We have started to collect the most important news related to Nigeria in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
Nigerians must resist the "wholescale fraud" of Saturday's presidential elections, the opposition says.
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Ruling party candidate Umaru Yar'Adua is declared the winner of Nigeria's controversial presidential poll.
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Results from Nigeria's widely criticised elections are due to be announced, amid tight security in the capital.
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Nigerian opposition leaders call for a re-run of the presidential vote, which is criticised by foreign observers.
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Nigeria's biggest election monitoring group says Saturday's poll was so flawed it should be re-run.
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Elections for a new president and parliament in Nigeria are marked by violence and delays.
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Many Nigerian polling stations open late amid tight security for landmark presidential elections.
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Nigeria begins distributing ballot papers hours before presidential elections begin and amid new clashes.
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Nigeria's leader says there were flaws in last week's polls and urges official to prevent rigging this week.
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Nigeria's two main opposition presidential candidates will not boycott Saturday's polls and will stand individually.
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Nigerian troops battle armed Islamic militants near Kano, as the opposition threatens to boycott Saturday's polls.
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Nigeria's opposition calls for Saturday's presidential poll to be postponed, saying state polls were a "sham".
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The BBC's Senan Murray looks at how violence lies close beneath the surface at election time in central Nigeria.
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An armed Nigerian Islamist group storms a police station in the northern city of Kano, killing at least 13 people.
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Nigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar can stand in Saturday's presidential poll, the election commission says.
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Nigeria's Supreme Court rules the vice-president should contest Saturday's presidential elections.
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Opposition supporters protest in parts of Nigeria as partial results from state polls show the ruling party ahead.
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Nigerians face long waits and sporadic violence in state elections, a key test ahead of presidential polls.
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A prominent Islamic cleric is shot dead inside a mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Kano.
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Nigeria's president declares two public holidays, delaying a court ruling on whether his deputy can run in polls.
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General Buhari calls for all Nigerian opposition parties to form an alliance in this month's elections.
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Nigeria's security forces are on full of alert ahead of next week's national elections, says President Obasanjo.
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Two Turkish oil workers are seized in the Nigeria's Delta region, days after the area's last four captives were freed.
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Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe tells the BBC he does not believe Nigeria's polls will be credible.
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All the foreign hostages abducted in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta within the last month are freed.
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A Scottish oil worker kidnapped in Nigeria at the weekend has been released, BBC Scotland learns.
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Two Nigerian court rulings contradict each other over whether the vice-president can run for president.
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Abuja's High Court is to rule on whether Vice-President Atiku Abubakar can run in Nigeria's presidential poll.
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Gunmen seize two Lebanese construction workers from their work compound in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta.
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