Shell: Nigeria can produce 4M barrels of oil a day San Jose Mercury News The speech Tuesday by Shell executive vice president Ian Craig at an oil and gas conference inNigeria’s capital Abuja renews long-running complaints by the multinational firm in Nigeria, where it remains the dominant oil company. Cost of oil business in Nigeria high — Shell Nigerian Tribune Shell Petroleum has said …
Enough is Enough Nigeria to Host Cross River’s First Youth-Focused Gubernatorial Debate
PRESS RELEASE LAGOS, NIGERIA February 20, 2012 For Immediate Release: “We have a few questions for our next chief public servant!” Enough is Enough Nigeria to host Cross River’s First Youth-Focused Gubernatorial Debate . On Saturday, February 25th, Cross Riverians will have the opportunity to vote for its next Executive Governor. Following the success of …
Ladybrille® Fashion News: What in the World is Black Fashion?, Zelda Kaplan Dies at New York Fashion Week, Nigerian Billionaire Takes on Cause of ‘Mistreated Widows’
Zelda Kaplan, a Fixture of New York’s Fashion Scene, Dies at 95 New York Times And only Wednesday she took her customary front-row seat at the fashion show of her friend, thedesigner Joanna Mastroianni, at Lincoln Center, part of New York Fashion Week. As the show was under way, she collapsed and was carried from the room by … What in the World …
LBN News Digest: Nigeria's Abandoned Youths, Potential Recruits for Militants?, Senate Probes on Subsidy, Fashola Urges Diversity
‘Government will offset N340b PHCN liabilities’ The Nation Newspaper By John Ofikhenua – Mr. Samuel Agbogun is Managing Director, NigeriaElectricity Liabilities Management Limited (NELMCO), one of the companies set up by the Federal Government to manage the liabilities of the Power Holding Company … Putting power sector reforms on a scale The Nation Newspaper That reform, which came about through …
Up to 33 Million in Africa and Asia to Receive Access to Solar Energy
(New York, (17) February 2012)—Up to 33 million people living in poverty in Africa and Asia will gain access to low-cost solar energy by 2016 following a commitment made by solar power provider ToughStuff to the Business Call to Action (BCtA) today. The BCtA is a global initiative that encourages private sector efforts to fight …
LBN News Digest: New Attacks Threaten Nigeria's Future, MTN, Airtel, Glo Face Bomb Threats from Boko Haram
New Attacks Threaten Nigeria’s Future Wall Street Journal By DREW HINSHAW KANO, Nigeria—An accountant of the Alren Construction Co. stood nervously on a bloodstained street days after Islamic militants killed at least 186 people here in a wave of car-bombings and armed attacks. The company recently bought a … MTN, Airtel, Glo face bombing threat from Boko Haram in Nigeria Myjoyonline.com Reports …