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Etisalat Nigeria signs $1.2bn refinancing loanEtisalat's Nigeria affilate has signed a $1.2 billion refinancing loan with 13 Nigerian banks, the United Arab Emirates' leading telecom operator said on Tuesday. The medium-term facility will be used to refinance an exist More… |
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Nigeria arrests Iran-linked terror cellNigeria's secret service said it has arrested a "terrorist cell" trained in Iran which planned to attack US and Israeli targets in Africa's most populous nation. The State Secu More… |
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Etihad increases Lahore, Lagos servicesEtihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has increased its flights to Pakistan’s Lahore city and Nigeria’s Lagos. Flights to Lahore will More… |
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Pirates attack tanker off Nigeria, kidnap 5Pirates have attacked and looted a tanker off the coast of Nigeria, taking five crew members hostage, the ship's operating company said on Wednesday. Piracy and kidnapping in the oil-producing Delta and offshore are common, an More… |
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Etihad Cargo to serve NigeriaEtihad Cargo, a division of Etihad Airways, will re-introduce a weekly freighter service from Abu Dhabi to the Nigerian city of Lagos, effective November 15. The service will be complemented by More… |
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Heritage to sell key Iraq oil blockHeritage Oil, a London-listed oil and gas exploration company, said it will sell part of a gas block and borrow money from Genel Energy to raise $450 million, easing concerns about how it will fund oilfield purchases in Nigeria. Heritag More… |
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50 attend Etihad football clinic in LagosFifty students between the ages of 11 and 16 attended a special Etihad Airways-held football clinic, with Ivorian international and MCFC central defender, Kolo Toure and three of the club's trainers. The airline, which is a lead sponsor of More… |
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Etihad launches Lagos flightsEtihad Airways, the national carrier of the UAE, has started its six flights a week service between the airline’s Abu Dhabi home-base and the Nigerian city Lagos. To mark the new service, and Nigeria’s love of football, the airline has ope More… |
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Nigeria's Sahara pumps first oil, plans expansionNigeria-based energy firm Sahara Group has started pumping its first crude oil and plans to expand trading activities in the Middle East and Asia, the chief executive of its trading division said, as the centre of world oil demand shifts east. More… |
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Nigeria plane crash kills all 147 on boardA passenger plane crashed into a densely populated part of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub, on Sunday, killing all 147 people on board, the airline said. President Goodluck Jonathan declared three days of More… |
