Does anyone know if this policy will impact domaciliary (dollar and pound) accounts? If not wouldn't it make sense to keep money in dollars for large transactions. How will this affect the local money changers?

Can someone please confirm where they received news of a 24 hour curfew as title suggest?

Nigeria is reaping what it has sown.  I know many people doing business in Nigeria, including myself and the stories of some of the hassles we endure are amazing.  

It is not only the issue of irractic power supply or bad roads, lack of good hospitals and other infrastructure challenges but a general attitude in Nigeria towards business especially foreign business. There is a sense that if you want to do business in Nigeria "you are lucky we allow you to operate here" who must pay homage to so many different people and play by different rules than the rest of the world.   When a decision is made that is in best interest of the business like relocating the headquarters to Ghana there is an emotional outburst that they should pack up and leave, and we don't need them anyway.  There is a general jealousy and zenophobia in Nigeria towards foreigners.  In many cases there is a sense of glee if a Nigerian can "dup" a foreigner or take advantage of them.  Many employees have short term thinking about what can i get for myself today instead of how can I help the company grow, and start working against the best interest of the business.

There are all kinds of challenges like Government officials who force companies to pay bribes for everything, tax collectors and local government boys who make life miserable for businesses to operate with uneven policies and collect tax not based on anything concrete.  Policies and procedures are kept in the dark so that the officials have power over you and when you "mess up" you must pay them to get out of the situation.  Once the business achieves some kind of success all sort of new rules and requirements are tacked onto the business regardless of how it will affect the companies bottom line.

Would you want to locate your headquarters in that kind of environment?  We all want Nigeria to succeed and thrive.  I love Nigeria but the things mentioned above are the types of things that drive business away from Nigeria, including Nigerian businesses.   I think we will continue to see businesses relocating to Ghana until this attitude and operating environment is changed.

Where are you located? What kind of lenses do you have? What do you charge per day?

Bush made his fair share of mistakes however he is constantly demonized by the media which hasn't represented him fairly. To all those who regurgitate the opinions of the liberal Bush-hating media it may interest you to know that George Bush is responsible for the biggest aid package given to African nations in modern times. If George Bush hates blacks so much why would he initiate giving $20 Billion in Pepfar money for Aids victims which has made a huge impact in so many lives. To say Bush hates blacks is an ignorant and foolish statement which cant be supported by any facts and given this evidence I think you could prove the opposite.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/15/georgebush.usa
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSL17797120080217?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=22&sp=true

I think the guy who threw the shoe is another example of the ungrateful attitude of the liberal Bush hating media. This is an example of biting the hand that gave him the opportunity to practice his profession. I support freedom of expression but that does not extend to violent acts or assaults.

Regarding Zimbabwe, I think it is ridiculous to support Mugagbe who forcefully took land from people whos familys have owned it for generations, and contributed greatly to the economy, just because of the color of their skin. If a majority white country like England suddenly decided to take over land owned by blacks for generations, using the excuse that they were somehow entitled to the land, or "we were here first" the outrage around the world would be deafening. Everything has a cause and effect, and the causes of the current decay of that country are not a big mystery. I am sad that the poor people of Zimbabwe are suffering from the ignorance and racism of their leaders.