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 police to get arms boost

Friday, September 1st 2006, 9:37

Nigeria's police are planning to buy 80,000 new firearms ahead of next year's elections, a spokesman says.
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Oil unions set to strike in Delta

Thursday, August 31st 2006, 10:21
related countries: Niger

Nigerian oil workers' unions are to stage a brief strike protest at the lack of security in the Niger Delta.
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Deportation row on French flight

Wednesday, August 30th 2006, 16:05
related countries: France
related places: Paris

Two passengers are arrested and taken off a flight in Paris amid protests over the deportation of a Nigerian youth.
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Italian hostage released in Delta

Wednesday, August 30th 2006, 10:03
related countries: Italy

Nigerian kidnappers release an Italian oil worker abducted last week, while a Nigerian worker is found dead.
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Nigeria troops 'burn Delta slums'

Friday, August 25th 2006, 17:12
related places: Port Harcourt

Nigerian soldiers set fire to hundreds of slum houses in Port Harcourt following a kidnapping, residents say.
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Oil workers released in Nigeria

Thursday, August 24th 2006, 0:20

Six foreign oil workers kidnapped 10 days ago from a Nigerian nightclub have been freed, officials say.
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Nigeria police 'killed suspects'

Tuesday, August 22nd 2006, 8:58

Amnesty International accuses the Nigerian police of summarily killing crime suspects captured in a raid.
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Nigeria runs kidnap crackdown

Saturday, August 19th 2006, 18:44

A crackdown to tackle armed groups involved in kidnapping gets under way with scores of arrests in south Nigeria.
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Oil worker in Nigeria is released

Saturday, August 19th 2006, 9:46
related countries: Germany

A German oil worker kidnapped by an armed gang in southern Nigeria earlier this month is released.
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Nigerian soldiers raid city slum

Friday, August 18th 2006, 22:31
related places: Port Harcourt

Nigerian forces raid a poor district of Port Harcourt in a crackdown on armed gangs in the area.
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Nigeria agents in corruption raid

Thursday, August 17th 2006, 12:18

Nigerian anti-graft officers raid companies belonging to an associate of ex-President Babangida.
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Nigeria kidnap suspects in court

Wednesday, August 16th 2006, 13:44

Four men appear in court in Nigeria over attacks on oil plants, as the president vows a crackdown on kidnapping.
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Babangida to contest Nigeria poll

Wednesday, August 16th 2006, 8:44

Nigeria's former military ruler Ibrahim Babangida announces his candidacy for the 2007 presidential election.
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Nigeria in kidnap crackdown

Wednesday, August 16th 2006, 7:44

Nigeria's president vows tough action after a spate of kidnappings of foreign workers in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
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Riots follow killing in Nigeria

Tuesday, August 15th 2006, 10:08

Nigerian youths rampage in a south-western state after the murder of a leading local politician.
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Nigeria hands Bakassi to Cameroon

Monday, August 14th 2006, 16:33
related countries: Cameroon

Nigeria hands over the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon as Nigerian troops complete their withdrawal.
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More kidnappings in Nigeria

Monday, August 14th 2006, 15:32

Two Britons are among five foreign workers taken at gunpoint from a club in Port Harcourt - Nigeria's oil city.
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Nigeria 'to name corrupt leaders'

Friday, August 11th 2006, 12:26

Nigeria's anti-corruption agency says it will publish the names of political leaders who have stolen from the treasury.
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Nigerian troops leaving Bakassi

Friday, August 11th 2006, 11:09
related countries: Cameroon

Nigeria is withdrawing the last of its troops from the Bakassi peninsula ahead of a handover to Cameroon.
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More oil staff seized in Nigeria

Wednesday, August 9th 2006, 11:33
related countries: Niger, Norway

Two Norwegian oil workers and two Ukranians are kidnapped in Nigeria's Niger Delta region.
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Nigeria starts Bakassi withdrawal

Tuesday, August 8th 2006, 7:45
related countries: Cameroon

Nigerian troops begin to leave the Bakassi peninsula, ahead of a deadline to hand the area over to Cameroon.
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Late bid to stop Bakassi handover

Monday, August 7th 2006, 8:59

Hundreds of residents of the Bakassi peninsula declare independence, as Nigeria prepares to withdraw.
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Oil workers seized in Nigeria

Friday, August 4th 2006, 11:34
related countries: Germany, Niger

Three Filipino oil workers and a German are kidnapped in Nigeria's petroleum-producing Niger Delta region
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Nigerian foreign minister resigns

Thursday, August 3rd 2006, 16:46

Nigerian Foreign Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala resigns, days after being replaced as head of the economic reform team.
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Baby caught HIV at Lagos hospital

Thursday, August 3rd 2006, 11:28
related places: Lagos

Nigeria sacks three hospital officials after a baby was infected with HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion.
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Mystery of stranded airport boy

Thursday, July 27th 2006, 14:20
related countries: Bangladesh

A Bangladeshi court hands over an 11-year-old Nigerian boy to a charity after he was deserted at the airport.
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New building collapses in Nigeria

Wednesday, July 19th 2006, 20:46
related places: Lagos

Rescuers pull bodies from a collapsed block of flats in Nigeria's main city of Lagos amid a search for survivors.
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Nigeria unions warn over job cuts

Tuesday, July 18th 2006, 7:54

Nigeria's main trade union body raises the possibility of a strike over government plans to cut 33,000 jobs.
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Two oil blasts in Nigerian south

