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ConocoPhillips to sell Nigerian unit for $1.79B

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 20th

HOUSTON (AP) - ConocoPhillips is selling its Nigerian business unit to Oando PLC for roughly $1.79 billion. The oil and natural gas company says its net production in Nigeria averaged 43,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day through October. ConocoPhillips said Thursday that the deal is part of its

French engineer kidnapped in north Nigeria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 20th

By YINKA IBUKUNAssociated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - More than 30 assailants stormed a house in northern Nigeria, killing two people and kidnapping a French engineer, in the latest abduction to hit the West African nation, officials said Thursday. The engineer, a contractor for French renewable

Report: Asian economies will surpass US, Europe

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By KIMBERLY DOZIERAP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States could see its standing as a superpower eroded and Asian economies will outstrip those of North America and Europe combined by 2030, according to the best guess of the U.S. intelligence community in its latest

Nigerian finance minister's mother kidnapped

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 9th

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigerian police say kidnappers have abducted the finance minister's mother from her home in the West African nation's oil-rich delta. National police spokesman Frank Mba told The Associated Press that Kamene Okonjo, mother of Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was

Holder to help launch alliance against pedophilia

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 4th

By By PETE YOSTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder and European Union Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström will launch a global alliance targeting online child sexual abuse, building on the success of cross-border police operations that have dismantled

Some wish Islam would inform climate debate

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 1st

By By MICHAEL CASEY and KARL RITTER DOHA, Qatar (AP) - At Friday prayers in Qatar's most popular mosque, the imam discussed the civil war in Syria, the unrest in Egypt and the U.N. endorsement of an independent state of Palestine. Not a word about climate change, even though the Middle

Pope elevates 6 cardinals to choose successor

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 24th

By NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI responded to criticism that the club of churchmen who will choose his successor is too Eurocentric, elevating six new cardinals from Colombia, India, Lebanon, Nigeria, the Philippines and the U.S. during a formal ceremony

Nigerian tops Forbes' list of Africa's richest

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Forbes magazine says Aliko Dangote, a Nigerian tycoon who built his empire on commodities like flour, sugar and cement, is Africa's richest man. Dangote topped the Forbes' list published this week for the second year running. According to Forbes, he has a net worth of

Russian farmer takes on corrupt officials

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By MAX SEDDONAssociated Press YARABAIKASY, Russia (AP) - When Eduard Mochalov tried to have the people who stole his cattle and pig farm brought to justice, he spent eight months in jail on charges he says were cooked up. He appealed to Vladimir Putin and even set himself on fire outside the

Woman gets 80 years for deadly Texas day care fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - It had been Jessica Tata's dream to run a day care. She was soon in over her head, caring for too many kids and taking chances by leaving them alone to run errands. The young woman's actions ultimately proved fatal: Four children died and