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Shell starts repair work in Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria, May 17 (UPI) -- A Shell subsidiary in Nigeria announced it started repairs on a crude oil pipeline in the country following an early May closure and force majeure declaration.

Nigeria fines mobile phone carriers Airtel, Etisalat, Globacom and MTN $7.3M over poor service

LAGOS, Nigeria - Regulators in Nigeria have fined four mobile phone carriers a total of $7.3 million over poor service in a nation that depends on cellular phones for communications, a spokesman said Sunday.

Nigeria: Agonising Relief as Lagos Clears Slum

[This Day] Homelessness broke out a rash of informal communities across Lagos, as is the case in most cities of its economic stature. Gradually, feelings dull and it became acceptable for people to live under bridges and raise families. There are cries of injustice when the state government moved bulldozers to these communities, last week, write Bennett Oghifo and Lanre Odukoya, who monitored ...

12 killed, villages razed in northeast Nigeria

(05-14) 14:32 PDT LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Gunmen surrounded villages in northeast Nigeria and set them ablaze, killing at least 12 people and wounding 48 others in violence that could spread as attackers remain hiding in...

Nigeria bond yields rise on inflation worries

LAGOS (Reuters) - Yields on Nigeria bonds and treasury bills rose across all maturities on Thursday after a pick up in inflation in Africa's second-biggest economy, dealers said, prompting investors to hold positions ahead of next week's rate decision. Nigeria's central bank will hold its rate setting meetings next Tuesday and analysts expect the bank to keep interest rates on hold at 12 percent ...

Nigeria fines 4 mobile phone carriers $7.3M

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Regulators in Nigeria have fined four mobile phone carriers a total of $7.3 million over poor service in a nation that depends on cellular phones for communications, a spokesman said yesterday.

Nigeria moves WCup qualifiers over safety concerns

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria moved its upcoming World Cup and African Cup of Nations qualifiers on Thursday over fears about attacks from a radical Islamist sect and spiraling religious violence in the nation.

Nigeria fines 4 mobile firms for poor service

LAGOS (Nigeria): Nigeria has fined four mobile phone carriers a total of US$7.3 million (RM22.41 million) over poor service and call quality in Africa’s dominant market.

After doctors fired in Nigeria's largest city, worries about nation's failing medical system

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The firing of nearly 800 doctors working at hospitals in Nigeria's most populous state has exposed the failings of the nation's medical system, as lawyers said Wednesday negotiations over the physicians' fate continued.

Doctor firings expose medical failings in Nigeria

The firing of nearly 800 doctors working at hospitals in Nigeria's most populous state has exposed the failings of the nation's medical system, as lawyers said Wednesday negotiations over the physicians' ...