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

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• May 19th 2013 – March 28th 2013
• March 26th 2013 – January 30th 2013
• January 29th 2013 – December 10th 2012
• December 9th 2012 – October 7th 2012
• October 5th 2012 – August 5th 2012
• August 4th 2012 – June 13th 2012
• June 13th 2012 – April 26th 2012
• April 25th 2012 – February 14th 2012
• February 13th 2012 – January 16th 2012
• January 16th 2012 – December 23rd 2011
• December 21st 2011 – October 11th 2011
• October 11th 2011 – August 4th 2011
• August 3rd 2011 – May 29th 2011
• May 29th 2011 – April 5th 2011
• April 3rd 2011 – December 16th 2010
• December 15th 2010 – October 9th 2010
• October 6th 2010 – August 30th 2010
• August 27th 2010 – June 7th 2010
• June 4th 2010 – April 13th 2010
• April 12th 2010 – February 24th 2010
• February 17th 2010 – January 13th 2010
• January 12th 2010 – December 8th 2009
• December 3rd 2009 – September 22nd 2009
• September 22nd 2009 – July 28th 2009
• July 28th 2009 – May 15th 2009
• May 15th 2009 – February 11th 2009
• February 9th 2009 – November 28th 2008
• November 28th 2008 – September 1st 2008
• September 1st 2008 – July 9th 2008
• July 8th 2008 – April 22nd 2008
• April 16th 2008 – December 26th 2007
• December 24th 2007 – September 26th 2007
• September 24th 2007 – July 19th 2007
• July 16th 2007 – June 6th 2007
• June 5th 2007 – April 20th 2007
• April 19th 2007 – March 8th 2007
• March 8th 2007 – January 11th 2007
• January 10th 2007 – November 3rd 2006
• November 3rd 2006 – August 22nd 2006
• August 19th 2006 – May 18th 2006
• May 17th 2006 – March 18th 2006
• March 17th 2006 – January 20th 2006
• January 20th 2006 – November 15th 2005

Nigeria: news

Double attack in central Nigeria

Wednesday, April 25th 2012, 10:46

Five people are killed, and 10 injured, in two attacks in central Nigeria, one targeting a venue showing the Chelsea-Barcelona match, officials say.
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Nigeria reveals '$6bn fuel fraud'

Tuesday, April 24th 2012, 16:11

Nigeria's parliament discusses a report said to reveal that $6bn (£4bn) has been defrauded from the country's fuel subsidy fund in the past two years.
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VIDEO: How oil is being stolen in Nigeria

Tuesday, April 24th 2012, 7:06
related countries: Niger

Mark Doyle flies over the Niger Delta to see how much oil is being stolen.
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Bakers killed by Nigeria gunmen

Friday, April 20th 2012, 9:45
related places: Maiduguri

Five bakers in Nigeria have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist gunmen in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, police say.
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Ex-governor jailed for £50m fraud

Tuesday, April 17th 2012, 17:08

A former London DIY store cashier who became governor of an oil-rich Nigerian state is jailed for 13 years after admitting fraud totalling nearly £50m.
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VIDEO: From Wickes cashier to millionaire crook

Tuesday, April 17th 2012, 12:44

James Ibori was a petty criminal who once worked for the DIY store Wickes, but he re-invented himself as one of the richest - and most corrupt - of Nigeria's regional governors.
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US choice is new World Bank chief

Tuesday, April 17th 2012, 2:55
related countries: United States

Jim Yong Kim, a US health expert, is chosen to take over as the new president of the World Bank, after a challenge from Nigeria's finance minister.
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VIDEO: UK aid 'linked to Nigeria fraud'

Tuesday, April 17th 2012, 0:00
related countries: United Kingdom

Britain's Department for International Development is accused of allowing tens of millions of pounds in UK aid to be invested in Nigerian money laundering fronts, BBC Newsnight has learned.
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Africa's World Bank hopes dashed

Monday, April 16th 2012, 18:52

What does decision to overlook Nigerian mean for World Bank?
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UK aid 'linked to Nigeria fraud'

Monday, April 16th 2012, 13:36
related countries: United Kingdom

A fund which invested UK aid money is being investigated for financing Nigerian firms alleged to be fronts for money laundering and fraud, BBC Newsnight learns.
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Dozens killed by Nigeria car bomb

Monday, April 9th 2012, 1:18
related places: Kaduna

At least 38 people die after a car bomb explodes near a church in the Nigerian city of Kaduna on Easter Sunday, officials say.
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Battle for World Bank job hots up

Thursday, April 5th 2012, 15:22

Ex-World Bank officials say Nigeria's Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala should be its next head, as the battle for the job intensifies.
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Shell workers 'held in Nigeria'

Tuesday, April 3rd 2012, 12:47

Some Shell workers in Nigeria are being held as part of a protest to demand electricity for a local community, a youth leader tells the BBC.
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Raid hits Nigeria 'bomb factory'

Sunday, April 1st 2012, 23:06

Nigerian security forces raid a suspected bomb factory run by Islamist militants from Boko Haram, killing at least nine, officials say.
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Lagos traffic tweeter is revealed

Friday, March 30th 2012, 12:15

The identity of the tweeter Gidi Traffic, who informs motorists in Nigeria's largest city Lagos of traffic jams, is revealed to the BBC.
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VIDEO: Can Nigerian Islamic schools prevent militants?

Wednesday, March 28th 2012, 6:05

The Nigerian government has announced that it intends to build hundreds of new religious schools to fight poverty and extremism in the north of the country.
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Can Nigerian Islamic schools prevent militants recruiting?

