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Nigeria to raise 219 billion naira in Treasury bills

Wed Mar 30, 2016/Reuters Nigeria plans to raise 218.89 billion naira ($1.10 billion) in short-dated treasury bills on April 7, the central bank said on Wednesday. The bank said it will sell 55.40 billion naira of three-month and 33.49 billion naira of six-month bills and 130 billion naira of one-year […]

Shell says Dutch investigators visit Shell headquarters in Nigeria oil probe

Wed Mar 30, 2016/Reuters Royal Dutch Shell said on Wednesday Dutch investigators recently visited its headquarters in the Hague in the Netherlands in relation to an investigation into a Nigerian offshore oil field. “Representatives of the Dutch Financial Intelligence and Investigation Service and the Dutch Public Prosecutor recently visited Shell […]

Nigeria’s Buhari will not sign budget unless parliament provides details-official

Tue Mar 29, 2016/Reuters Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will not sign the 2016 budget bill passed by parliament last week unless lawmakers provide more details of the legislation, a government official said on Tuesday. Parliament had earlier sent the bill, which calls for record spending, to Buhari’s office but it […]