Thursday, July 13th 2006, 10:38

Huge oil spills are reported after two explosions in southern Nigeria, but sabotage is denied.
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Nigeria launches $4m fraud probe

Monday, July 10th 2006, 22:21

Nigeria starts a fraud probe after more than $4m is paid for a $22,000 bill to a UN agency.
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Nigeria to cut thousands of jobs

Friday, July 7th 2006, 15:54

Some 33,000 Nigerian civil servants are to lose their jobs by the end of this year, a minister says.
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Nigeria bishops scorn US 'cancer'

Tuesday, July 4th 2006, 9:26
related countries: United States

Nigeria Anglican bishops reject a homosexuality compromise, saying the US church is a cancer to be excised.
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Nigeria police 'fight corruption'

Thursday, June 29th 2006, 17:34

The police reject the conclusions of a report that it is regarded as one of Nigeria's most corrupt institutions.
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Nigeria journalists deny sedition

Tuesday, June 27th 2006, 16:56

Two Nigerian journalists plead not guilty on charges of sedition over stories about a new presidential aircraft.
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Yams and the World Cup in Nigeria

Thursday, June 22nd 2006, 12:20
related places: Abuja

In Nigeria, Elizabeth Blunt discovers despite the fast pace of change near the capital Abuja, some areas are resisting change.
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'Eight killed' in Nigeria clashes

Saturday, June 17th 2006, 20:12

At least eight people belonging to a separatist Biafran group die in clashes with Nigerian police, reports say.
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Call to free Nigeria TV presenter

Friday, June 16th 2006, 14:18

Nigeria is urged to free a TV presenter arrested after he hosted a show that criticised the president.
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Nigerians told to accept transfer

Thursday, June 15th 2006, 8:33
related countries: Cameroon

Nigeria's president gives a national address to reassure residents of an oil-rich area being handed to Cameroon.
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Nigeria boy hostage rescued in Spain

Friday, June 9th 2006, 10:47
related countries: Spain

Two Nigerian women are arrested in Spain accused of stealing a child and forcing his mother into prostitution.
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Nigeria militants 'free' hostages

Thursday, June 8th 2006, 15:37

Five South Koreans are released just a day after being kidnapped, Nigerian oil militants say.
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'Five killed' in Nigeria oil raid

Wednesday, June 7th 2006, 9:42
related countries: North Korea, Niger

Five Nigerian soldiers are killed in a raid on an oil field in which five South Koreans were kidnapped, militants say.
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Abducted oil workers go home

Monday, June 5th 2006, 3:12

Eight oil workers, who were freed after being abducted from an oil rig in Nigeria, are on their way home.
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Talks to free Nigeria oil workers

Saturday, June 3rd 2006, 12:03

Nigeria's president joins efforts to try to secure the release of eight abducted foreign oil workers.
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Nigeria rig oilmen kidnapped

Friday, June 2nd 2006, 19:11

Eight foreign oil workers are kidnapped from an offshore oil rig in southern Nigeria.
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Nigeria sacks top security chiefs

Tuesday, May 30th 2006, 16:51

Nigerian President Obasanjo sacks three senior military officials, including a possible presidential candidate.
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Shell contests huge Nigeria fine

Monday, May 22nd 2006, 12:18

Oil giant Shell says it is appealing against a Nigerian court ruling to pay $1.5bn to local people.
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Africa stages development forum

Monday, May 22nd 2006, 1:09
related places: Abuja

An international conference on financing development in Africa opens in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
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Nigerian dies amid heart battle

Thursday, May 18th 2006, 15:13

A Nigerian woman dies during a legal battle to have her moved up the NHS heart transplant list, health officials confirm.
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Nigerian president will step down

Thursday, May 18th 2006, 13:59

Nigeria's president accepts the Senate vote against a third term bill as he urges healing in his divided party.
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Democracy 'triumphs' in Nigeria

Wednesday, May 17th 2006, 8:42

Nigeria's vice-president says the defeat of a bill allowing the president to seek re-election will strengthen democracy.
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No third term for Nigerian leader

Tuesday, May 16th 2006, 14:39

Nigerian senators reject a move to allow President Olusegun Obasanjo to seek a third term in elections.
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Nigeria probes third-term 'graft'

Monday, May 15th 2006, 15:41

Nigeria says it is investigating claims that MPs have been offered bribes to let the president seek re-election.
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Nigeria police killed in oil city

Monday, May 15th 2006, 10:26
related places: Port Harcourt

The bodies of six Nigerian policemen are found floating in a river in the oil capital, Port Harcourt.
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Probe ordered after Nigeria blast

Saturday, May 13th 2006, 14:40

Nigeria's president calls for tightened security around fuel pipelines and a full probe after an explosion kills at least 150.
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Scores die in Nigeria fuel blast

Friday, May 12th 2006, 21:44
related places: Lagos

More than 150 people die in an explosion at a petrol pipeline near Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos.
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Kidnapped oilmen freed in Nigeria

Friday, May 12th 2006, 7:25
related places: Port Harcourt

Three foreign oil workers kidnapped in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt are released.
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Kidnappings in Nigerian oil city

Thursday, May 11th 2006, 14:08
related places: Port Harcourt

Three foreign oil workers are kidnapped in Port Harcourt in Nigeria, a day after a US man was killed there.
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