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.

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Nigeria: news

Nigeria sailors die in oil raids

Tuesday, June 10th 2008, 12:17
related countries: Niger

A second Nigerian sailor is killed in as many days in an attack by oil militants in the Niger Delta.
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Nigeria oil militants attack boat

Monday, June 9th 2008, 13:21

Militants attack a Nigerian navy vessel but the authorities deny reports that it was seized.
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Nigeria's removal of Shell hailed

Thursday, June 5th 2008, 9:54

Shell's removal from the oil fields in Nigeria's volatile Ogoniland is welcomed by the son of executed activist Ken Saro-Wiwa.
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Nigeria seizes 80 tonnes of drugs

Monday, June 2nd 2008, 16:34

Nigeria's Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seizes 80 metric tonnes of cannabis.
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Nigeria power shortage to persist

Friday, May 30th 2008, 8:23

It will be at least seven years before Nigeria can generate enough electricity for its needs, the president says.
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Pipeline blown up in Niger Delta

Monday, May 26th 2008, 11:37
related countries: Niger

Nigeria's military confirms an attack on a Shell pipeline, but denies a militant claim that it lost 11 soldiers in the raid.
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Nigerian soldiers killed in crash

Thursday, May 22nd 2008, 12:19

At least 43 soldiers have been killed in a road crash in northern Nigeria, the country's military says.
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Nigeria demands $2bn oil arrears

Wednesday, May 21st 2008, 11:24

Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua demands two major oil companies pay the government $2bn.
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Nigerian senator hands herself in

Monday, May 19th 2008, 13:43

Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, the ex-president's daughter, comes out of hiding and is remanded in custody.
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Nigerian jailed for smuggling baby

Friday, May 16th 2008, 15:21
related countries: United Kingdom

A UK court jails a Nigerian woman accused of buying a baby and bringing him illegally into the UK.
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Nigeria oil blast site sealed off

Friday, May 16th 2008, 12:57
related places: Lagos

The site of an explosion in Lagos is sealed and the search for bodies halted by the Nigerian authorities.
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Nigeria names new graft tsar

Friday, May 16th 2008, 12:52

A retired top policewoman is named to head Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
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Children killed in Nigeria blast

Friday, May 16th 2008, 9:06
related places: Lagos

At least 100 people are killed in an oil pipeline explosion by a school in Nigeria's city of Lagos, the Red Cross says.
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Nigeria evictions condemned

Thursday, May 15th 2008, 14:57
related places: Abuja

The Nigerian government forced the evictions of 800,000 people from slums in Abuja, a report says.
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Nigerian film producer in court

Thursday, May 15th 2008, 12:15

A film maker in northern Nigeria who defied Islamic censors faces jail.
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Obasanjo denies power corruption

Monday, May 12th 2008, 13:43

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo tells a panel he is not responsible for Nigeria's poor power supply.
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Nigerian court frees 'dead son'

Wednesday, May 7th 2008, 19:18

A man arrested and allegedly shot by Nigerian police is freed on bail, years after his family were told he was dead.
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Niger Delta push for US mediator

Wednesday, May 7th 2008, 9:47
related countries: United States

Ex-US leader Jimmy Carter could play a positive role in mediating in Nigeria's militant crisis, a Nigerian official says.
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Oil hits $120 a barrel milestone

Monday, May 5th 2008, 20:03
related countries: Iraq

The price of oil rises above $120 for the first time, driven by concerns about supply threats in Nigeria and Iraq.
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Attack on Shell plant in Nigeria

Saturday, May 3rd 2008, 22:19
related countries: Niger

Militants blow up a Shell-owned oil flow station in the Niger Delta, the fifth such attack in recent weeks.
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Secret trial for Nigeria militant

Friday, May 2nd 2008, 22:06
related countries: Niger

A Nigerian court rules that the treason trial of Niger Delta militant leader Henry Okah will be held behind closed doors.
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Oil falls as Nigeria strike ends

Thursday, May 1st 2008, 21:19

Oil prices fall on news that a strike in Nigeria by Exxon workers which had disrupted production has ended.
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Oil firms in Nigeria cut output

Saturday, April 26th 2008, 4:15

The two biggest oil companies in Nigeria cut production in response to strikes and attacks by militant groups.
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Nigerian oil sector being probed

Tuesday, April 22nd 2008, 15:48

Members of Nigeria's parliament discuss an investigation into the country's oil business.
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Obasanjo family face 'witch hunt'

Tuesday, April 22nd 2008, 15:36

A Nigerian senator who is the daughter of the ex-president tells the BBC there is a "witch hunt" against her family.
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Nigeria senator 'fears for life'

Wednesday, April 16th 2008, 20:13

A Nigerian senator and daughter of the ex-president says she fears for her life after corruption charges.
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Poll feud in Nigerian oil state

Wednesday, April 16th 2008, 10:38

Extra troops deploy in Nigeria's oil-rich Bayelsa State after a court quashes the election of its governor.
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Chaos at Nigerian home sell-off

Wednesday, April 9th 2008, 14:36

Home buyers are tear gassed and flogged whilst queueing to buy houses in Nigeria's capital sold off by the civil service.
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Nigerian rebel appears in court

Friday, April 4th 2008, 10:02

A leader of a Nigerian oil-militant group appears in court to be formally charged with treason
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Ex-leader in Lagos adultery case

Thursday, April 3rd 2008, 10:27
related places: Lagos

Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo is accused in court of sleeping with his son's wife.
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