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

Locals seize Nigeria oil facility

Tuesday, May 15th 2007, 17:02
related countries: Niger

Ogoni youths take over an oil facility in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta leading to oil production cuts, officials say.
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China launches Nigerian satellite

Monday, May 14th 2007, 8:31
related countries: China

A Nigerian satellite, expected to boost broadband internet services in Africa, is launched by China.
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Nigeria traffic crash 'kills 25'

Sunday, May 13th 2007, 23:53
related places: Port Harcourt

A traffic accident in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt kills at least 25 people, police say.
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Nigeria oil auction sees few bids

Friday, May 11th 2007, 16:32

The departing Nigerian government auctions oil licences, but receives little attention from large western oil firms.
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Nigerian gunmen seize US workers

Wednesday, May 9th 2007, 12:04
related countries: Niger

Four US oil workers are kidnapped in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta, only hours after 11 foreigners are freed.
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'Pipelines hit' in Nigeria delta

Tuesday, May 8th 2007, 17:51

A militant group active in southern Nigeria says it has bombed three major oil pipelines.
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Briton 'seized from Nigeria rig'

Saturday, May 5th 2007, 12:36
related countries: United Kingdom

The Foreign Office looks into reports a British oil worker has been abducted from a rig off the Nigerian coast.
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Some foreigners freed in Nigeria

Thursday, May 3rd 2007, 15:10
related countries: North Korea, Niger

Five foreigners kidnapped in Nigeria's oil-rich south have been freed say militants, but others are still held.
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Police deploy for Nigeria protest

Tuesday, May 1st 2007, 13:41

Nigerian police deploy across the country ahead of planned protests over disputed elections.
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Abductions in Nigerian oil states

Tuesday, May 1st 2007, 13:40

Six foreign oil workers are snatched in Nigeria's oil-rich south, as a governor's mother is also kidnapped.
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Polygamous lesbians flee Sharia

Friday, April 27th 2007, 18:52
related places: Kano

A Nigerian lesbian goes into hiding from Islamic police with the four women she "married" at a huge ceremony.
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Soyinka urges new Nigeria polls

Friday, April 27th 2007, 15:48

Nigeria's Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka joins those calling for the presidential election to be cancelled.
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Wanted Nigeria governor wins case

Friday, April 27th 2007, 12:26

Impeached governor Joshua Dariye, who is in hiding, should be reinstated, Nigeria's Supreme Court rules.
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Yar'Adua calls for reconciliation

Thursday, April 26th 2007, 1:57

Nigeria's president-elect says he wants reconciliation with the opposition after last weekend's disputed poll.
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Nigeria opposition urge new polls

Wednesday, April 25th 2007, 17:27

Nigeria's opposition parties ask parliament to annul last week's "flawed" presidential elections.
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Call for Nigeria street protests

Tuesday, April 24th 2007, 10:07

Nigerians must resist the "wholescale fraud" of Saturday's presidential elections, the opposition says.
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Huge win for Nigeria's Yar'Adua

Monday, April 23rd 2007, 14:50

Ruling party candidate Umaru Yar'Adua is declared the winner of Nigeria's controversial presidential poll.
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'Flawed' Nigeria poll results due

Monday, April 23rd 2007, 12:16

Results from Nigeria's widely criticised elections are due to be announced, amid tight security in the capital.
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Nigerian candidates reject poll

Sunday, April 22nd 2007, 23:04

Nigerian opposition leaders call for a re-run of the presidential vote, which is criticised by foreign observers.
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Call for Nigeria election re-run

Sunday, April 22nd 2007, 14:28

Nigeria's biggest election monitoring group says Saturday's poll was so flawed it should be re-run.
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Violence mars Nigeria elections

Sunday, April 22nd 2007, 4:58

Elections for a new president and parliament in Nigeria are marked by violence and delays.
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Slow start for Nigerian elections

Saturday, April 21st 2007, 13:57

Many Nigerian polling stations open late amid tight security for landmark presidential elections.
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Nigerians tense on eve of polls

Friday, April 20th 2007, 20:03

Nigeria begins distributing ballot papers hours before presidential elections begin and amid new clashes.
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Nigeria leader admits poll flaws

Friday, April 20th 2007, 9:04

Nigeria's leader says there were flaws in last week's polls and urges official to prevent rigging this week.
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Opposition contest Nigerian polls

Thursday, April 19th 2007, 18:25

Nigeria's two main opposition presidential candidates will not boycott Saturday's polls and will stand individually.
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Nigerian army attacks Islamists

Wednesday, April 18th 2007, 12:22
related places: Kano

Nigerian troops battle armed Islamic militants near Kano, as the opposition threatens to boycott Saturday's polls.
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Nigeria parties demand poll delay

Wednesday, April 18th 2007, 7:27

Nigeria's opposition calls for Saturday's presidential poll to be postponed, saying state polls were a "sham".
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Troubled heart

Tuesday, April 17th 2007, 16:25

The BBC's Senan Murray looks at how violence lies close beneath the surface at election time in central Nigeria.
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Islamists attack Nigeria police

Tuesday, April 17th 2007, 14:48
related places: Kano

An armed Nigerian Islamist group storms a police station in the northern city of Kano, killing at least 13 people.
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Abubakar to contest Nigeria poll

Tuesday, April 17th 2007, 10:54

Nigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar can stand in Saturday's presidential poll, the election commission says.
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