Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan won a decisive victory in ruling party primaries on Friday, including in key states in the mostly Muslim north.
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/ 12 January 2011
Heineken has acquired controlling interests in five breweries in Nigeria, expanding its capacity by nearly a third in the fast-growing African market.
Nigeria’s ruling party picks a presidential candidate this week in a high-stakes vote ahead of general elections.
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/ 10 January 2011
Rioters set homes ablaze and angry youths with machetes set up roadblocks throughout Jos, a city plagued by violence between Christians and Muslims.
A court hasrejected a bail appeal for Henry Okah, the suspected ex-militant leader accused of ordering car bombings on Nigeria’s independence day.
Nigerian terror accused, Henry Okah, plans to appeal against a decision to deny him bail in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
The violence over the past two weeks highlights the tensions between Nigeria’s two major faiths — Christians and Muslims.
Muslim extremists may have planted the bomb that exploded at an army barracks in Nigeria’s capital, the country’s president said on Saturday.
An explosion at a market in Nigeria’s capital Abuja killed at least four people and injured more than a dozen more during New Year’s Eve celebrations.
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/ 26 December 2010
Clashes broke out between Christian and Muslim groups near the Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday after bombings in the region killed more than 30 people.
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/ 25 December 2010
Explosions in Nigeria’s central region killed 32 people on Christmas Eve and six people died in attacks on two churches in the north-east.
Look no further than Nigeria, the DRC, Algeria, Sudan and our own backyard to get a glimpse of what’s to come. <b>Adekeye Adebajo</b> reports
A Nigerian court has denied bail to the brother of an alleged militant leader charged with kidnapping and bombings in Nigeria’s capital.
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/ 14 December 2010
Expect market-led growth in dynamic emerging markets, while mature markets recover from their recessionary hangovers.
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/ 12 December 2010
South African anti-apartheid icon Miriam Makeba was posthumously honoured at the MTV Africa Music Award held in Nigeria.
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/ 10 December 2010
Nigerian ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari has declared his candidacy for upcoming presidential elections.
A militant faction in Nigeria’s restive Niger Delta said on Monday it had ruptured an oil pipeline in Delta state.
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/ 30 November 2010
Nigerian anti-corruption authorities have summoned top officials from Shell and Halliburton as part of separate investigations into alleged bribery.
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/ 22 November 2010
Mend threatened to cripple the country’s oil sector after Nigeria’s military confirmed it arrested militants believed to have kidnapped oil workers.
Nigerian terror-accused Henry Okah was denied bail by the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Friday despite denying being the leader of Mend.
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/ 18 November 2010
Officials from oil and construction firms gathered at an air force base in Port Harcourt on Thursday for the handover of 19 hostages.
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/ 13 November 2010
Nigeria’s main militant group in the oil-rich southern delta on Friday released a list of hostages it had taken from an attack on an offshore oil rig.
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/ 12 November 2010
Nigeria’s foreign minister is threatening action against Iran if it violated international law and UN sanctions in an arms-smuggling case.
An announcement this week linking Henry Okah to a car bomb explosion in Warri in March could deal a fresh blow to his bail application in SA.
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/ 10 November 2010
Nigeria marked 15 years since the execution of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and his campaign against the oil industry drew the world’s attention to abuses.
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/ 8 November 2010
Five workers were kidnapped and two others injured on Monday at an oil rig just off the coast of Nigeria’s troubled southern delta.
For <b>Robin Denselow</b>, walking into the rehearsals of <i>Fela!</i>, it was impossible to stop thinking about the last time he met Fela Kuti.
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/ 18 October 2010
A diary entry by suspected Nigerian bombing conspirator Henry Okah talked about staging "a fight to the finish", a court heard on Monday.
Officials, players and fans reacted on Monday with disbelief and anger following the country’s suspension by Fifa.
Authorities arrested the chairperson of a former military dictator’s presidential campaign on Monday in connection with a set of dual car bombings.
Nigerian militant leader Henry Okah appeared in a Johannesburg court on Monday after he was arrested at the weekend by South African authorities.
Nigerian police said on Sunday car bombers had intended to "commit mass murder" and distributed photos and other details of the two suspects.