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Kia Motors has ranked second in the amount of vehicles imported into Nigeria in the first quarter of the fiscal year. The report showed that 4,062 units of Kia vehicles were imported into the country, representing a 14.7% share of the Nigerian car market. Toyota has ranked first with 11,130 units imported - an equivalent of a whopping 40.32% market share. Honda and Peugeot ranked third and

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Electronic payment is a relatively new phenomenon in Nigeria. Most transactions in the country are done with cash. This is because cash remains the preferred medium for payment in the country. Poor awareness of e-payment solutions, ignorance, poor banking culture, lack of trust, illiteracy and the love for the status quo have been fingered as responsible for the high volume of cash transactions in

We've been a bit slow with the blog update since I'm now being whisked away to West Africa this week - Nigeria.... Since this is a work trip, I've been fully occupied and by the time I reached the hotel, I'm so looking forward to that shower head and that king size bed (yes, 4 pillows included!). I'm missing out blog reading as well but will definitely do my catch up during that 7

Aside experiencing the Transcorp Hilton quality of service, Mr. Iseghohi revealed that the president Middle East and Africa will also formally sign a business deal with Transcorp which governs the relationship with Transcorp as a strategic partner with the Hilton group in Africa.Tom added: "Our focus is to utilize our global credibility to develop world-class partnerships that will propel the Nige

VIENNA, Austria (AP) — A faltering dollar, Mideast tensions and concerns over supply disruptions out of Nigeria propelled oil prices above 8 a barrel Tuesday, less than away from crude’s trading record…. Related posts `Oz,’ `2001,’ `Vertigo’ among AFI top genre flicks (0) `Oz,’ `2001,’ `Vertigo’ among AFI top genre flicks (0) `A Catered

VIENNA, Austria (AP) — A faltering dollar, Mideast tensions and concerns over supply disruptions out of Nigeria propelled oil prices above 8 a barrel Tuesday, less than away from crude’s trading record…. Related posts `Oz,’ `2001,’ `Vertigo’ among AFI top genre flicks (0) `Oz,’ `2001,’ `Vertigo’ among AFI top genre flicks (0) `A Catered

NOTE: An updated version of this post is now available at The Oil Drum.Militant attacks have shut in as much as 345,000 barrels per day of Nigerian oil production in the past few days. One of the attacks was against a facility 120 km offshore, demonstrating a significant new militant naval capability. This may prove to be an extremely important development: 1.25 million barrels per day of new

Shell has shut some of its oil production in Nigeria. According to CNN Money "it shut down production from an offshore oil field that produces about 200,000... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Etisalat the owner of the fifth GSM license in Nigeria plans to launch mobile telecoms services in August. The company since it acquired the fifth GSM license has spent about one billion dollars in deploying her state of the art telecoms infrastructure in Nigeria.Etisalat plans to launch her services nationwide as soon as possible. The company also have an ambitious subscriber intake plan. Etisala

The Proprietress, teachers and students of Daibo Paralegal Training Institute (DPTI), Lagos were last Friday in ecstatic jubilation. To them, it was a day of fulfillment, particularly for the first batch of 25 graduates of pioneer paralegals in Nigeria.The well attended graduation ceremony of the paralegals took place at the Lagos High Court foyer with certificates and awards were presented to the

Free application forms for the 2008 edition of the NIIT Information Technology training scholarship programme are now available at all NIIT centres in Nigeria. The free application forms can also be obtained at all Zenith Bank branches in the country.NIIT is a global leader in Information Technology training and education with presence in several countries. NIIT offers world class IT training and

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Austria 1-1 Nigeria The UEFA EURO 2008™ co-hosts failed to build on an early goal in Graz and had to settle for a draw in their penultimate friendly. Early opener Josef Hickersberger fielded a starting XI that is unlikely to be the one that lines up against [...]

