Chicago 2016 bid team in Nigeria to lobby for summer games (Chicago Sun-Times)

A delegation from the Chicago 2016 bid team is in Nigeria as part of an ongoing lobbying effort over the next few months to bring the summer Olympics here. Chicago 2016 Chairman and CEO Patrick G. Ryan will be among those making a presentation before the National Olympic Committees of Africa General Assembly, which meets Monday and Tuesday. More than a dozen members of the International Olympic ...

Nigeria: The Difference Between Togo, Nigeria (AllAfrica.com)

Lagos — SPANISH Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero visited Nigeria and Togo a fortnight ago. His visit to Nigeria was marked by the usually drab diplomatic talks and official declarations.

Nigeria: Reps Summon AGF, CBN Over $1.07 Billion PTDF Fund (AllAfrica.com)

Abuja — The House of Representatives Committee on Public Account yesterday summoned the Accountant General of the Federation, Ibrahim Dankwambo and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi over the controversy surrounding the alleged non remittance of 2005 Signature Bonuses accruable to Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF).

Nigeria: 'Mobile Banking to Inject $8 Billion to Local Economy By 2012' (AllAfrica.com)

Lagos — Mobile banking in Nigeria is expected to contribute at least some $8 billion to Nigeria's treasury by year 2012, Rep Ado Dogo has said.

Nigeria: The Gov't to Meet Algeria and Niger on Gazprom Deal (AllAfrica.com)

Abuja — Following the agreement signed between the NNPC and Gazprom last week in Abuja, Nigeria will today host Algeria and Niger Republic to conclude the Tran-saharan Gas Pipeline project agreement.

Nigeria: Shell Confirms Closure of Western Niger Delta Operations (AllAfrica.com)

Lagos — Shell Group has finally confirmed that its Nigerian arm, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), has completely shut down its entire operations in the Western Niger Delta owing to increasing attacks on its workers and infrastructure.

Nigeria: Pilots Take Feud With NPA to Uduaghan (AllAfrica.com)

Warri — THE Niger-Delta River Pilots Union has petitioned Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, over its disagreement with the management of Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Warri, urging him to quickly intervene for the ongoing-multibillion naira Federal Government's Escravos-Gas-to-Liquid (EGTL) project not to be disrupted.

Nigeria: Flying Dove Opens New Sony Showrooms in Lagos (AllAfrica.com)

Lagos — Flying Dove, the authorised distributor of Sony consumer electronics products in Nigeria, has commissioned two new, exclusive Sony Showrooms in Lagos.

Nigeria: Yar'Adua, Vice-President Lose Severance Pay (AllAfrica.com)

Do you know that what a senator in Nigeria gets as total pay package in a year is more than what the American president gets in his whole four year term? So, what are we talking about? Why is there jubilation over the president of Nigeria and other politicians reducing their allowances?

Nigeria: Yelwan Shendam - Five Years After (AllAfrica.com)

This multi-ethnic community is still scarred by ruins and desolate wards, a horrifying reminder of the communal clashes of Sunday and Monday, May 2 and 3, 2004, which claimed over 700 human lives, displaced about 45,000 persons, and overheated Nigeria's Plateau, compelling the then President Olusegun Obasanjo to slam a state of emergency on Plateau State.