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Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua dead

 Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua, who was ill for a long time, has died at Aso Rock presidential villa in Abuja. The 58-year-old leader died between 9.30 and 10.30 pm (local time) on Wednesday,......

What French President Sarkozy will do in India

 French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations on January 26 in New Delhi. To shore up strategic ties, Sarkozy, the youngest French president, will......

G-8: PM to meet presidents of Nigeria, China

 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is camping in Berlin's Hotel Adlon Kempinski. He willsoon meet the Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo before meeting Chinese President Hu Jintao. During the......

Africa asks for two UNSC seats

 The African Union has unanimously adopted a resolution that the continent should be granted two permanent seats with veto rights and five non-permanent seats in a reformed United Nations Security......

Foreign missions shut in Lagos

 The United States temporarily closed its consulate in Lagos because of a terrorist threat, a US military official said Friday, and those of Britain, Germany, Italy, Russia and other nations......

Nigerian shock for Global Infra

 Govt revokes concessions given to Pramod, Vinod Mittal-promoted company. Nigeria on Tuesday revoked the concessions given to Global Infrastructure Holdings, promoted by Pramod and Vinod Mittal,......

Essar acquires oil block in Nigeria

 Essar Energy Holdings, a part of the Essar group, has acquired an oil and gas exploration block in Nigeria in the latest round of bidding. The shallow offshore block is completely owned by Essar......

Mittal loses Nigeria refinery bid

 Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, who wants to make it big in oil after forming the world's largest steel empire, has lost a bid for taking over Nigeria's biggest oil refinery.Mittal offered lesser than the......

Tony Blair to open WEF Davos meet

 British Prime Minister Tony Blair will address the opening session of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos on January 26.Blair is expected to lay out the agenda for the G8 in the......

Nigeria calls for investment in IT, telcom

 Nigeria, India's largest trading partner in Africa, on Wednesday invited Indian companies to invest substantially in the oil-rich country and promised all necessary help and good business......

Eto'o voted African Footballer of the Year

 Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o was named African Footballer of the Year for the third year running on Thursday, edging out Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba by two points in the annual poll. Eto'o became......

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