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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

Nigerian opposition wins landslide

Monday, April 13th 2015, 12:55

The party of Nigeria's incoming president wins a landslide in elections for powerful state governors, ending the former ruling party's dominance.
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VIDEO: 'I was trafficked into UK prostitution'

Friday, April 10th 2015, 6:34
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Coventry, Ope

Ope, 28, tells the story of how she was brought from Nigeria to Coventry to work as a prostitute in an animated film.
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The phone call that changed Nigeria

Thursday, April 2nd 2015, 15:23

The phone call that changed Nigeria
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Nigeria victor issues Boko Haram vow

Wednesday, April 1st 2015, 14:35

The winner of Nigeria's presidential election Muhammadu Buhari vows that militants Boko Haram will "soon know the strength of our collective will".
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Nigeria's Buhari hails poll victory

Wednesday, April 1st 2015, 12:52

The winner of Nigeria's presidential election, Muhammadu Buhari, hails a "vote for change" and thanks beaten rival Goodluck Jonathan.
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Opposition wins Nigeria election

Wednesday, April 1st 2015, 4:56

Muhammadu Buhari wins Nigeria's presidential poll, in the country's first ever election victory by the opposition.
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VIDEO: Joy and elation on Nigeria streets

Tuesday, March 31st 2015, 19:07
related places: Kano

Muhammadu Buhari's win in Nigeria's presidential election has triggered mass celebration in the northern city of Kano.
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Opposition set for Nigeria victory

Tuesday, March 31st 2015, 16:27

Opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari is on the verge of a historic victory over Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, with most votes counted.
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VIDEO: Concerns over Nigeria vote count

Tuesday, March 31st 2015, 4:44
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

Britain and the United States have voiced concerns about irregularities in the counting of votes after Nigeria's elections.
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Nigeria vote 'too close to call'

Monday, March 30th 2015, 17:01

Initial results from Nigeria's election show little separating the two main candidates for the presidency, with full results due on Tuesday.
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VIDEO: Race is on to count Nigeria votes

Sunday, March 29th 2015, 19:08

International observers have praised Nigeria's elections, despite technical hitches, protests and reports of violence.
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Observers praise Nigeria election

Sunday, March 29th 2015, 17:29

The UN and regional body Ecowas praise the conduct of Nigeria's election despite technical hitches and reports of violence.
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VIDEO: Nigeria votes in presidential poll

Saturday, March 28th 2015, 22:49
related places: Borno

As voting takes place in Nigeria there are reports that gunmen have killed up to 25 people and set fire to homes in the northeast of the country, according to the governor of Borno state.
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Nigeria voting extended to Sunday

Saturday, March 28th 2015, 21:18

Elections in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, are extended to Sunday in some parts of the country after delays and a number of attacks.
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VIDEO: Nigeria elections: Key points

Saturday, March 28th 2015, 17:12

It has been an eventful day for Nigeria, as the country votes in long-awaited presidential elections. BBC Africa looks back at the day's key developments.
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VIDEO: Lagos on lockdown amid polling

Saturday, March 28th 2015, 14:53
related places: Lagos

The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse reports on high security in the Nigerian city of Lagos as voting in the presidential election takes place.
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VIDEO: Boko Haram Nigeria HQ 'retaken'

Saturday, March 28th 2015, 1:24
related places: Gwoza

Nigeria's army says it has recaptured Islamist group Boko Haram's headquarters in the town of Gwoza.
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Boko Haram HQ in Nigeria 'retaken'

Friday, March 27th 2015, 16:53
related places: Gwoza

The Nigerian army says it has retaken the north-eastern town of Gwoza, believed to be the headquarters of Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
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The best thing about Nigeria is...

