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 baby poison deaths rise

Friday, February 6th 2009, 14:00

The number of children in Nigeria killed by a contaminated medicine has risen from 34 in December to 84, the health ministry says.
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Gunmen free Nigerian boy of nine

Friday, February 6th 2009, 12:57

Oil militants in Nigeria release a nine-year-old boy kidnapped last week, when his sister, 11, was shot dead.
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Water kings

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 19:48

The boys who deliver water in Nigeria's cities
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Nigerian ex-minister's wife held

Wednesday, February 4th 2009, 16:52

The wife of a former Nigerian oil minister is kidnapped from a bar in Nigeria's Delta region.
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Nigerians can sue US drugs firm

Saturday, January 31st 2009, 3:19
related countries: United States

A US court allows Nigerian families to sue drugs giant Pfizer in the US, over its alleged role in a drugs testing scandal.
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Ceasefire called off in Nigeria

Friday, January 30th 2009, 17:26
related countries: Niger

Militants in Nigeria's Niger Delta say they are calling off a ceasefire after a military attack on one of their camps.
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Girl shot dead in Nigerian Delta

Thursday, January 29th 2009, 17:13
related countries: Niger

An 11-year-old girl is shot dead trying to protect her brother from militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta.
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Smouldering fires

Thursday, January 29th 2009, 14:24

Christians and Muslims wary after Nigerian clashes
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Anger at priest kidnap in Nigeria

Monday, January 26th 2009, 19:24
related countries: Niger

The head of Nigeria's Roman Catholic Church condemns the kidnap of a priest in Nigeria's Niger Delta
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Nigerian director's home attacked

Monday, January 26th 2009, 11:35

A mob attacks the family of a Nigerian film director jailed for defying Islamic censors.
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Crash kills Nigerian footballers

Sunday, January 25th 2009, 19:03

A road crash in Nigeria's central Plateau state kills 15 members of a local football team on their way to a match.
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Nigerians hand "car-thief-turned goat" over to police

Friday, January 23rd 2009, 14:17

A goat accused of being an armed robber who used witchcraft is in the custody of Nigerian police.
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Romanian hostage freed in Nigeria

Thursday, January 22nd 2009, 15:21
related countries: Niger, Romania

Nigerian militants free a hostage seized from a fuel tanker off the coast of the Niger Delta
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Tanker damaged in Nigeria attack

Wednesday, January 21st 2009, 14:13
related countries: Romania

Nigerian militants badly damage a fuel tanker carrying tonnes of diesel and kidnap a Romanian crew member.
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Sharia police block women's rally

Monday, January 19th 2009, 13:20

Islamic police in northern Nigeria tell divorcees to stop a planned protest over women's rights.
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Nigeria 'hostage rescue' denied

Monday, January 19th 2009, 9:50

Nigeria's military denies claims it shot civilians during a failed attempt to rescue hostages.
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New team to tackle Nigeria crisis

Thursday, January 15th 2009, 13:17

Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua sets up a team of economic advisors, as he warns of a looming financial crisis.
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Niger Delta anger at 'execution'

Wednesday, January 14th 2009, 12:58
related countries: Niger

Militants in Nigeria's Niger Delta threaten to break a ceasefire after claiming a gang leader was executed by the army.
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DR Congo doctor is 'top African'

Wednesday, January 14th 2009, 11:57
related countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo

A Congolese doctor is awarded the first African of the Year by a Nigerian paper for his work for rape victims.
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Just hot air

Tuesday, January 13th 2009, 0:10

Nigeria misses new deadline to stop 'toxic' gas flares
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Nigeria hostage pictures released

Monday, January 12th 2009, 18:12

Two Britons who have been held hostage in Nigeria for months are "alive and well".
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Nigerian pirates free nine crew

Wednesday, January 7th 2009, 10:32
related countries: France

Nine crew members of a French ship taken hostage at the weekend off the coast of Nigeria have been released.
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Gunmen kidnap Nigerian novelist

