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

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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Nigeria's unions end fuel strike

Saturday, June 23rd 2007, 22:23

Nigeria's trade unions call off a four-day general strike over a rise in petrol prices, after talks with the government.
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Army recaptures Nigerian oil base

Thursday, June 21st 2007, 12:43

Fifteen people are reportedly killed in a gun battle, as Nigeria's army drives militants from an oil platform.
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Strike bites in Nigerian cities

Wednesday, June 20th 2007, 12:43

Nigerian cities are quiet as trade unions strike saying concessions on fuel price rises are "too little, too late".
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Martins escapes horror gun attack

Wednesday, June 20th 2007, 10:53
related places: Lagos

Newcastle and Nigeria striker Obafemi Martins escapes uninjured after being shot at while driving in Lagos.
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Nigerian union strike goes ahead

Wednesday, June 20th 2007, 2:01

Nigerian trade unions stage a general strike over fuel prices and VAT, despite government concessions.
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Militants hold Nigeria oil base

Monday, June 18th 2007, 14:19

Militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region occupy an oil station, along with about 28 people - including soldiers.
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Nigeria unions join fuel strike

Monday, June 18th 2007, 13:45

Nigeria's major trade unions will join a nationwide strike over rises in petrol prices and value-added tax.
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Indian hostages freed in Nigeria

Saturday, June 16th 2007, 10:58
related countries: India
related places: Port Harcourt

Militants in Nigeria reportedly free 10 Indians more than two weeks after their abduction near Port Harcourt.
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Fight for Nigeria oil to continue

Friday, June 15th 2007, 7:52
related countries: Niger

A freed Nigerian oil militant vows to continue his struggle to keep more oil wealth in the Niger Delta.
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Nigerian court frees oil militant

Thursday, June 14th 2007, 11:50

Oil militant leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari is freed on bail after almost two years in custody on treason charges.
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Army 'kills' Nigerian militants

Thursday, June 14th 2007, 8:07
related countries: Niger

The Nigerian army kills at least eight militants in the oil-producing Niger Delta region, sources say.
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Nigeria author wins Booker honour

Wednesday, June 13th 2007, 3:32

Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe wins the International Man Booker Prize in honour of his literary career.
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Hostages released in Niger Delta

Tuesday, June 12th 2007, 0:47
related countries: Niger

Militants in the oil-rich south of Nigeria free 12 foreigners, whom they had been holding hostage.
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Quit Niger Delta, Britons urged

Friday, June 8th 2007, 11:57

Britons have been advised by the Foreign Office to leave three states in Nigeria.
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Nigeria deadline for ex-governors

Friday, June 8th 2007, 11:10

Nigeria's anti-graft agency gives 15 ex-governors until the end of Friday to turn themselves in or face arrest.
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Award surprises Nigerian author

Thursday, June 7th 2007, 8:26

Nigerian Chimamanda Adichie says she did not expect to win the Orange Prize for Fiction, despite being favourite.
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Nigeria leader demands power fix

Wednesday, June 6th 2007, 12:10

New President Umaru Yar'Adua gives Nigeria's top electricity managers a last chance to fix power problems.
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Call to free Nigeria oil militant

Tuesday, June 5th 2007, 12:31
related countries: Niger
related places: Asari

Governors of Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta states ask the new president to free oil militant Mujahid Dokubo-Asari.
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Six Russians abducted in Nigeria

Sunday, June 3rd 2007, 18:35
related countries: Russia

Six Russian aluminium workers are kidnapped in Nigeria, and their Nigerian driver shot dead.
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Nigeria militants offer ceasefire

Saturday, June 2nd 2007, 13:51
related countries: Niger

The main militant group in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta pledge to suspend attacks on oil installations for one month.
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Nigeria gunmen seize top managers

Friday, June 1st 2007, 11:24
related countries: Niger

Gunmen in Nigeria's Niger Delta snatch three foreigners as the new president announces a crisis summit.
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Nigeria militants set conditions

Thursday, May 31st 2007, 16:29

Nigeria's oil militants say they are ready for dialogue with the new president, if certain conditions are met.
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US oil workers freed in Nigeria

Wednesday, May 30th 2007, 21:55
related countries: Niger, United States

Four US oil workers kidnapped by armed gunmen in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta are freed after weeks in captivity.
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Nigerian ex-governors on the run

Wednesday, May 30th 2007, 11:33

Four former Nigerian governors accused of corruption disappear, after their terms of office expired on Tuesday.
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Oil pledge from Nigeria president

Tuesday, May 29th 2007, 20:25
related countries: Niger

Nigeria's newly sworn-in president says the troubled Niger Delta will receive his "urgent attention".
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New Nigerian president sworn in

Tuesday, May 29th 2007, 14:37

Umaru Yar'Adua is sworn in as Nigeria's new president, as opposition activists hold small protests.
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Nigeria strike over 'flawed' poll

Monday, May 28th 2007, 9:25

The streets of Lagos are empty as a strike begins to protest at the inauguration of a new Nigerian president.
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Nigeria state handover 'corrupt'

Sunday, May 27th 2007, 14:39

A Nigerian minister condemns the early handover of power in Abia State between two men accused of corruption.
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Gunmen kidnap Nigeria workers

Friday, May 25th 2007, 13:26

At least seven oil workers are reportedly seized by gunmen as they lay pipelines off Nigeria's southern coast.
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Yar'Adua 'to make poll reforms'

Thursday, May 24th 2007, 12:40

Nigeria's president-elect says he will reform the election process - strongly criticised during last month's poll.
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Lebanese worker seized in Nigeria

Tuesday, May 22nd 2007, 12:20
related countries: Lebanon, Niger

Gunmen snatch a Lebanese construction worker in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta
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Nigerian leader to retire to farm

Monday, May 21st 2007, 13:44

Nigeria's President Obasanjo says he will retire to his multi-million dollar farm when he stands down next week.
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Nigeria attack sends oil over $70

Monday, May 21st 2007, 12:25
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

A fresh attack on the Nigerian oil industry sends oil prices in London above $70 a barrel.
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Sharia stoning for Nigerian man

Thursday, May 17th 2007, 15:58

An Islamic court in northern Nigeria sentences a man to death for raping two teenage girls.
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Attack on Nigerian leader's house

Wednesday, May 16th 2007, 15:41

Two policemen die in an attack on the country house of Nigeria's Vice-President-elect Goodluck Jonathan.
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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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