Friday, March 27th 2015, 4:16

And nine other great things about Nigeria
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VIDEO: Displaced Nigerians struggle to vote

Thursday, March 26th 2015, 17:55

Most internally displaced people in Nigeria live with relatives across the country, this makes it very difficult for many of them to cast their vote. Abdulahi Kaura Abubakar reports.
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Nigeria's unpredictable election

Thursday, March 26th 2015, 14:05

Will bribes and rice determine Nigeria's next leader?
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Nigeria rivals sign peace accord

Thursday, March 26th 2015, 12:35

Nigeria's two main presidential candidates sign an agreement to prevent violence in tightly contested elections due on Saturday.
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Nigerian exodus as election looms

Thursday, March 26th 2015, 10:23

The Christians bussing out in case Nigeria poll turns violent
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Nigeria denies 500 children abducted

Wednesday, March 25th 2015, 17:50

Nigeria's government denies that militant Islamists abducted 500 children from a town in the north-east, saying the number is lower.
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Nigeria shuts borders ahead of polls

Wednesday, March 25th 2015, 14:19

Nigeria orders the closure of land and sea borders to prevent foreigners from voting in Saturday's tightly contested elections, a minister says.
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'Hundreds' of Nigeria children missing

Tuesday, March 24th 2015, 22:56

About 500 children are missing from a Nigerian town recaptured from militant Islamist group Boko Haram, a former resident tells the BBC.
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VIDEO: Taxi driver dreams of fairer Nigeria

Tuesday, March 24th 2015, 6:28

Tackling social injustice will be high on the agenda for voters in Nigeria as they head to the polls on Saturday for a presidential election.
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Nigeria tycoon funds entrepreneurs

Monday, March 23rd 2015, 18:21

Nigerian billionaire Tony Elumelu says he will fund 1,000 budding African entrepreneurs as part of a $100m (£670,000) initiative to boost the continent's private sector.
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VIDEO: Nigeria leaders gear up for election

Monday, March 23rd 2015, 3:36

The people of Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, are due to vote in presidential elections on Saturday.
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VIDEO: Boko Haram: bodies found in Nigeria

Saturday, March 21st 2015, 4:52
related places: Damasak

At least 70 bodies are found outside the town of Damasak in north-eastern Nigeria, after it was recaptured from Boko Haram militants.
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Secret Nigerian drinking dens in Kano

Saturday, March 21st 2015, 1:30
related places: Kano

The bars where Nigeria's Muslims can forget Sharia
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Bodies found in Boko Haram town

Saturday, March 21st 2015, 0:28
related countries: Chad, Niger

At least 70 bodies are found dumped near Damasak in north-eastern Nigeria, after it was recaptured from Boko Haram by troops from Niger and Chad.
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Boko Haram 'pushed out in a month'

Friday, March 20th 2015, 11:11

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan tells the BBC that he hopes all territory seized by Islamist militants Boko Haram will be recaptured within a month.
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Bolivia 'chickened out' of fixture

Thursday, March 19th 2015, 22:55
related countries: Bolivia

Nigerian football officials set up a friendly match against Uganda and say original opponents Bolivia "chickened out".
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Switzerland to return Abacha 'loot'

Tuesday, March 17th 2015, 19:14
related countries: Switzerland

Switzerland will return to Nigeria some $380m (£260m) allegedly looted by ex-military ruler Sani Abacha, a Swiss official says.
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Nigeria 'takes town' from Boko Haram

Tuesday, March 17th 2015, 9:32
related places: Bama

The Nigerian military says it has retaken the north-eastern town of Bama from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
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VIDEO: BBC visits Boko Haram ghost towns

Tuesday, March 17th 2015, 0:12
related countries: Cameroon, Niger

After years of violence in north-east Nigeria, military forces from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger have been taking back towns lost to Boko Haram.
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Deadly dawn raid on Nigerian village

Sunday, March 15th 2015, 22:51

Dozens of people die in a raid on a Nigerian village in an attack believed to be linked to tensions between herdsmen and farmers.
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Nigeria ‘embarrassed’ by Morocco row

