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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• December 21st 2009 – November 3rd 2009
• November 3rd 2009 – September 15th 2009
• September 10th 2009 – July 31st 2009
• July 30th 2009 – June 29th 2009
• June 26th 2009 – April 30th 2009
• April 29th 2009 – February 17th 2009
• February 16th 2009 – January 6th 2009
• January 6th 2009 – October 17th 2008
• October 16th 2008 – September 4th 2008
• September 4th 2008 – July 25th 2008
• July 24th 2008 – June 20th 2008
• June 19th 2008 – April 16th 2008
• April 16th 2008 – January 23rd 2008
• January 21st 2008 – November 15th 2007
• November 15th 2007 – September 14th 2007
• September 11th 2007 – July 31st 2007
• July 31st 2007 – June 28th 2007
• June 28th 2007 – May 30th 2007
• May 29th 2007 – April 23rd 2007
• April 22nd 2007 – March 29th 2007
• March 29th 2007 – February 20th 2007
• February 19th 2007 – January 16th 2007
• January 16th 2007 – December 13th 2006
• December 11th 2006 – October 16th 2006
• October 13th 2006 – August 22nd 2006
• August 19th 2006 – June 17th 2006
• June 16th 2006 – April 21st 2006
• April 20th 2006 – March 9th 2006
• March 8th 2006 – February 6th 2006
• February 1st 2006 – December 22nd 2005
• December 20th 2005 – November 15th 2005

Nigeria: news

Call for truth on Nigeria leader

Thursday, September 4th 2008, 10:16

An opposition party in Nigeria calls for an official statement on the president's health.
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Nigeria seizes money 'for Obama'

Monday, September 1st 2008, 16:24
related places: Obama

Nigerian anti-graft investigators seize money collected to support Barack Obama.
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Nigeria denies militant attacks

Monday, September 1st 2008, 10:39

The Nigerian military denies claims that 29 soldiers were killed in clashes with militants.
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Nigerian man to divorce 82 wives - but keep four

Sunday, August 31st 2008, 21:53

A Nigerian religious leader with 86 wives accepts an Islamic decree ordering him to divorce all but four, local authorities say.
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Iran agrees Nigeria nuclear deal

Friday, August 29th 2008, 8:46
related countries: Iran

Iran agrees to share nuclear technology with Nigeria to help it increase its power generation.
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Argentina brave heat to take gold

Saturday, August 23rd 2008, 6:48
related countries: Argentina
related places: Maria

Argentina retain their men's Olympic football title as Angel di Maria's goal secures a 1-0 win over Nigeria.
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Live - Olympics

Saturday, August 23rd 2008, 0:11
related countries: Argentina

Middleweight boxer James DeGale wins gold for Britain and there are bronze medals for Tim Brabants and Sarah Stevenson.
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Nigerian faces death for 86 wives

Thursday, August 21st 2008, 13:58

A Nigerian man with 86 wives is told to choose only four and repent, or face the death penalty.
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Nigeria military chiefs dismissed

Thursday, August 21st 2008, 8:44

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua announces the surprise sacking of the country's top three military chiefs.
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Nigerian civil servant charged with spending millions on black magic

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 18:21

A Nigerian official is charged with stealing millions of state money to hire a witchdoctor to bring him success.
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Row in Nigeria over Obama money

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 16:40
related places: Obama

A Nigerian group backing Barack Obama says money it raised was not meant for his campaign.
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Nigerians' joy at Olympic success

Tuesday, August 19th 2008, 17:35

There are scenes of joy in Nigeria after their football team reached the Olympics final.
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Sex workers 'targeted' in Nigeria

Monday, August 18th 2008, 15:47
related places: Bauchi

Islamic authorities in Bauchi, Nigeria, reportedly detain sex workers identified in a census.
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German hostages 'rescued'

Friday, August 15th 2008, 10:31
related countries: Germany

A militant group in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta hands over two German hostages it says it rescued from another gang.
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Nigeria's Bakassi ceded to Cameroon

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 16:09
related countries: Cameroon

Nigeria hands over the disputed Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon amid tight security.
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Home from home?

Wednesday, August 13th 2008, 8:32

Nigeria's Bakassi resettlement fuels more tensions
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Why Nigerian husband advises against 86 wives

Friday, August 8th 2008, 7:09

A man in Nigeria who has 86 wives and at least 170 children advises others not to follow his example.
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Nigeria troops raid Delta village

Tuesday, August 5th 2008, 16:59

Soldiers attack a village in Nigeria's Delta region looking for militants and find missiles.
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French sailors seized in Nigeria

Monday, August 4th 2008, 11:39
related countries: France

Police say they are still waiting for a ransom demand for two French sailors kidnapped in Nigeria's oil-rich region.
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Mob riot in Nigeria after crash

Friday, August 1st 2008, 15:15

A mob goes on the rampage in Nigeria's capital and burns a rescue vehicle at the scene of a deadly road accident.
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Nigeria to appeal Bakassi delay

Friday, August 1st 2008, 13:46

Nigeria's government plans to go court to stop an attempt to delay the handover of Bakassi over a compensation row.
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Gangs clash in Nigeria oil region

Wednesday, July 30th 2008, 16:56
related places: Port Harcourt

Rival Nigerian oil gangs clash near Port Harcourt, leaving one soldier and two militants dead, the army says.
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Fatal building collapse in Abuja

Tuesday, July 29th 2008, 21:30
related places: Abuja

Rescue workers search for survivors trapped after a shopping centre collapses in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.
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Nigeria oil cut by rebel attack

Monday, July 28th 2008, 16:37

A militant attack on two pipelines cuts oil production in Nigeria, as five kidnapped workers are freed.
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Biafrans deny treason in Nigeria

Monday, July 28th 2008, 15:25

Thirty supporters of a separatist movement in south-east Nigeria plead not guilty to treason.
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'Blood oil'

Sunday, July 27th 2008, 23:42

The murky world of conflict and theft in Nigeria's oil region
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Winner takes all

Sunday, July 27th 2008, 1:03

Is Nigerian football suffering from Premiership fever?
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Seized Nigeria oil workers freed

Saturday, July 26th 2008, 20:56
related countries: Niger

Eight foreign oil workers are freed in Nigeria, hours after being kidnapped in a raid by militants in the Niger Delta.
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Oil workers in Niger Delta kidnap

Friday, July 25th 2008, 15:21

Five eastern European oil workers are kidnapped by Nigerian militants, security officials say.
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