This night Austria and Nigeria drew 1-1 in Graz. Austrian goal were made by Roman Kienast in the 12th minute, but the Almeria player Kalu Uche drew seven minutes later.It was the first match of Juergen Macho with Austria National Team after an injury suffered last November. Austria will play against Malta next Friday wanting, at least, Austria played last five matches without victories. The last

World Cup 2010 Qualifying Africa: Hosts SA In Group 4 w/Nigeria, Ghana The Draw for the Qualifying rounds of the 2010 World Cup South Africa has been made, with the draw for qualifying for the Africa Zone having been made in Durban on Sunday.Source: www.worldcuplatest.com BBC SPORT | Football | Internationals | World Cup [...]

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Nigerian muslims, not content to be left out of the rampage often seen in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Gaza, are joining in on the attacks against Christianity. Six churches gutted after recovery of Christians teenagers from Muslim kidnappers. NINGI, Nigeria, May 19 (Compass Direct News) – Islamists under the auspices of a paramilitary force last week destroyed [...]

In another twist to the ongoing saga of MEND, Carter, Obama, and the Niger Delta conflict, Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua stated last week that he does not want foreign mediators in the conflict. "We are trying to avoid a situation in which the issue will be internationalised… We cannot do that because it is a Nigerian problem," Yar'Adua told AFP in an interview. Yar'Adua was commenting

MISNA15 May 2008At least 100 people were killed by a fire at an oil pipeline in a village near Lagos, said the Red Cross. The fire engulfed a school and several houses; some of which had been evacuated. There is no news as to whether or not some students were … A news by AsianLoveStories.com. [...]

Another muslim country demonstrates just how much they value women in islam. Teenage trafficking on the rise in northern Nigeria KANO, Nigeria (AFP) — The trafficking of teenage girls from poor villages to northern Nigerian cities to work as domestic help for meagre wages is on the rise, officials said at the weekend. “The business of recruiting teenagers [...]

One of the remarkable fall-outs of the last banking consolidation exercise is the opportunity it has presented to Nigerian banks to access the global market.Some Nigerian banks are already taking advantage of the situation and are opening offices all over Africa, Europe and America. Banking which used to be a domestic business is now a global affair. The recent expansion of Nigerian banks into the global market is what the world's wealthy nations have done many years back- establishing branches all over the world. Nigeria banks such as First Bank, Union Bank, UBA, Intercontinental Bank and GT Bank are beginning to branch out gradually into the global market. These steps are no doubt bold and commendable.There has always been global banking.It dates back to hundreds of years particularly du

Nigeria's deadly conflicts over oil don't just play a part in driving the price of oil over $120 a barrel. They also leave scores of dead and tear the country apart. Oil-related violence continued this weekend: Militants in Nigeria have blown up an oil flow station belonging to the Shell company in the Niger Delta, causing it to cut some of its production. It is the fifth attack on the oil industry in recent weeks, reducing output and pressuring global prices. [snip] Shell accounts for around half of Nigeria's 2.1 million barrels per day of oil output, and has already been forced to cut production because of a pipeline bombing last month. Will resolution come from an unlikely source? Rebels who have stepped up attacks on Nigeria's oil industry in the last month said on Sunday they were co

In noordelijk Nigeria heeft Artsen zonder Grenzen samen met de overheid nu 46.000 mensen tegen hersenvliesontsteking ingeënt. De vaccinatiecampagne in een aantal districten van de deelstaat Kebi startte op 19 april.

Crude has bumped up against $120 several times in the last month. It wants to go higher, and it will. Price was pushed down by the Fed's action and some... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Oil futures rose to near $115 a barrel on Thursday, gaining support from an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve and the extension of an oil workers' strike in Nigeria. US crude for June was trading up $1.16 at $114.62 a barrel by 0700 GMT, while London Brent Crude rose $1.16 to $112.52. The gains in oil prices came as the Fed on Wednesday cut interest rates by a quarter point to 2 per cent and indicated that it expects inflation to moderate. Traders took the Fed's statement to suggest that more rate cuts are possible. Rate cuts can boost liquidity in financial markets, brighten the outlook for economic activity and energy demand, and weaken the dollar which tends to bolster commodity prices. Additional support came from striking oil workers who have shut down Exxon Mobil's producti

Polio cases have nearly doubled this year in the West African nation of Nigeria. Officials are struggling to fight various natural strains of the virus, as well as an outbreak set off by the polio vaccine itself three years ago. The vaccine-sparked outbreak has struck more than 100 children so far. There were also 106 new cases of polio caused by wild viruses, according to figures released by the World Health Organization. For every one paralyzed child, there are about 1,000 others infected and spreading the highly infectious and sometimes fatal disease.

