Nigeria freezes currency change
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Nigeria's justice minister says the redenomination of the national currency has been postponed.
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The Nigerian government cancels another sale of a state firm by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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Nigerian stock prices dropped 0.4 percent last week as the index closed at 52,264.11 points from 52,452.49 the previous week, brokers said Sunday.
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Zimbabweans desperate to get their hands on scarce local currency spent Tuesday lining up by cash dispensing machines after plans for banks to open on Christmas Day were scrapped.
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A nationwide strike went on Monday in Nigeria to protest against rising fuel prices, bringing much ofAfrica&#39;s top oil producer to a near standstill.
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Nigerian unions on Monday suspended a  general strike due to start on Tuesday after the government  agreed to reduce domestic fuel prices, union leaders said.
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Bank accounts belonging to Thailand ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra have been frozen, the government says.
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The Cuban government has stopped the use of United States dollars in its transactions following the United States move to freeze all international transactions related to Cuba.
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The Chinese government orders some prices to be frozen as it battles to contain the country's inflation.
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ABUJA/LONDON  - OPEC President Nigeria called on its fellow OPEC countries to make deeper output cuts on Tuesday as prices tumbled to an 8-month low below $59 a barrel and the tide showed no sign of turning.
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By Chris Nwachukwu and Francis Onwudo in Lagos, Chuks Okocha, Andy Ekugo, Juliana Taiwo in Abuja and Tunde Sanni in Ilorin. Organised Labour and civil society organisation were jolted early hours of yesterday
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Zimbabweans battled Sunday to change temporary currency into new banknotes before it becomes worthless on December 31, as the country's central bank tries to tackle a shortage of cash in the country.
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Zimbabwe's currency plunged to new depths on Friday as the U.S. ambassador to Harare predicted galloping inflation will force President Robert Mugabe from office before the end of the year.
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Oil prices eased on Monday after  rebels in Nigeria withdrew a threat to target oil operations,  but lingering concerns over stretched supplies ahead of winter  kept prices close to $50 a barrel.
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The suspended governor of a Nigerian state is questioned in the UK over allegations of money laundering involving Â£1m.
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Lagos - Nigerian unions on Monday suspended a general strike due to start on Tuesday after the government agreed to reduce domestic fuel prices, a union leader said.
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A four-day national strike has begun in Nigeria in protest at a 25% increase in the cost of oil. Oil executives in Nigeria said they were confident there would be no immediate disruption to exports.