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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• July 29th 2009 – June 25th 2009
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• April 13th 2009 – February 11th 2009
• February 9th 2009 – December 20th 2008
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• October 3rd 2008 – August 29th 2008
• August 23rd 2008 – July 17th 2008
• July 17th 2008 – June 9th 2008
• June 5th 2008 – March 18th 2008
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• November 1st 2007 – August 30th 2007
• August 27th 2007 – July 25th 2007
• July 21st 2007 – June 23rd 2007
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• May 24th 2007 – April 20th 2007
• April 20th 2007 – March 21st 2007
• March 21st 2007 – February 17th 2007
• February 14th 2007 – January 9th 2007
• January 9th 2007 – December 7th 2006
• November 29th 2006 – October 10th 2006
• October 6th 2006 – August 16th 2006
• August 16th 2006 – June 7th 2006
• June 5th 2006 – April 14th 2006
• April 12th 2006 – March 1st 2006
• February 28th 2006 – January 27th 2006
• January 27th 2006 – December 14th 2005
• December 13th 2005 – November 15th 2005

Nigeria: news

Optimism on Nigeria's war on poverty

Saturday, July 21st 2007, 11:17

Mark Doyle finds reasons to be cheerful over the impact of debt relief on Nigeria.
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Arrests over Nigeria sect clashes

Friday, July 20th 2007, 12:00
related places: Sokoto

Nigerian police arrest the leader of a Muslim Shia sect and 100 of his followers after clashes in the northern city of Sokoto.
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Lebanese shot dead in Nigeria

Friday, July 20th 2007, 9:36
related countries: Lebanon

A Lebanese businessman is killed in southern Nigeria, as violence continues in the oil-rich Delta region.
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Nigerian clash over cleric death

Thursday, July 19th 2007, 12:53
related places: Sokoto

Clashes break out in the northern Nigerian city of Sokoto after a high-profile Muslim preacher is shot.
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Nigeria rebel wife still defiant

Monday, July 16th 2007, 11:32

The wife of Nigerian secessionist leader Ralph Uwazuruike says she is still committed to his cause, even though he has spent two years in jail.
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Gunmen free Nigerian chief's son

Friday, July 13th 2007, 15:41

The two-year-old son of a Nigerian chief is freed, as oil militants hold talks with the government.
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Militants in first Nigeria talks

Friday, July 13th 2007, 14:37

A prominent militant leader tells Nigeria's vice-president he will try to help end violence in the oil region.
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Nigeria charges ex-governors

Friday, July 13th 2007, 13:19
related places: Abuja

Two former Nigerian governors are charged in an Abuja court for alleged corruption and money laundering.
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Mix-up over envoy summons

Friday, July 13th 2007, 12:14
related countries: Spain

Nigerian MPs cancel plans for the Spanish ambassador to give evidence over the death of a migrant being deported.
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Police stop Nigeria hunger march

Thursday, July 12th 2007, 19:59
related places: Abuja

Police disperse anti-hunger campaigners in Nigeria, accusing them of littering the capital, Abuja.
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Gunmen seize Nigerian chief's son

Thursday, July 12th 2007, 13:38
related countries: Niger

Militants in Nigeria's troubled Niger Delta seize the three-year-old son of a local chief, police say.
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Two Nigeria ex-governors arrested

Wednesday, July 11th 2007, 14:54

Two Nigerian ex-governors accused of corruption have been arrested, say anti-graft officials.
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Nigeria 'needs poverty billons'

Wednesday, July 11th 2007, 14:19

Nigeria needs up to $7bn a year to achieve the UN's poverty eradication goals by 2015, an official says.
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New Nigeria oil worker abductions

Monday, July 9th 2007, 16:14

Unknown gunmen attack an oil barge and snatch a Briton and an East European in Nigeria's oil-region, officials say.
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Nigeria kidnappers free UK girl

Monday, July 9th 2007, 8:22
related countries: United Kingdom

Three-year-old British girl Margaret Hill is reunited with her parents after a four-day hostage ordeal.
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Nigerian gunmen 'demand ransom'

Saturday, July 7th 2007, 14:37
related countries: Niger, United Kingdom

Gunmen holding a three-year-old British girl hostage in the Niger Delta make a ransom demand, her mother says.
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Nigerian leader in hostage appeal

Friday, July 6th 2007, 21:45
related countries: Niger, United Kingdom

The Nigerian president appeals for the immediate release of a three-year-old British girl kidnapped in the Niger Delta.
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Call for Biafra to leave Nigeria

Friday, July 6th 2007, 11:11
related places: Igbo

Nigeria's Igbo people are still marginalised and should again seek independence, the Biafran leader says.
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'Threat to kill' missing UK girl

Friday, July 6th 2007, 10:45
related countries: United Kingdom

Kidnappers who seized a three-year-old UK girl in Nigeria have threatened to kill her, her mother tells the BBC.
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Nigeria gunmen kidnap toddler

Thursday, July 5th 2007, 23:42
related countries: Niger

The three-year-old daughter of a British worker is seized by Nigerian gunmen in the Niger Delta area.
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Boat rescued off Nigeria's coast

Wednesday, July 4th 2007, 13:19
related countries: Ghana

A Ghanaian registered boat is rescued off Nigeria's southern coast with over 200 West Africans on board.
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Oil workers snatched in Nigeria

Wednesday, July 4th 2007, 11:51
related countries: Niger

Unknown attackers kidnap five foreign workers from an oil rig in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta.
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Nigeria militants 'to end truce'

Tuesday, July 3rd 2007, 10:15

Militants in Nigeria's volatile Nigeria Delta say they will not extend a month-long ceasefire which expires shortly.
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Ireland elects first black mayor

Thursday, June 28th 2007, 17:00
related countries: Ireland

A Nigerian man who arrived in Ireland as an asylum seeker seven years ago becomes the country's first black mayor.
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Ireland elects first black mayor

Thursday, June 28th 2007, 17:00
related countries: Ireland

A Nigerian man who arrived in Ireland as an asylum seeker seven years ago becomes the country's first black mayor.
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Nigeria opposition move attacked

Thursday, June 28th 2007, 9:44

One of Nigeria's main opposition leaders criticises his party's decision to join the government.
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Nigeria opposition to share power

Wednesday, June 27th 2007, 16:53

Nigeria's main opposition party says it will join newly elected President Umaru Yar'Adua's government.
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Pfizer wins early Nigeria battle

Tuesday, June 26th 2007, 13:40

A Nigerian judge rejects the inclusion of more cases in a $7bn Nigerian lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
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Foreign hostages freed in Nigeria

Saturday, June 23rd 2007, 23:04

Four foreign hostages are freed unharmed in oil-rich southern Nigeria, after several weeks in captivity.
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