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Those following the ongoing mini-saga of the missing orthodontic retainers were cheering me on getting the hotel to reimburse me, but there is a lingering issue that I'm afraid could come back and haunt me regarding the process I had to go through to get reimbursed. Remember how I posted that they had me fill out a typical Lost and Found paper that I assumed would be transferred into their

It's not just the war in Iraq that affects the prices you pay at the pump. Via Al Jazeera, we hear that the Nigerian group MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) has been cutting deeply into Shell's capacity to export oil from the region: Shell is Nigeria's largest oil operator and accounts for about half of the country's 2.1 million barrels per day output. The reported attacks came as an international energy forum, which brings together oil producers and consumers in Rome, heard that the world was facing a long period of high oil prices. Unrest in Nigeria, along with the weak US dollar and the refusal of oil-producing countries to increase output, has pushed oil to a record $117.81 a barrel in New York. At the same time, London's Brent North Sea crude for June delivery hi

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China and India are building oil refineries in Nigeria, Africa's premier oil producer: "What we have agreed with the Chinese is that we will now have a greenfield refinery located in the Niger delta," head of Nigeria's Department of Petroleum Resources, Tony Chukwuemeke, said in the federal capital Abuja. Three prominent Chinese companies operating in Nigeria — CNPC, Sinopec and CNOOC — "have together committed themselves to make available a refinery" in the southern delta region, Chukwuemeke said. "I cannot tell you its capacity but it's in the neighbourhood of 450,000 barrels per day," he said. "We are just beginning a discussion." Chukwuemeke said Nigeria has a similar cooperation agreement with India to establish another export-oriented refinery. Indian oil and gas group ON

Pirate attacks rose worldwide in the first quarter of the year, with Nigeria overtaking Indonesia as the country worst plagued by sea bandits, a global maritime watchdog said Wednesday.Seafarers suffered 49 attacks between January and March around the world, up 20 percent from the 41 in the same period last year, the International Maritime Bureau said in a report by its piracy reporting center in Malaysia.Nigeria ranked as the No. 1 hotspot amid a lack of effective law enforcement, with its 10 reported attacks — mostly off its main city of Lagos — accounting for one-fifth of the global total, the London-based bureau said.Indonesian waters have long been the world's most afflicted by pirates, but the number of attacks in the first quarter fell from nine last year to four in 2008, the re

Me quedé totalmente sorprendido luego de ver estas imágenes. Dicen todo esto ocurre en Nigeria y en casi todos los países de África. Las fotos muestran una especie de lago, donde miles de miles de personas se dedican a una sola labor (al mismo tiempo): la pesca. No crean que lo hacen por diversión Al parecer [...]

Un pescador sostiene el producto de su pesca en el río Matan Fada, durante el festival de pesca Argungu, en el estado de Kebbi, Kebbi. Desde 1934, el 15 de marzo miles de hombres y mujeres se  lanzan al río para capturar el pescado más grande posible con redes, taparas y hasta con sus propias manos. Para ver la galería completa, hagan click.

Un pescador sostiene el producto de su pesca en el río Matan Fada, durante el festival de pesca Argungu, en el estado de Kebbi, Kebbi. Desde 1934, el 15 de marzo miles de hombres y mujeres se  lanzan al río para capturar el pescado más grande posible con redes, taparas y hasta con sus propias manos. Para ver la galería completa, hagan click.

