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In Nigeria, getting away with murder
Since the arrival of the New Year, America's Nigerian diaspora, including its significant community in Maryland, must be dismayed by the news from Africa's most populous country. The reluctance ofNigeria'sgovernment to prevent or punish violence between...Tags: Terrorism, Prosecution, Murder, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights
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German hostage held in north Nigeria killed during military raid; Italian engineer abducted
Associated PressKANO, Nigeria (AP) — Kidnappers stabbed a captive German engineer to death Thursday as soldiers unaware of the hostage's presence raided a home in northern Nigeria, officials said, five months after his abduction by proclaimed al-Qaida-linked...Tags: Christianity, Bombings, Roman Catholicism, Emergency Incidents, United Nations
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ANALYSIS-UPDATE 1-Nigeria oil bill waters down its reforms
Reuters* New Oil bill draft weak on transparency * President says law to be sent to parliament in June * Foreign oil firms get better tax deal than before * NNPC re-structuring is ambiguous, uncommitted (Adds President saying law to be sent to national...Tags: Restructuring and Recapitalization, Parliament, Organic Chemicals, Chemicals, Chevron Corp.
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Analysis: Nigeria oil bill waters down its reforms
ReutersABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's long-awaited oil law, when it finally comes, looks likely to be a botched job that gives favorable tax terms to foreign oil firms while doing little to satisfy calls for transparency and reform of a corrupt and wasteful sector....Tags: Restructuring and Recapitalization, Organic Chemicals, Chemicals, Energy Resources, Chevron Corp.
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ANALYSIS-Nigeria oil bill waters down its reforms
Reuters* New Oil bill draft weak on transparency * Foreign oil firms get better tax deal than before * NNPC re-structuring is ambiguous, uncommitted By Joe Brock ABUJA, May 29 (Reuters) - Nigeria's long-awaited oil law, when it finally comes, looks likely to...Tags: Restructuring and Recapitalization, Organic Chemicals, Chemicals, Chevron Corp., Energy Resources
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Nigeria Islamic group Boko Haram spreads fear far and wide
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...
Tags: Suicide, Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Niger, Bombings
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EXCLUSIVE-UPDATE 2-Draft of Nigeria oil bill being finalised
Reuters(Adds details, background, analyst reaction) By Joe Brock and Tim Cocks ABUJA/LAGOS, May 24 (Reuters) - A new draft of Nigeria's long delayed oil bill, whose passage is needed to unblock billions of dollars of stalled investment into exploration and...Tags: Political Corruption, Parliament, Energy Resources, Chevron Corp., Nigeria
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FACTBOX-Nigeria's draft Petroleum Industry Bill
ReutersMay 24 (Reuters) - Nigeria's government task force will finalise a draft of the long-delayed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) this week before sending it to the oil minister and the national assembly for debate, industry sources told Reuters. The...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Nigeria, Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Natural Resources
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Ban Ki-moon: Eradicate polio, finally
As the World Health Assembly convenes in Geneva this week, one item on the agenda will be polio, or more specifically, how to finally deliver on an epic promise made a quarter-century ago: to liberate humankind from one of the world's most deadly and...
Tags: Polio, Epidemics and Plagues, Disease Prevention, Hamid Karzai, Preventative Medicine
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Senior Boko Haram commander caught-Nigeria police
ReutersABUJA, May 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria's police said on Saturday they captured a senior commander of the militant Islamist sect Boko Haram in Kano, the largest city in the north and scene of attacks this year that have killed hundreds of people. Security...Tags: Nigeria, Christianity
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ANALYSIS-Nigeria president unlikely to risk oil graft crackdown
Reuters* Fuel subsidy probe uncovered $6.8 bln fraud * Graft entrenched in Nigerian elites, politics * Mid-level sackings, oil firm bans likely reaction * High risk of public protests from inaction on graft By Joe Brock ABUJA, May 13 (Reuters) - Nigerian...Tags: Nigeria, Petroleum Industry, Political Corruption, Political Dissent, Imports
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FACTBOX-Nigeria's $6.8 bln fuel subsidy scam
ReutersMay 13 (Reuters) - A $6.8 billion fuel subsidy fraud scandal is heaping pressure on Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to prosecute top officials or face protests, but many of those implicated are allies he is unlikely to go after if wants to keep his...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Nigeria, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Budgets and Budgeting, Imports
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