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

• 1. by date ↓
• 2. by title ↑

• December 21st 2009 – November 3rd 2009
• November 3rd 2009 – September 15th 2009
• September 10th 2009 – July 31st 2009
• July 30th 2009 – June 29th 2009
• June 26th 2009 – April 30th 2009
• April 29th 2009 – February 17th 2009
• February 16th 2009 – January 6th 2009
• January 6th 2009 – October 17th 2008
• October 16th 2008 – September 4th 2008
• September 4th 2008 – July 25th 2008
• July 24th 2008 – June 20th 2008
• June 19th 2008 – April 16th 2008
• April 16th 2008 – January 23rd 2008
• January 21st 2008 – November 15th 2007
• November 15th 2007 – September 14th 2007
• September 11th 2007 – July 31st 2007
• July 31st 2007 – June 28th 2007
• June 28th 2007 – May 30th 2007
• May 29th 2007 – April 23rd 2007
• April 22nd 2007 – March 29th 2007
• March 29th 2007 – February 20th 2007
• February 19th 2007 – January 16th 2007
• January 16th 2007 – December 13th 2006
• December 11th 2006 – October 16th 2006
• October 13th 2006 – August 22nd 2006
• August 19th 2006 – June 17th 2006
• June 16th 2006 – April 21st 2006
• April 20th 2006 – March 9th 2006
• March 8th 2006 – February 6th 2006
• February 1st 2006 – December 22nd 2005
• December 20th 2005 – November 15th 2005

Nigeria: news

Nigerian militant car bomb attack

Thursday, April 20th 2006, 12:01
related places: Port Harcourt

Nigerian oil militants claim responsibility for exploding a car bomb at an army barracks in Port Harcourt.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Militants reject Niger Delta help

Wednesday, April 19th 2006, 15:30
related countries: Niger

Nigerian oil militants criticise the president's plan to develop the troubled Niger Delta and renew threats.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Nigeria VP rejects 'suspension'

Wednesday, April 19th 2006, 8:57

Nigeria's vice-president dismisses reports that the ruling party in his home state has suspended him.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Nigeria head offers Delta boost

Wednesday, April 19th 2006, 8:20
related countries: Niger

Nigeria's president promises thousands more jobs and a new motorway for the troubled Niger Delta region.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Sand row sparks Nigeria clashes

Friday, April 14th 2006, 15:21

Thousands flee their homes in central Nigeria as 25 are reported killed following a dispute over sand for building.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Nigerians table third-term bill

Wednesday, April 12th 2006, 9:42

An amendment to the law to let the Nigerian president serve three terms in office is put before parliament.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

No breakthrough at Darfur talks

Sunday, April 9th 2006, 19:01
related countries: Sudan

A summit on the peace process for Sudan's Darfur region ends without a breakthrough in Nigeria.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Obasanjo should resign, VP says

Friday, April 7th 2006, 9:10

The row between Nigeria's leaders intensifies, with the vice-president urging President Obasanjo to resign.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Third term splits Nigeria leaders

Thursday, April 6th 2006, 16:25

Nigeria's government urges the vice-president to resign, after he publicly opposed moves to let the president seek re-election.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Bid to halt Niger Delta violence

Wednesday, April 5th 2006, 21:10
related countries: Niger

Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo sets up a committee to tackle violence in the oil producing Niger Delta.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Obasanjo considers third term

Wednesday, April 5th 2006, 15:23

Nigeria's president will consider a third term, guided amongst other condiserations by God, a spokesman says.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Ex-leader extradited to Liberia

Wednesday, March 29th 2006, 17:20
related countries: Liberia

Ex-president and war crimes suspect Charles Taylor arrives in Liberia after being extradited from Nigeria.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Charles Taylor caught in Nigeria

Wednesday, March 29th 2006, 13:23

Nigeria recaptures former Liberian leader and war crimes suspect Charles Taylor and flies him out.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Nigeria faces anger over Taylor

Wednesday, March 29th 2006, 7:50
related countries: Liberia, United States
related places: Taylor