"Arugungu is am important Nigerian cultural event, to which thousands of fishermen take part.The Matan Fada may not be very impressive but it’s full of fish, because people come here to fish only once a year. After the one our time limit is over, the team who caught the largest fish is escorted by the sultans’s guards to present their prize to him. The winners receive a brand new bus as a prize as well as one million Naira (around $7500)."Check out more 19 pics of the annual fishing festival in Nigeria here.Source & Image:monsterfishkeepers

If China can't come by oil in the open market, it can send a big check to a country with oil which could use a few bucks. According to the FT "China has... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Es muy grande la pasión que despierta el candidato demócrata Barck Obama y ha sido tan grande el fervor desatado que su fama ha traspasado fronteras y se ha abierto un club de fans en internet a iniciativa de un diputado del Estado de Lagos en Nigeria."La idea de este website es celebrar la democracia con la victoria de Barack Obama" explicó el jueves a AFP el diputado Adewunmi Onibiyo Adelabu. Lo apoyamos primeramente porque es un hombre de color. Es la primera vez en la historia de Estados Unidos que se ha franqueado la barrera de la raza", afirmó este parlamentario.Cosas de la política...

Nigeria-America players in the National Football League (NFL) of the United States of America will on today arrive in Nigeria on a special intervention mission. There are: Amobi Okoye (Houston Texans), Osi Umenyiora (Newyork Giants), Adewole Ogunleye (Chicago Bears), Isreal Idonijie (Chicago Bears) and Ahman Green ((Houston Texans). Briefing newsmen at the weekend in Abuja ahead of the arrival

  At last, an African has made it to the list of the world’s richest persons in a yearly survey conducted by Forbes, the influential American magazine. With an estimated net worth of $3.3 billion, Nigeria’s industrial magnate, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, is ranked the 334th richest person in the world. He is one of the only two [...]

To dub the show that is currently airing on Africa Tv as "The Apprentice Africa" is a misnomer.Majority of the contestants are Nigerian,the production team is nearly wholly Nigerian, the adverts are predominantly Nigerian ,the tasks are Nigerian.....and i can continue and the Judging reeks of African paternalistic ,chauvinistic mentality.There is no Egyptian,Libyan or Arab in the show despite

AFRIQUEUn état des lieux de la lutte contre la corruption au Nigeria2008-02-22 14:14:55 par CGPLUS Le président actuel de l'Union Africaine recommande vivement à ceux qui critiquent les gouvernements Africains de ne pas oublier que la corruption est aussi vieille que l'humanité. Il ajoute que[…]

This is an email I received today from someone with the email deadlykiller60@yahoo.es . I think this one has been circulating for a while, but hey, the spammers are certainly becoming quite creative!!Hello,I am very sorry for you , is a pity that this is how your life isgoing to end as soon as you don't comply. As you can see there is noneed of introducing myself to you because I don't have any businesswith you, my duty as I am mailing you now is just to KILL you and Ihave to do it as I have already been paid for that.Someone you call a friend wants you Dead by all means, and this personhave spent a lot of money in this venture,This person came to us andtold me that he wanted you dead and he provided us with your name,picture and other necessary information's we needed about you . . . .

Oggi e' il mio ultimo giorno in cantiere qui a Bonny e non potevo non ricordare il paese che mi ha ospitato per la bellezza di quindici mesi. Si proprio quindici mesi fa (15/11/2006) sono arrivato a Bonny Island nel River State per lavorare al progetto Train Six alla realizzazione del sesto treno di uno dei piu' grandi rigassificatori del mondo.Proprio con l'inizio dell'anno e' stata inaugurata la sesta unità del maggiore impianto nigeriano di produzione di GNL destinato all'esportazione, che così aumenta di un quinto salendo a 22 milioni di tonnellate l'anno. L'unità, che ha richiesto un investimento da 1,6 miliardi di dollari e tre anni di lavori, porterà il fatturato annuo del complesso, situato a Bonny Island nel Delta del Niger, a circa sei miliardi di dollari. L’impianto ha pr

One of the biggest obstacles to the growth of cassava business in the country is paucity of funds to strengthen the Cassava Empowerment Fund.The fund is constrained by lack of direct sources and marginal take-off grant that is too meager to sustain meaningful development. The nation spent a huge sum of money in research to develop new varieties that improved our yield and that are resistant to the endemic cassava diseases. But no money has been made available for the development of the down stream aspects of the industry which indeed, should drive the entire industry.We now hear of cassava glut because the down stream that should mop up the products are not ready due to lack of adequate funding.Cassava empowerment fundThe fund was initiated by the Flour Millers Association who in a patriot

From developing nations to industrial countries, global climate affects every one. Global warming is one of the most serious challenges facing the entire world today.To protect the health and economic well-being of current and future generations, most countries are trying to reduce the emissions of heat-trapping gasses by using the technology know-how and practical solutions of planting trees.

