Nigeria: Vanguard Postpones Post-Amnesty Dialogue
[~5 hrs]
Below is the official statement released by Vanguard newspapers following the bombing of the venue of the Vanguard Amnesty Conference.

Nigeria: Bomb Explodes at Amnesty Conference
[~8 hrs][London]
The morning session of the on-going Vanguard post amnesty conference holding at Delta State Government House Annex, Warri was Monday disrupted by a bomb explosion which went off in a car park close to the venue.

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Nigeria: Critical Time for Nigeria's Future
[21 hrs][Jos]
The new round of violence in Jos, tragically similar to unrest there in the past and once again misinterpreted as primarily a Muslim-Christian dispute, was exacerbated by the central government's failure to effectively intervene. Indeed, there has scarcely been a functioning central government in Nigeria since President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was hospitalized in Saudi Arabia in late November. He has not been seen in public since then, and although no one in government openly acknowledges it, he is in a coma, according to knowledgeable sources who requested anonymity.

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Nigeria: State-Owned Oil Corporation Running at U.S.$1.3 Billion, says Govt
[19 mins][Nigeria]
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, has disclosed that the nation's oil and gas behemoth, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was currently running at a loss of more than N200 billion, with contingent liabilities of more than N146 billion and $277 million.

Nigeria: Wary Oil Companies May Pull Further Investments Following Deregulation
[48 mins][Nigeria]
THE controversial Petroleum industry bill (PIB) currently being considered by the National Assembly has once again generated criticisms by the International oil companies (IOC's) operating in the country with some stating that uncertainties around the bill has frozen further investments in the Nigerian oil and gas sector.

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Niger: Experts Explain Why Malnutrition is Recurrent
[2 hrs][Zinder]
IRIN has asked a range of experts over the past year why malnutrition is recurrent in Niger even after decades of donor support and government programmes. Two of the hardest-hit regions were focused on - Diffa, which has borders Chad, and Zinder, which borders Nigeria.

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Nigeria: Trafficking Convictions Up but Progress Slow
[~7 hrs][Nigeria]
Interceptions and convictions of human traffickers and smugglers have risen year-on-year in Nigeria since the government passed legislation to ban the trade in 2005, but the volume of trafficking is still high and progress on convictions needs to speed up, say government officials.

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Ghana: Interest Rate in Nation is Highest in Africa
[~9 hrs][Ghana]
In 2004 the Bank of Ghana (BoG) directed all commercial banks in the country, to abolish and in some instances reduce, what it described as unfair bank charges and fees being charged by the various commercial banks operating in the country.

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Nigeria: How Jonathan Saved Yar'Adua
[~11 hrs][Nigeria]
Those who are expecting the National Assembly to impeach ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua may have to hold back their desire as indications emerged on Saturday that such a move was not on the agenda of Acting President Goodluck Jonathan.

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Nigeria: Delta Residents Protest at Army Treatment
[11 hrs][Nigeria]
Travellers on the Oporoma Ogboinbiri waterway in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State have described as humiliating the practice where they (boat passengers) are made to raise their hands over their head as a mark of surrender at the Joint Task Force checkpoint.

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