Nigeria's state-owned oil corporation to go private (Daily Telegraph)

Nigeria's state-owned National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has initiated talks with investment banks including Standard Chartered, JP Morgan, and Deutsche Bank to explore financing options as it changes into a fully privatised commercial company.

Police chief visits violence-hit Nigeria state (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Nigeria's police chief Ogbonna Onovo visited violence-hit central Plateau State on Friday and vowed to hold divisional police officers responsible for future incidents.

Godrej set to enter Nigeria (The Telegraph)

New Delhi, March 13 (PTI): FMCG firm Godrej Consumer Products today said it would buy Nigeria’s personal care brand Tura from the Tura Group for an undisclosed sum.

Nigeria plane crashes during mock rescue exercise (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - A Nigerian plane carrying more than 30 disaster response officials crashed on Friday in the oil hub of Port Harcourt in what was supposed to be a mock rescue exercise, but there were only a few minor injuries.

India's Godrej Consumer Products buys Nigeria's Tura (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

MUMBAI, March 13 (Reuters) - India's Godrej Consumer Products (GCP) on Saturday said it has agreed to buy personal care company Tura from Nigeria's Tura Group.

Nigeria plane crashes during mock rescue exercise (AlertNet)

Source: Reuters PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, March 13 (Reuters) - A Nigerian plane carrying more than 30 disaster response officials crashed on Friday in the oil hub of Port Harcourt in what was supposed to be a mock ...

Nigeria Forms Panel To Vet Telecom-Privatization Investors (Fox News)

Nigeria Forms Panel To Vet Telecom-Privatization Investors

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-13 11:38 India's Godrej Consumer Products buys Nigeria's Tura (Interactive Investor)

MUMBAI, March 13 (Reuters) - India's Godrej Consumer Products (GCP) on Saturday said it has agreed to buy personal care company Tura from Nigeria's Tura Group. The deal size was not disclosed, but GCP said Tura's current management team will continue to lead the business. "Tura helps us leapfrog in our endeavor to build a pan-African presence for our core categories such as personal wash and ...

Welwyn Garden City consultant to set up hospital in Nigeria (The Welwyn & Hatfield Times)

A DOCTOR based at the QE2 Hospital in WGC is to spend a year in Africa setting up a state-of-the-art hospital. Sigmund Wilkey, a consultant in the hospital’s A&E Department, will spend 12 months helping to develop an emergency department at the Delta State University Hospital (DELSUTH) in Nigeria.

Nigeria, Ghana, BRVM Bourses Move Toward Combining (Update1) (Bloomberg)

March 12 (Bloomberg) -- The stock markets of Ghana and Nigeria and a regional bourse based in Ivory Coast said they set up a committee to discuss integration.