News: Nigeria

We have started to collect the most important news related to Nigeria in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Nigeria – overview

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• November 6th 2009 – September 22nd 2009
• September 19th 2009 – August 1st 2009
• July 31st 2009 – July 3rd 2009
• July 2nd 2009 – May 7th 2009
• May 6th 2009 – February 21st 2009
• February 19th 2009 – January 13th 2009
• January 12th 2009 – November 3rd 2008
• October 23rd 2008 – September 9th 2008
• September 8th 2008 – July 27th 2008
• July 27th 2008 – June 22nd 2008
• June 21st 2008 – April 26th 2008
• April 22nd 2008 – February 6th 2008
• February 3rd 2008 – November 21st 2007
• November 19th 2007 – September 24th 2007
• September 20th 2007 – August 6th 2007
• August 3rd 2007 – July 4th 2007
• July 4th 2007 – June 1st 2007
• May 31st 2007 – April 25th 2007
• April 24th 2007 – April 2nd 2007
• April 1st 2007 – March 1st 2007
• February 23rd 2007 – January 20th 2007
• January 18th 2007 – December 18th 2006
• December 17th 2006 – October 19th 2006
• October 18th 2006 – August 30th 2006
• August 25th 2006 – June 29th 2006
• June 27th 2006 – April 27th 2006
• April 26th 2006 – March 18th 2006
• March 17th 2006 – February 9th 2006
• February 8th 2006 – December 24th 2005
• December 23rd 2005 – November 15th 2005

Nigeria: news

Niger-Nigeria 'blockade' mystery

Friday, November 6th 2009, 13:21
related countries: Niger

Nigeria is blocking Niger from importing goods, Niger's foreign affairs ministry confirms, but a reason is still unclear.
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Cash crackdown in Nigerian banks

Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 13:10

Nigeria's central bank orders banks to report suspicious cash transactions from people involved in politics.
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Home from home

Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 8:33
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Want to cook Nigerian food? Learn in London
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Home from home

Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 8:33
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Want to cook Nigerian food? Learn in London
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Nigerian MP's election 'rigged'

Friday, October 30th 2009, 16:45

An election appeals tribunal in Nigeria sacks an influential senator, ruling his election two years ago was rigged.
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Nigeria jails top political aide

Tuesday, October 27th 2009, 10:03

A close ally of Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo is sentenced to two-and-half years for corruption.
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Nigeria militants reinstate truce

Sunday, October 25th 2009, 11:00

Nigeria's main armed group in the oil-rich Delta region announces an indefinite ceasefire to allow for peace talks.
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Tests to catch football age cheats

Friday, October 23rd 2009, 17:50

Fifa to use wrist scans to determine the age of players at this year's Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria.
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Nigeria in big scamster crackdown

Friday, October 23rd 2009, 11:28

Nigeria says it has shut down 800 fraudster e-mailers and arrested those behind 18 high-profile "cyber crime syndicates".
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Nigeria 'to give 10% of oil cash'

Monday, October 19th 2009, 17:14
related countries: Niger

Nigeria reportedly plans to give 10% of oil revenues to people in the Niger Delta, a key demand of militants there.
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Nigeria militants end ceasefire

Friday, October 16th 2009, 0:47

A hardline faction in Nigeria's main oil militant group ends a three-month ceasefire and says it will resume attacks.
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Nigeria party leader on debt list

Thursday, October 15th 2009, 13:23

Nigeria's former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is included in a new list of tycoons who have failed to pay back bank loans.
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Nigeria lifts gunshot medical ban

Wednesday, October 14th 2009, 12:13

Nigeria lifts a law that required hospitals to withhold treatment from gunshot victims until police had filed a report.
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Nigeria tanker explosion kills 70

Saturday, October 10th 2009, 12:57

At least 70 people are killed in a road accident in southern Nigeria involving a fuel tanker and several packed minibuses.
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'My kidnap ordeal'

Thursday, October 8th 2009, 23:03

Doctor's shock after setting up clinic in Nigeria
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'Thousands' disarmed in Nigeria

Thursday, October 8th 2009, 17:27
related countries: Niger

Nigeria's government says as many as 15,000 militants active in the Niger Delta surrendered during a two-month amnesty.
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Nigeria to spend oil cash reserve

Wednesday, October 7th 2009, 19:50

Nigeria's top economic body approves a government decision to spend $2bn (£1.25bn) from its oil windfall fund.
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Nigeria weapons shipment seized

Wednesday, October 7th 2009, 17:16

Nigerian officials seize a container full of arms, raising fears about the proliferation of weapons ahead of elections.
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Peace at last?

Monday, October 5th 2009, 15:53

Guns handed in but future still murky in Nigeria's oil region
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Nigeria militants fight amnesty

Monday, October 5th 2009, 15:16

Hours after an amnesty for Nigeria's oil militants expired, the group that began the unrest goes to court rejecting it as illegal.
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Leading Nigeria oil rebel disarms

Sunday, October 4th 2009, 21:25

The last prominent militant in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region gives up his weapons after agreeing to an amnesty deal.
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Nigeria bails out four more banks

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 16:44

Nigeria's central bank bails out four more banks to the tune of $1.37bn and sacks three of their chief executives.
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Nigeria singer's joy at Mobo win

Thursday, October 1st 2009, 18:11

Nigerian musician Nneka Egbuna expresses surprise and excitement at winning the Best African Act at the Mobos.
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Nigeria oil militant 'ends fight'

Thursday, October 1st 2009, 16:39

One of Nigeria's top oil militants announces he has accepted a government amnesty and has ended his armed struggle.
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Seized Nigerian politician freed

Thursday, October 1st 2009, 9:00
related places: Port Harcourt

A politician kidnapped in northern Nigeria is released in Port Harcourt, at the other end of the country.
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Nigerian anger over China deaths

Friday, September 25th 2009, 12:14
related countries: China

Nigerian MPs demand an audit of Chinese residents after a row over the cremation of dead Nigerian prisoners in China.
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Nigeria bank boss has no regrets

Tuesday, September 22nd 2009, 19:14

The governor of Nigeria's Central Bank, Lamido Sanusi, defends his shake-up, saying his intention is to save the banks.
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Abacha's son 'to enter politics'

Tuesday, September 22nd 2009, 10:22
related places: Kano

The son of Nigeria's ex-military ruler Sani Abacha tells the BBC he is strongly considering contesting the governorship of Kano.
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Doctor jailed for Obasanjo death

Tuesday, September 22nd 2009, 0:26
related countries: Spain

A Spanish doctor is sentenced to a year in jail for his role in the death of the former Nigerian first-lady Stella Obasanjo.
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