Friday, March 13th 2015, 19:19
related countries: Morocco

Nigeria's president says he is "highly embarrassed" that his officials said he had spoken to the Moroccan king when he had not - sparking a diplomatic row.
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SA concern at Nigeria 'mercenaries'

Friday, March 13th 2015, 15:13
related countries: South Africa

South Africa's government says it is concerned at reports that its citizens have been contracted to help Nigeria's army fight Boko Haram militants.
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IS 'accepts' Boko Haram's allegiance

Friday, March 13th 2015, 11:04

Islamic State accepts a pledge of allegiance from Nigeria's militant group Boko Haram, according to an audio message purportedly from IS.
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Morocco-Nigeria spat over royal call

Wednesday, March 11th 2015, 13:35
related countries: Morocco

Morocco recalls its Nigeria ambassador in a row over whether the countries' heads of state had spoken to each other on the phone.
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Anti-Boko Haram force 'retakes town'

Monday, March 9th 2015, 17:43
related places: Damasak

A regional force recaptures the Nigerian town of Damasak a day after launching an air and ground offensive against militant group Boko Haram, sources say.
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VIDEO: Preparing to fight terror in Africa

Monday, March 9th 2015, 16:21
related countries: Chad, Niger, United States

As hundreds of soldiers from Chad and Niger cross the border into Nigeria to fight Boko Haram, Thomas Fessy joins US and African soldiers taking part in training exercises in Chad.
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Nigeria truckers run Boko Haram risk

Monday, March 9th 2015, 1:26

The perils facing lorry drivers crossing Boko Haram territory
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Allies begin push against Boko Haram

Sunday, March 8th 2015, 19:05
related countries: Chad

Niger and Chad launch an offensive against Nigeria's Boko Haram militants, as officials dismiss the group's pledge to IS as a sign of weakness.
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Boko Haram pledge to Islamic State

Saturday, March 7th 2015, 23:09

Boko Haram militants pledge allegiance to Islamic State, in a message apparently from the Nigerian group's leader Abubakar Shekau.
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Dozens killed in Nigeria city blasts

Saturday, March 7th 2015, 16:36
related places: Maiduguri

Multiple blasts in the Nigeria's flashpoint north-eastern city of Maiduguri kill 50 people and injure 56, an emergency official tells the BBC.
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Nigeria in pictures: Hairdressing money spinner

Saturday, March 7th 2015, 1:51

Nigerian hairstyling - more lucrative than banking?
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US missionary freed in Nigeria

Friday, March 6th 2015, 23:59
related countries: United States

A US woman who was abducted last month by masked gunmen in central Nigeria is now free, officials say.
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'Boko Haram' kill dozens in Nigeria

Friday, March 6th 2015, 10:06
related places: Borno

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill at least 45 people in a raid on a remote village in Borno state, north-east Nigeria, witnesses say.
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Nigeria's 'brown envelope' journalism

Thursday, March 5th 2015, 15:55

Shining a light on Nigeria's "brown envelope" journalism
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Nigeria mob victim 'not bomber'

Thursday, March 5th 2015, 11:31

A woman who was beaten to death in Nigeria on suspicion of being a suicide bomber was in fact mentally ill and not involved in terrorism, according to police and her family.
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Nigerian mob kills bomb suspect

Sunday, March 1st 2015, 17:25

A young woman is beaten to death by a Nigerian mob in the belief she was on a suicide mission, in an area hit by Boko Haram attacks.
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Deadly bombs at Nigeria bus stations

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 19:58

Suicide bomb attacks kill at least 32 people in northern Nigeria, as the wave of violence from Boko Haram continues.
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Buhari rules out Boko Haram talks

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 14:48

Nigeria's main presidential challenger Muhammadu Buhari rules out negotiating with Boko Haram militants if he wins elections next month.
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The man who returned his grandfather’s looted art

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 0:09

The bronzes looted from Nigeria - and in one case returned
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