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Nigeria’s Inflation Eases to 8.1% in October

By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s headline inflation eased 20 basis points to 8.1 percent in October from 8.3 percent in September, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Sunday. The recent release shows that this was the second successive month in which a contraction of 20bps was recorded in […]

Editorial: Nigeria’s road shame goes viral online

huhuonline.com/November 10, 2014 It is not clear to what extent the present move would shame Nigerian leaders to bring about the desired change, but the dismal state of Nigerian roads is now a campaign on social media which has gone viral on the internet. Posting under the hashtag #MyRoadIsWorseThanYours#, Nigerians […]

Fitch Rates ConocoPhillips’ Unsecured Notes ‘A’

06 Nov 2014/Fitch Ratings (Fitch Ratings released this statement November 06, 2014) Fitch Ratings has assigned an ‘A’ rating to ConocoPhillips’ issuance of senior unsecured notes. The company expects to use the net proceeds to redeem $1.5 billion in 4.60% notes due 2015 and for general corporate purposes. ConocoPhillips Company […]