Remember my blog post where I told you not to forget countries like Nigeria (I was visiting Nigeria - watch out!)? They really seem to be serious. In the last few weeks we had some troubles getting hold of the head of EFCC (I will tell you more in a week) and now, we have at least some suspicion why: Nigerian ex-oil governor arrested Corruption is probably one of the biggest problem most of the developing countries have and therefore I congratulate any efforts to fight corruption in these systems. BTW, we have a hard and clear policy that we do not bribe - never ever. If you lose a deal because you did not bribe, too bad. If you are bribing - you are fired. We do not support any illegal activities. Roger

One of my favorite parts of the Best American Travel Writing anthology each year is series editor Jason Wilson’s foreword. With each new edition he finds a seemingly unrelated anecdote that somehow, unexpectedly, illustrates the point he is trying to make about the value of good travel writing. This year is no exception: he begins with a report about a shark attack in New Jersey, an exceedingly rare event that led to the almost-instantaneous publication of helpful sidebars and advice boxes on How To Survive A Shark Attack in the local papers. This leads Wilson to a discussion of the “If You Go” boxes that accompany most travel content: “Presumably, this information is there in case you want to duplicate the writer’s trip on your own.” But the stories in his anthology - and, I think, the stories I’ve selected here today - come without any practical sidebars, because they can’t be replicated. And in Wilson’s words, “That&r

You know that I rarely did trip reports in the past. I am personally convinced that you do not want to read, what I had for breakfast in Barcelona. But this trip was different. When I told the people around me that I will be travelling to Nigeria I got a lot of different reactions J. I guess that most of these reactions are based on our constant confrontation with what we call the Nigeria scam. As you probably know there is section 419 of the Nigerian criminal code that is violated by these kinds of attacks. Therefore these scams are often called 419-scams. It is unbelievable; when you go to our search engine and search for "Nigeria scam 419" you find more than 400'000 hits! There is even a site called http://www.nigerian-scam.com/ . For a country like Nigeria, this is one of the worst possible things to happen if you want to base the growth of the economy on modern technology! Is this a Nigeria-only problem? Not by far. A lot of scams originate from Western countries, a lot of other

Cnooc Ltd. is considering buying stakes in two Nigerian blocks held by Royal Dutch Shell Plc, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing an unidentified person familiar with the matter. ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Cnooc Ltd. is considering buying stakes in two Nigerian blocks held by Royal Dutch Shell Plc, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing an unidentified person familiar with the matter. Shell plans to sell interests in two Nigerian offshore blocks, the report said. A block is a geographic area of territory over which the owner holds exploration and drilling rights, the report said. The sales of the block stakes, each amounting to 49.8 percent, could fetch as much as $900 million, the WSJ said. Eni SpA's Agip unit holds the remaining 50.2 percent, it said. Shell has said it expected to sell about $9 billion in assets in 2007, the report said. CNOOC is China's biggest offshore oil producer.Via: Bloomberg|By Clare CheungTags: CNOOC, China, Nigeria, Shell, ENI

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Mandriva, una empresa francesa que ha creado su propia distribución de Linux, ha conseguido imponerse frente a Microsoft en un contrato para proveer 17.000 ordenadores para las escuelas de Nigeria. Se trata de una adquisición importante por su volumen y porque Africa es uno de los mercados con mayor proyección desde el punto de vista informático.En los próximos años está previsto que en el continente se distribuyan más de 100.000 ordenadores como los de Nigeria. Eso explica por qué Microsoft intentó dinamitar el acuerdo hasta el último momento con el fin de que se instalara Windows XP.Por si fuera poco, la empresa de Bill Gates se enfrenta a proyectos como el OLPC, que han decidido prescindir de su sistema operativo desde el primer momento. Sea como fuera, el Linux de Mandriva tiene un coste unitario de 10 dólares, mientras que Windows XP en su versión educativa tiene un precio de algo más de 65 euros. Además, Microsoft ha creado una adaptación de su sistema operativo c