Port Harcourt

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Port Har·court (här

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A city of southern Nigeria in the Niger River delta southeast of Ibadan. Population: 1,140,000.

Port Harcourt [ˈhɑːkət -kɔːt]

(Placename) a port in S Nigeria, capital of Rivers state on the Niger delta: the nation's second largest port; industrial centre. Pop.: 410 000 (1996 est.)

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Aba Rivers			The controversial sale of the Port Harcourt and Kaduna refineries to the local Blue Star Oil Services consortium collapsed in mid-July 2007 because of objections by NNPC and powerful petroleum labour unions. Nigeria -Failed Privatisations by APS Review Downstream Trends a construction engineering company in Port Harcourt, was shot and wounded on Sunday by a group of about 16 armed men who wanted to kidnap him for a ransom," Idris Haruna, zonal commander of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), told AFP. Lebanese shot in Nigeria foiled kidnap bid: official by AFP / AFP Global Edition Bruce, who works for Global Lifting Services, was seized by two gunmen on November 27 in the Port Harcourt area. Kidnapped Scot 'home for Xmas' by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			Porrection Porret porridge porridge oats porringer Porsena Porson port Port Adelaide Port Apra Port arms Port Arthur port authorities Port bar Port Blair port capacity Port charges Port Charlotte port complex port de bras port designator Port du Salut Port Elizabeth port evacuation of cargoes port evacuation of shipping Port Harcourt Port Huron Port Jackson Port Jackson fig Port Jackson heath Port Jackson pine Port Jackson shark Port Jackson willow Port lid Port Louis Port Lyautey Port Moresby Port Nicholson port of call port of debarkation port of embarkation port of entry Port of Spain port of support port operations group Port Orange Port Orford cedar Port Phillip Bay Port Royal port running Port Said			Port Facility Security Assessment Port Facility Security Officer Port Filtering Mode Port forward Port Forwarder with Logging Port forwarding Port fowarding Port fowarding Port Francqui Port Franqui Port Fuel Injection Port G Data Direction Register Port G Data Register Port Galván Port Galván Port Gamble Port General Control Register Port Gentil Port Gentil Port Gentil, Gabon - Port Gentil Port Glasgow Port Glasgow Salvation Army Port Group Controller Port Handling and Inland Transportation Port Harcourt Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce Industry, Mines and Agriculture Port Hardy Secondary School Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada - Port Hardy Airport Port Hedland Port Authority Port Hedland Sobering-Up Centre Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia - Port Hedlan Port Honduras Marine Reserve Port Hope Port Hope Area Initiative Port Hope Community Health Concerns Committee Port Hope Conversion Facility Port Hope Festival Theatre Port Hope, Ontario Port Hudson State Historic Site Port Hueneme Port Hueneme Division Port Hueneme Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Little League

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