The US demands answers from Nigeria over the whereabouts of Liberia's missing former leader Charles Taylor.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Taylor missing from Nigerian home

Tuesday, March 28th 2006, 15:30

Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor, wanted on war crimes charges, has disappeared from his villa, Nigeria says.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

US pushes Nigeria on Taylor trial

Tuesday, March 28th 2006, 8:07
related countries: Liberia, United States
related places: Taylor

The United States urges Nigeria to ensure that ex-Liberia President Taylor is sent to face trial on war crimes charges.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Dispute over Taylor extradition

Monday, March 27th 2006, 15:21
related countries: Liberia

Nigeria and Liberia are at odds over the extradition of ex-president Charles Taylor to face war crimes charges.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Extended Nigerian census to end

Monday, March 27th 2006, 10:13

Nigeria's first national census for 15 years is due to finish on Monday after being extended by two days.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Nigeria militants release workers

Monday, March 27th 2006, 9:26

Nigerian militants release three kidnapped Western oil workers held hostage for more than a month.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Nigeria extends national census

Saturday, March 25th 2006, 9:03

Nigeria's President Obasanjo announces a two-day extension to the country's first census in 15 years.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Nigeria census officials attacked

Thursday, March 23rd 2006, 15:06

Census enumerators in south-eastern Nigeria are beaten up by separatists boycotting the headcount.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Counting delay in Nigeria's Kano

Wednesday, March 22nd 2006, 13:02
related places: Kano

Counting in Nigeria's census is yet to begin in the largest city in the north as two die in violence in the south-east.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Nigeria shuts down for key census

Tuesday, March 21st 2006, 17:27

The streets of Nigeria's cities are quiet, as people stay at home to be counted in the first census for 15 years.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Clashes prior to Nigeria census

Tuesday, March 21st 2006, 3:38

Several people are killed in violence ahead of Nigeria's controversial census, which starts on Tuesday.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Oil price up on Nigerian attack

Monday, March 20th 2006, 14:54

Crude prices rise in early Monday trading following the latest attack on a foreign-owned pipeline in Nigeria.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Ringing in changes in Nigeria

Saturday, March 18th 2006, 12:25

Twenty-seven years after covering the country's elections, Elizabeth Blunt returns to Nigeria to see how things have changed.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Liberia seeks end to Taylor exile

Friday, March 17th 2006, 15:49
related countries: Liberia

Liberia formally asks Nigeria to extradite exiled former Liberian leader Charles Taylor to face war crimes charges.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Nigerian MPs back third term

Friday, March 10th 2006, 12:52

A key group of Nigerian MPs votes in favour of changing the constitution to let presidents seek a third term.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Nigeria militants fight military

Thursday, March 9th 2006, 16:09
related countries: Niger

The Nigerian military says it has fought a fierce gun battle with heavily armed militants in the Niger Delta.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

December 21st 2009 – November 3rd 2009November 3rd 2009 – September 15th 2009September 10th 2009 – July 31st 2009July 30th 2009 – June 29th 2009June 26th 2009 – April 30th 2009April 29th 2009 – February 17th 2009February 16th 2009 – January 6th 2009January 6th 2009 – October 17th 2008October 16th 2008 – September 4th 2008September 4th 2008 – July 25th 2008July 24th 2008 – June 20th 2008June 19th 2008 – April 16th 2008April 16th 2008 – January 23rd 2008January 21st 2008 – November 15th 2007November 15th 2007 – September 14th 2007September 11th 2007 – July 31st 2007July 31st 2007 – June 28th 2007June 28th 2007 – May 30th 2007May 29th 2007 – April 23rd 2007April 22nd 2007 – March 29th 2007March 29th 2007 – February 20th 2007February 19th 2007 – January 16th 2007January 16th 2007 – December 13th 2006December 11th 2006 – October 16th 2006October 13th 2006 – August 22nd 2006August 19th 2006 – June 17th 2006June 16th 2006 – April 21st 2006April 20th 2006 – March 9th 2006March 8th 2006 – February 6th 2006February 1st 2006 – December 22nd 2005December 20th 2005 – November 15th 2005