Big Oil makes war on the earth: The Gulf Coast joins an oil-soiled planet Energy Bulletin | If you live on the Gulf Coast, welcome to the real world of oil -- and just know that you’re not alone. In the Niger Delta and the Ecuadorian Amazon, among other places, your emerging hell has been the living hell of local populations for decades. | Even as I was visiting those distant...
African Gold Rush May Wane For Vodafone, Bharti Peace FM Online Vodafone Group Plc, France Telecom SA and Bharti Airtel Ltd., which spent at least $18 billion on deals in Africa and the Middle East in the last two years, may face lower margins in the world's fastest-growing phone markets. | Countries with as many as 11 operators, falling tariffs, a shrinking poo...
CBN, EFCC, Datapro to Sensitise Banks' CEOs on Money Laundering All Africa Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in conjunction with the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU)/Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and DataPro Limited have concluded plans to sensitise top officials of banks and discount houses in the...
When Igbo Leaders Visited Jonathan This Day President Goodluck Jonathan last Monday, in Abuja hosted governors of the five South-east states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states and 38 prominent leaders from the zone. they were on a solidarity visit to the President. The meeting, whi...
Yakowa Tasks Private This Day Kaduna | Kaduna State Governor, Mr. Patrick Yakowa, has called on corporate organisations operating in the state to assist the government in its efforts at ensuring adequate healthcare delivery to the people. | Speaking at the commissioning of a Vesi...
Society happenings Page 1 This Day Demola Seriki Gets Serious | The beauty of democracy can never be ignored no matter how expensive and how slow it makes development efforts. The fact that it offers one right of choice from as many candidates as possible adds flavour to it. Demola Se...
Who Controls Nollywood & Ghollywood? Ghana Base "...I never believed such decision could come from the Ghanaians. Nollywood has done a lot to improve their movie industry and what they have done now is a clear indication that they are ingrates. | How could the Ghanaians insist that Nigerian actors...
Who Controls Nollywood & Ghollywood? Peace FM Online "...I never believed such decision could come from the Ghanaians. Nollywood has done a lot to improve their movie industry and what they have done now is a clear indication that they are ingrates. | How could the Ghanaians insist that Nigerian actors...
South-east: House Probes Erosion Menace This Day The House of Representatives has adopted a motion to probe the devastating effects of gully erosion in the South-east geo-political zone of the country. | The House expressed worries that the menace of erosion in the South east had continued in spite...
Continental Airlines Announces $233 Million Second Quarter Profit redOrbit | HOUSTON, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) today reported second quarter 2010 net income of $233 million ($1.46 diluted earnings per share). Excluding $24 million of merger-related costs and other special charges, C...
Nigeria the frontier market for new hotel development Business Report | Demand outstrips supply in west Africa | Submit your comment | South African hotel groups are boosting their investments in oil-rich Nigeria, which is attracting a high level of international business travel. | Sun International has a casino hotel on Victoria Island, Lagos. Rival hotel groups Southern Sun and Protea are also present. | And...
Nigeria state oil firm insolvent, says minister BBC News Nigeria's state oil firm is insolvent, unable to pay debts of $5bn (£3.3bn), a government minister has said. | Junior Finance Minister Remi Babalola said the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation had asked for help to cover its debts and fund its operations. | But the NNPC denied the claim and said the government was not paying its own debt...
Big Oil makes war on the earth: The Gulf Coast joins an oil-soiled planet Energy Bulletin | If you live on the Gulf Coast, welcome to the real world of oil -- and just know that you’re not alone. In the Niger Delta and the Ecuadorian Amazon, among other places, your emerging hell has been the living hell of local populations for decades. | Even as I was visiting those distant and exotic spill locales via book, article, and Y...
