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Nigeria, the world’s biggest producer of cassava, plans to raise the output of the tuber as part of its efforts to diversify its revenue base from oil and increase agricultural production, President Goodluck Jonathan said. This year, the West ...
May 29, 2012 at 14:54 | Source: Businessweek
MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA — In brutally poor neighborhoods and mansions alike, this city choked by military checkpoints seethes with rumors, paranoia and conspiracy theories. Even academics like to assert a favorite: The homegrown Islamic extremist movement ...
May 26, 2012 at 23:55 | Source: Los Angeles Times
LAGOS, Nigeria — Students at one of Nigeria’s oldest universities protested a presidential announcement renaming the school Tuesday, saying that while the institution has been neglected, its name is still a famous brand they want to hang on to.
May 29, 2012 at 09:32 | Source: Washington Post
Police say gunmen have shot dead three people in a major northern Nigerian city where sect attacks have claimed more than a hundred lives. Kano state police spokesman Rilwanu Dutse says the attack occurred Saturday just before the predominantly Muslim city ...
May 28, 2012 at 00:15 | Source: ABC News
Nigeria and South Africa pledged to strengthen diplomatic ties and boost trade in oil and other products after patching up a diplomatic row over deportations. The governments of sub-Saharan Africa’s two largest economies fell out in March ...
May 24, 2012 at 05:06 | Source: Businessweek
Nigeria sold 7.7 billion naira ($48 million) of Treasury bills in two auctions at its open-market operations. The Central Bank of Nigeria yesterday sold 3.35 billion naira of bills comprising 141 million naira of 41-day bills at 13.24 percent ...
May 26, 2012 at 10:19 | Source: Bloomberg
The Nigerian government is opposing the initiative, saying that it would impede its efforts to solve what it considers a domestic dispute with the sect. "We are looking at a dialogue to establish the grievances of the Boko Haram. I think the ...
May 29, 2012 at 19:55 | Source: International Business Times
Nigeria has renamed a major university in the commercial capital of Lagos after a political prisoner who died in jail over a decade ago. President Goodluck Jonathan announced on Tuesday on state-run television that the University of Lagos would be renamed ...
May 29, 2012 at 15:16 | Source: Independent Online
Abuja – Nigeria on Monday emerged best at the just-concluded third edition of the International Science Olympiad (ISO), winning five of the nine platinum medals in Abuja. The Olympiad was attended by 70 students from 18 countries. The five Nigerians, who ...
May 29, 2012 at 11:48 | Source: Vanguard
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan marked a year since his inauguration Tuesday with fresh pledges to eradicate the Islamist insurgency and corruption that have plagued his tenure so far. Jonathan, a 54-year-old southern Christian, has faced enormous ...
May 29, 2012 at 11:41 | Source: YAHOO!