Tuesday, March 27th 2012, 23:57

Can 'model' Nigerian school dent Islamists' recruitment hopes?
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Shell sued over Nigeria pollution

Friday, March 23rd 2012, 12:21
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Lawyers representing a Nigerian fishing community take oil firm Shell to court in London over alleged unpaid compensation for recent oil spills.
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Tribute to man killed in Nigeria

Friday, March 23rd 2012, 10:53

The family of an engineer from Greater Manchester, kidnapped and killed in Nigeria, pay tribute to him ahead of his funeral.
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Nigeria kidnap 'mastermind' dies

Wednesday, March 14th 2012, 21:41
related countries: Italy

The man suspected of planning the kidnapping of a Briton and an Italian man in Nigeria dies in police custody, according to officials.
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Nigeria police helicopter crashes

Wednesday, March 14th 2012, 14:59
related places: Jos

A police helicopter crashed in a residential area in the central Nigerian city of Jos, killing four people, officials say.
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UK defends Nigeria rescue effort

Tuesday, March 13th 2012, 17:30
related countries: Italy, United Kingdom

UK Defence Secretary Philip Hammond tells MPs that the attempted rescue of a British and Italian hostage in Nigeria was their "best chance".
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Church targeted in Nigeria attack

Monday, March 12th 2012, 4:44
related places: Jos

A suspected suicide car bombing at a Roman Catholic church in the Nigerian city of Jos kills at least 10 people, officials say.
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UK and Italy seek to defuse row

Friday, March 9th 2012, 21:58
related countries: Italy, United Kingdom

Italy and Britain's foreign ministers move to defuse the diplomatic row that erupted over a failed hostage rescue in Nigeria.
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Italy demands UK hostage answers

Friday, March 9th 2012, 18:36
related countries: Italy, United Kingdom

Italy's foreign minister asks Britain to provide "utmost clarity" within "hours" about the failed attempt to rescue a Briton and Italian in Nigeria, as a row over the handling of the operation deepens.
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Two die during Nigeria rescue bid

Thursday, March 8th 2012, 23:42
related countries: Italy, United Kingdom

A British engineer and his Italian colleague, who were abducted in Nigeria last year, have died in a failed rescue attempt, David Cameron says.
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Nigeria gunmen kill customs boss

Wednesday, March 7th 2012, 12:54

A high-ranking Nigerian customs officer has been shot dead by gunmen thought to be from the militant Islamist sect Boko Haram, police say.
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Nigeria gas rig fire extinguished

Tuesday, March 6th 2012, 12:25
related countries: United States
related places: Chevron

A fire that killed two workers and destroyed a gas exploration rig off Nigeria's south-east coast goes out after 46 days, US oil and gas firm Chevron says.
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Nigeria buries ex-Biafra leader

Friday, March 2nd 2012, 17:24

Thousands of people in south-eastern Nigerian attend the funeral of former Biafran secessionist leader Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu.
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Pirates kidnap crew off Nigeria

Wednesday, February 29th 2012, 15:41
related countries: Guinea

Two members of a cargo ship crew are kidnapped in a pirate attack in the Gulf of Guinea, the international maritime watchdog says
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'Deadly attack' on Nigeria police

Tuesday, February 28th 2012, 16:33

Unconfirmed reports say 3 policemen have been killed, in northern Nigeria, in gun attacks in a stronghold of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram.
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James Ibori: How a thief almost became Nigeria's president

Monday, February 27th 2012, 18:54

How a convicted thief became one of Nigeria's most powerful men
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Nigeria official 'stole millions'

Monday, February 27th 2012, 16:26
related countries: United Kingdom

James Ibori, a former governor of one of Nigeria's oil-producing states, pleads guilty on money-laundering and fraud charges worth a total of $250m (£160m).
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Suicide attack on Nigerian church

Sunday, February 26th 2012, 22:13
related places: Jos

A suicide car bomb attack on a church in the Nigerian city of Jos kills three people and sparks bloody reprisal attacks.
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Deadly blasts rock Nigerian city

Saturday, February 25th 2012, 0:04
related places: Gombe

A gun and bomb attack kills at least four people in the northern Nigerian city of Gombe, amid an upsurge in religious and ethnic violence.
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Nigerian school targeted in fire

Thursday, February 23rd 2012, 18:19
related places: Maiduguri

A Nigerian school is set alight - the second non-religious school in the Islamist militant stronghold of Maiduguri to be targeted this week.
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Nigeria rig 'may burn for months'

Wednesday, February 22nd 2012, 16:26
related countries: Niger

A gas-fuelled fire, with flames as high as 5m, may burn for months in waters off the Niger Delta in south-east Nigeria, a Chevron spokesperson tells the BBC.
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Obasanjo in Senegal peace mission

Wednesday, February 22nd 2012, 10:16
related countries: Senegal

Former Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo is to meet Senegal's opposition to try to defuse rising tensions ahead of Sunday's elections.
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Nigeria Islamists 'die in clash'

Monday, February 20th 2012, 17:45
related places: Maiduguri

Nigerian security forces say they have killed at least eight members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in the north-east city of Maiduguri.
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Underwear bomber given life term

Thursday, February 16th 2012, 21:04
related countries: United States
related places: Detroit

A Nigerian man who admitted trying to bomb a US-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009 is sentenced to life in prison by a court in Detroit.
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Militants claim Nigeria jailbreak

Thursday, February 16th 2012, 20:07

Gunmen in Nigeria free more than 100 inmates from a jail in the centre of the country, with Islamist group Boko Haram claiming responsibility for the attack.
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Nigeria anti-bomb officer killed

Tuesday, February 14th 2012, 13:09

A Nigerian bomb disposal officer is killed when an explosive device he was trying to defuse went off, a police spokesperson says.
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