Tuesday, January 6th 2009, 19:04
related countries: Niger

Renowned Nigerian writer and novelist Elechi Amadi has been kidnapped by gunmen in the Niger Delta region, say officials.
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Nigerian motorcyclists wear pumpkins to evade helmet law

Tuesday, January 6th 2009, 14:27

Nigerian authorities are cracking down on motorcyclists who try to dodge fines for not having a helmet by wearing dried pumpkin shells.
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Nigerian pirates grab French ship

Tuesday, January 6th 2009, 10:17
related countries: France

Pirates seize a ship owned by a French company off the Nigerian coast, taking nine crew hostage.
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The curse of Nigerian oil

Saturday, January 3rd 2009, 12:25

The BBC's Sue Lloyd-Roberts argues that Nigerian oil has brought wealth to a few but fuels greed and corruption on a grand scale.
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Nigeria ex-minister is wanted man

Monday, December 22nd 2008, 16:28
related places: Rufai

Ex-minister Nasir el-Rufai is declared a wanted man over the disappearance of millions of dollars from Nigeria.
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Nigerian gunmen kidnap Russians

Saturday, December 20th 2008, 12:19
related countries: Russia

Two workers of a Russian aluminium company are kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria, the company says.
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Nigeria graft fine 'no deterrent'

Friday, December 19th 2008, 14:55

Former Nigerian governor Lucky Igbinedion is fined $25,000 for embezzling $21m.
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Nigeria gets first oil minister

Wednesday, December 17th 2008, 17:37

Nigeria's president names a former head of Opec as the country's first minister for petroleum.
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Nigeria holds foreign 'Islamists'

Tuesday, December 16th 2008, 12:54

Nigerian police accuse eight foreigners of being 'Islamists' trying to incite violence.
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Nigeria poll challenge dismissed

Friday, December 12th 2008, 11:32

Nigeria's Supreme Court rejects the final challenge to last year's controversial election of President Umaru Yar'Adua.
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Nigeria leader wants no immunity

Wednesday, December 10th 2008, 16:14

The Nigerian president calls for the rules that protect top politicians from prosecution to be scrapped.
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Nigeria 'child witch killer' held

Thursday, December 4th 2008, 15:35

A self-proclaimed "bishop" who claimed to have killed 110 child 'witches' is arrested in Nigeria.
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Nigeria buys baby poison antidote

Wednesday, December 3rd 2008, 16:23

Nigeria is flying in an antidote to stem the deaths of babies poisoned by a teething syrup.
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'Threat' to Nigeria ex-graft Czar

Wednesday, December 3rd 2008, 13:08

The former head of Nigeria's anti-corruption unit is reportedly receiving death threats.
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Nigeria riot victims swamp medics

Monday, December 1st 2008, 10:01

Hospitals in a Nigerian town hit by sectarian violence at the weekend are struggling to cope, say aid officials.
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Row over tanker held in Nigeria

Sunday, November 30th 2008, 23:29
related countries: Greece

The captain of a Greek oil tanker accuses the armed forces of Nigeria of co-operating with militants to hijack his ship.
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Nigerian city tense after riots

Sunday, November 30th 2008, 22:16
related places: Jos

At least 200 people are dead in Jos, Nigeria, after two days of religious and ethnic clashes, officials say.
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Riots 'kill hundreds in Nigeria'

Saturday, November 29th 2008, 21:03
related places: Jos

Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed during religious clashes in the central Nigerian town of Jos.
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Poll riots erupt in Nigerian city

Friday, November 28th 2008, 17:41
related places: Jos

A policeman is among several people killed in riots after local polls in the Nigerian city of Jos.
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Nigeria tests drug after deaths

Friday, November 28th 2008, 9:21

All paracetamol-based drugs are being tested in Nigeria after the death of 29 children, officials say.
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