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Nigeria

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Article
/ 27 August 2011

Islamist militants claim responsibility for UN blast

At least 18 people were killed by a car bomb that ripped through the United Nations’ building in
the Nigerian capital Abuja on Friday.

By Felix Onuah and Camillus Eboh
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Africa
/ 26 August 2011

Explosion hits UN building in Nigeria

At least 18 people have been found dead after a large explosion struck a United Nations building in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 24 August 2011

Nigeria’s oil-tainted Ogoni weary of blame game

The landscape of banana trees and a pineapple farm where some Ogoni live looks bleak, stained with oil, in air filled with dark smoke.

By Austin Ekeinde
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Article
/ 23 August 2011

Mikel’s kidnapped father found in Nigeria

The kidnapped father of Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel was freed after detectives traced him to a city in north Nigeria and arrested his abductors.

By Ibrahim Garba
Nollywood and the net: A love story
Article
/ 19 August 2011

Nollywood and the net: A love story

With the help of an entrepreneurial expat in London and ­YouTube’s partner programme, cheaply made movies from Nigeria have successfully gone global.

By Mandy de Waal
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Article
/ 18 August 2011

Nigeria launches spy satellites into orbit

Nigeria has launched two satellites into orbit with the aim of using them for a range of tasks, including disaster monitoring and security.

By Staff Reporter
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Africa
/ 11 August 2011

Piracy off Nigeria’s coast ‘rising to Somali levels’

A disjointed fight is being mounted against piracy off Nigeria’s coast as insurers say the threat has reached levels that rival lawless Somalia.

By Staff Reporter
Nigerian president pledges to fight terrorism with Niger
Africa
/ 9 August 2011

Nigerian president pledges to fight terrorism with Niger

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has pledged cooperation to fight "terrorism" during talks with Niger’s leader.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 2 August 2011

Nigeria’s onshore oil assets take a hit

Nigeria’s old oil assets are in certain cases declining by between 10% to 12% per year and new investment will be needed to push the industry forward.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 26 July 2011

Nigerian police ‘killed 23 after bomb attack’

Nigerian security forces killed at least 23 people in the city of Maiduguri in retaliation for a bomb attack blamed on a radical Islamic sect.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 12 July 2011

Nigeria university closes down after bomb threats

A public university says it is closing indefinitely after receiving bomb threats from a radical Muslim sect in Nigeria’s restive northeast.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 1 July 2011

Bafana Bafana get a replacement for Nigeria

Safa has found a new opponent for Bafana Bafana after Nigeria’s controversial withdrawal from August’s friendly match.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 30 June 2011

Nigeria’s planned oil law needs further ‘review’

Nigeria’s long-delayed law to overhaul of its oil sector will require further review before it is passed, says Diezani Alison-Madueke.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 28 June 2011

Eton’s ancient game thrives in Nigeria

In a dusty Nigerian park, youth play the ancient game of Eton fives.

By Joe Brock
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Article
/ 27 June 2011

Dozens killed in attacks in northern Nigeria

At least 25 people were killed on Sunday when suspected Islamists threw a bomb and fired on a beer garden in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri.

By Staff Reporter
Nigerian sect spreads reach with suicide bombing
Article
/ 19 June 2011

Nigerian sect spreads reach with suicide bombing

The radical Muslim sect has shot police officials and clerics from atop motorcycles, torched churches and even freed hundreds of prisoners.

By Yinka Ibukun
Telkom’s #EpicFail
Article
/ 17 June 2011

Telkom’s #EpicFail

Almost R10-billion in losses later, no one has been held accountable for the company’s haemorrhaging Nigerian investment.

By Lloyd Gedye
A continent on the rise
Article
/ 10 June 2011

A continent on the rise

Cheaper options key to greater penetration.

By Gerrohn Michalitsianos
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Article
/ 9 June 2011

Nigeria agree to Argentina rematch in Bangladesh

The Nigeria Football Federation has announced it agreed a rematch with Argentina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on September 6.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 6 June 2011

Fifa probes Argentina’s thrashing in Nigeria

Fifa and Nigeria’s football federation are investigating Argentina’s loss in Nigeria after betting patterns suggests it was targeted by match fixers.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 30 May 2011

Bomb attacks investigated after Jonathan inauguration

Nigerian cops are investigating a series of blasts that followed President Goodluck Jonathan’s inauguration, including bombs that ri

By Aminu Abubakar
Blast kills a dozen in northern Nigerian town
Article
/ 30 May 2011

Blast kills a dozen in northern Nigerian town

A blast rocked a drinking spot near an army barracks in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing a dozen people after President Goodluck was sworn in.

By Abdulwahab Muhammad
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Article
/ 29 May 2011

Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan sworn in with nation divided

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in on Sunday following an election seen as the fairest in two decades.

By MJ Smith
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Article
/ 25 May 2011

Life bans dished out to Nigerian football rebels

Five people had been banned for life by the Nigeria Football Federation for their attempt to form a rival organisation.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 24 May 2011

Telkom to be sued by private equity group Helios

A Nigerian firm backed by Helios Investment Partners and South Africa’s Shanduka Group has said it is suing Telkom for at least $251-million.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 18 May 2011

Africa ‘set to be next big investment destination’

Africa is set to be the world’s next investment destination thanks to reforms sweeping the continent, says ex-Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 7 May 2011

Attackers kill 16, burn homes in north Nigeria town

Attackers have killed at least 16 people and set fire to more than a dozen houses in a town in northern Nigeria.

By Abdulwahab Muhammad
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Article
/ 6 May 2011

MTN quarter one customers up 4%

MTN added more than 5,7-million users in the first quarter boosted by strong growth in key markets of Nigeria and Iran.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 6 May 2011

China’s boom swells the coffers of African economies

Chinese investment in Africa is the single most important development of the previous decade for the continent.

By Lloyd Gedye
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Article
/ 28 April 2011

MIT class studies Kenyan slum’s clinic quandary

The Rod of Asclepius is mistaken as a symbol of snake worshipping in a high quality and nearly free clinic in Kenya’s largest slum of Kibera.

By Jason Straziuso
Fresh bomb blasts as Nigeria votes in wake of riots
Article
/ 26 April 2011

Fresh bomb blasts as Nigeria votes in wake of riots

Fresh bomb blasts jolted Nigeria on Tuesday as the country went to the polls for state governors’ elections.

By Aminu Abubakar
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Article
/ 26 April 2011

Deadly blasts rock Nigerian city

Bomb blasts have killed at least three people in north-east Nigeria, police said on Monday, in the latest unrest to hit Africa’s most populous nation.

By Aminu Abubakar
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