telephony. ...
- Research articles 2008-08-23
- West Africa's coastline redrawn by climate change: experts
- ACCRA AFP — Rising sea levels caused by climate change will brutally redraw a 4,000-kilometre (2500-mile) stretch of west African coastline from Senegal to Cameroon by century's end, experts were told AFP Friday. "The cost of Guinea will cease to exist by the end of this century," said Stefan...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
- Messi calls on Angel for Argentine Olympic gold
- BEIJING, AFP — Football superstar Lionel Messi rewarded Argentina in gold for fighting for his right to be at the Olympics when he set up the winning goal in their 1-0 triumph over Nigeria in the men's final on Saturday. Messi disentangled himself from Nigeria's tight marking to put...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
- Nigerian leader replaces top military chiefs: official
- ABUJA AFP — Three of the top four military commanders in oil-rich but strife-wracked Nigeria have been replaced, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's office said Thursday. The move, which follows a rise in rebel activity targeting oil installations across the Niger Delta, was enacted shortly before Yar'Adua left the country...
- Research articles 2008-08-21
- Nigeria most sickle-cell endemic country in Africa: official
- KANO, Nigeria AFP — With 100,000 infants dying from sickle-cell anaemia anually in Nigeria, the country accounts for more than half the child deaths from the disease in Africa each year, an expert said Tuesday. "From available statistics, 100,000 infants die from sickle-cell disease in Nigeria annually, making it...
- Research articles 2008-08-19
- Cole and Ola get Nigeria call
- LAGOS AFP — West Ham striker Carlton Cole was on Tuesday called up for Nigeria's World Cup qualifier away to South Africa next month. Cole, whose father is Nigerian, has yet to be capped by Nigeria. The other uncapped player in the 20-man squad for the tie, which...
- Research articles 2008-08-05
- Rooney to miss start of season with virus
- MANCHESTER, England AFP — Wayne Rooney will miss the start of the Premier League season after contracting a virus during Manchester United's pre-season trip to Nigeria, manager Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed on Tuesday. The striker has felt too weak to train since United returned from Africa last week and...
- Research articles 2008-08-05
- Sabotage forces Shell to cut output in Nigeria: company
- LAGOS AFP — Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell cut output in southern Nigeria Monday after militants sabotaged at least one of its pipelines supplying crude, officials said. Shell declined to say by how much production was being reduced, stressing that the amount should not be exaggerated because of the possible...
- Research articles 2008-07-28
- Oil jumps as Nigerian attacks cut output
- NEW YORK AFP — Oil prices rallied Monday after militants attacked a Royal Dutch Shell pipeline in Nigeria, leading the Anglo-Dutch energy giant to reduce output. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for September, advanced 1.46 dollars to close at 124.73 dollars a barrel. In London, Brent...
- Research articles 2008-07-28
- Rooney recovers his cool in United romp
- PRETORIA AFP — Wayne Rooney showed he has heeded the advice of Brazilian great Pele by rounding off Manchester United's tour of South Africa with a dazzling performance in a 4-0 win against Kaizer Chiefs at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Pele had earlier this month called on Rooney to...
- Research articles 2008-07-26
- Newcastle's Martins to miss pre-season after mother's death
- LAGOS AFP — Newcastle United striker Obafemi Martins will return to Nigeria on Friday following the death of his mother. Monsurat Martins died of shock here on Wednesday in the aftermath of a petrol tanker accident that killed at least 12 people. She will be buried on Friday. ...
- Research articles 2008-07-25
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