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  • MARKET WATCH: Natural gas price falls, oil price rallies 25 Jul 2008 23:34 GMT
    ... a 1-day event as the prompt month crashed into $8/MMbtu territory for the first time in ... since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 stacked up ship and barge traffic from New Orleans to ... build military bases in his country. In Nigeria, gunmen in speedboats kidnapped two oil engineers ...

  • Newcastle's Martins to miss pre-season after mother's death 25 Jul 2008 22:55 GMT
    ... Wednesday in the aftermath of a petrol tanker accident that killed at least 12 people. ... which caused a huge inferno and several explosions near her home. "This is a huge ... spokesman said: "Oba has flown back to Nigeria on compassionate grounds to be with his ...

  • Nigeria: Several Killed in Fuel Tanker Explosion 25 Jul 2008 22:13 GMT
    ... Emma Nnadozie, Evelyn Usman and Jude Njoku Lagos EIGHT ... loaded with product suspected to be diesel, exploded at Orile Iganmu, in Lagos. Nine other ... ground, and following the impact triggered an explosion. Eye witnesses told Vanguard at the scene ...

  • Chanchangi Incident - the Positive Result of Rapid Response 25 Jul 2008 20:36 GMT
    ... us, I mean those responsible for keeping Nigerian aviation system and the industry safe. The ... strong enough, they may be forced to crash. Greatest danger: Takeoff and landing Windshear poses ... the chance of failure, and pilots are trained with safety as the primary consideration. Despite ...

  • Nigeria: Fuel Tanker Fire Kills Pregnant Woman, Seven Others 25 Jul 2008 20:28 GMT
    ... Nigeria: Fuel Tanker Fire Kills Pregnant Woman, Seven Others LAGOS, ... loaded with product suspected to be diesel, exploded at Orile Iganmu, in Lagos. Nine other ...

  • Newcastle's Martins cuts short pre-season after mother's death 25 Jul 2008 20:19 GMT
    ... Wednesday in the aftermath of a petrol tanker accident that killed at least 12 people. ... which caused a huge inferno and several explosions near her home. "This is a huge ... spokesman said: "Oba has flown back to Nigeria on compassionate grounds to be with his ...

  • Neville signs new four-year Everton deal 25 Jul 2008 18:31 GMT
    ... United striker Obafemi Martins was returning to Nigeria on Friday after the death of his ... died in the aftermath of a petrol tanker accident in which at least 12 people ... which caused a huge inferno and several explosions, near her home. ...

  • Nigeria: Koma Community Protests Over 126 Missing Children 25 Jul 2008 14:25 GMT
    ... Koma people inhabiting the remote hills bordering Nigeria and Cameroons, came to national limelight, in ... year old girl had died in a plane crash about two years back and offered him ...

  • Nigeria: Tyre Industry - Facing Extinction [editorial] 25 Jul 2008 04:42 GMT
    ... giant, shut down its production lines in Nigeria, throwing thousands of workers into the labour ... duty on that grade of tyres to crash from 40% to 10%. The dichotomy in ... tyres for trucks (10%) and those for cars (50%) is being abused by customs officials ...

  • How Nigerians abroad can sanitise Nigeria's democracy, by Maurice Iwu 25 Jul 2008 02:54 GMT
    ... National Electoral Commission, INEC, points out that Nigerians abroad have a bigger role to play ... are capable of deferring if not completely derailing the attainment of the national goal. No ... universities, TEI is mandated to undertake the training of electoral personnel, research and documentation and ...

  • Nigerian security: 8 killed by flaming oil tanker 24 Jul 2008 19:28 GMT
    ... LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - A state security official in Nigeria's ... killed and two injured when an oil tanker caught fire. Security agent Daramola Samuel says ... into flames. He says two passenger buses collided with the burning vehicle and also caught ...

  • Traffic accident kills 10 in Nigeria's Lagos 24 Jul 2008 13:30 GMT
    ... Traffic accident kills 10 in Nigeria's Lagos At least 10 people were killed ... were killed Thursday in an early morning crash involving two vehicles in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial ... accident occurred at dawn when a fuel tanker lost control and crashed into the median ...

  • Nigeria: Attack On Convoy - PDP Blasts Governor Orji 24 Jul 2008 13:28 GMT
    ... publicised interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that "some of the kidnappers take ... of the dangerous turn in the sour relationship between supporters of the governor and those ... PDP wondered how the attackers knew which car was conveying the huge sum of money as claimed ...

  • Attack On Convoy - PDP Blasts Governor Orji 24 Jul 2008 12:51 GMT
    ... publicised interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that "some of the kidnappers take ... of the dangerous turn in the sour relationship between supporters of the governor and those ... PDP wondered how the attackers knew which car was conveying the huge sum of money as claimed ...

  • Nearly a quarter of BP production at stake in Russia 24 Jul 2008 12:37 GMT
    ... new principles of corporate governance, new technology, training and transparency," said Sechin, who's also chairman ... that might help check soaring prices. In Nigeria, Africa's second-largest producer, output is falling because ... that led to 15 deaths in an explosion at a refinery in Texas City in ...


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