The House of Representatives has ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to stop plans to obtain a syndicated loan of U.S.$1.5 billion dollars to pay its debt. Read more »
Federal Capital Territory Administration has suspended the ban on the use of minibuses in Abuja city. Read more »
President Goodluck Jonathan had commenced studying the fiscal 2013 Appropriation Bill which was passed by the National Assembly last December. Read more »
Developing countries - an emerging force in international trade - are staking a claim to the post of the director-general of the World Trade Organization, which becomes vacant at ... Read more »
The government has announced its plans to acquire 30 aircraft to boost domestic airlines and ensure a reduction of air fares in the country. Read more »
The government has imposed a fine of U.S.$1 million on the owners of the ship MV Marevia for bringing containers of toxic materials to the country. Read more »
A pipeline explosion in the Arepo area of Ogun State killed about 50 people who went to siphon petroleum products from a ruptured Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation pipeline. Read more »
The Customs Services has arrested a passenger with U.S.$767,500 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Read more »
A petrol barge that belongs to MRS Oil and Gas exploded at the company's main depot in Tin Can Island in Lagos, while the ship was offloading fuel. Read more »
Makhtar Diop, the vice-president for Africa, will visit Nigeria as part of his first official trip to the country since he took office last year. Read more »
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