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A community portal about Nigeria with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa and the most populous country on the African continent. Nigeria... [more]

A community portal about Nigeria with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa and the most populous country on the African continent. Nigeria shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, Niger in the north, and borders the Gulf of Guinea in the south. Since 1991, its capital has been the centrally-located city of Abuja ; previously, the Nigerian government was headquartered in Lagos.

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Nigeria's main armed group in the oil-rich Niger Delta declared Sunday an "indefinite ceasefire" to encourage dialogue with the government, but the Abuja authorities rejected the fighters' mediation team. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in a statement it made its decision after the government "expressed its readiness to engage in serious and meaningful dialogue with every group or individual towards achieving a lasting peace in the Niger Delta." MEND's attacks on Nigeria's oil industry have helped play havoc with oil prices on the world market and brought down the country's oil production by a third since 2006. Nigeria ... Read Full Story
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VACANCY DETAILS   Job Title ITF - NECA TECHNICAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT   Level Trainee   Reference Code ITF01   Open Date 2009 - 11 - 2   End Date 2009 - 11 - 16   Job Description The Industrial Training Fund(ITF) and the Nigerian Employers' Consultative Association (NECA), in colloboration with Nigerian Breweries PLC, wish to admit qualified young Nigerians of sound character and learning potential to undertake an intensive 6 - 9months training programme on Technical Skills Development in the following areas: . Basic Mechanical Maintenance . Pump Operation, Alignment & Maintenance, Packaging Machine Operation . Basic Automation & Process Instrumentation . Process ... Read Full Story
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VACANCY DETAILS   Job Title ITF - NECA TECHNICAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT   Level Trainee   Reference Code ITF01   Open Date 2009 - 11 - 2   End Date 2009 - 11 - 16   Job Description The Industrial Training Fund(ITF) and the Nigerian Employers' Consultative Association (NECA), in colloboration with Nigerian Breweries PLC, wish to admit qualified young Nigerians of sound character and learning potential to undertake an intensive 6 - 9months training programme on Technical Skills Development in the following areas: . Basic Mechanical Maintenance . Pump Operation, Alignment & Maintenance, Packaging Machine Operation . Basic Automation & Process Instrumentation . Process ... Read Full Story
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Oil prices fell Monday on profit-taking and as a ceasefire took hold in Nigeria, whose crude production has been ravaged by militant attacks in recent years, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in December, dived 1.30 dollars to 79.20 dollars a barrel. Brent North Sea crude for December tumbled 1.17 dollars to 77.75 dollars in late afternoon London trade. "Crude oil prices were lower (on Monday) after a leading Nigerian militant group announced an indefinite ceasefire which came into effect at midnight yesterday," wrote analysts at the Sucden brokerage in a research note. "The militant group has been blamed ... Read Full Story
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Oil prices fell Monday on profit-taking and as a ceasefire took hold in Nigeria, whose crude production has been ravaged by militant attacks in recent years, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in December, shed 49 cents to 80.01 dollars a barrel. Brent North Sea crude for December lost 40 cents to 78.52 dollars in early London trade. New York crude oil hit 82 dollars on Wednesday, the highest level since October 14, 2008, as the market took its cue from a slumping US currency. Nigeria's main armed group in the oil-rich Niger Delta declared on Sunday an "indefinite ... Read Full Story
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LAGOS, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- More than 400 pipelines have been destroyed in Nigeria's oil rich Niger Delta region in the last two years, the Lagos-based Vanguard newspaper reported on Monday. Citing Joseph Dorgu, chairman of the Pipeline Professionals ...  
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Abuja — Following the success of amnesty programme in the Niger Delta region, a firm, Dag Group Germany/United Kingdom, said it has concluded arrangement to partner with the Federal Government with a view to investing $30 billion on human and ...  
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The Nigerian Army has described Lt. Col. SS Jock's suit against President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, and Minister of Defence challenging his trial by Court Martial by the Nigerian Army as a calculated attempt to rubbish the Army.  
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Maybe Lagos through Ondo,or via Benin.I chose the Lagos Ibadan route through Ogun OYO,snaking all round Oshun and Ekiti,before bursting out in Kogi, then hit the harzadous OKENE -lOKOJA-Abaji-Abuja Road. "Very terrible roads,'"Kalu continued,"i saw ...  
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Lagos — On the 4th of October, 2009, the period set for the amnesty process will come to a close. A review of the process so far will reveal some modest success but there are a lot of challenges. First and foremost, It is clear that the amnesty ...  
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