A cameraman who was among three members of a South African television crew abducted in Nigeria has fled to safety and is now in Lagos.
M-Net on Tuesday confirmed that three of its staff members were taken hostage in Nigeria, and another was shot and wounded.
The abductors of a South African citizen in Nigeria had not made contact with any authorities by Tuesday morning.
Nigeria’s president returned on Wednesday after a stay in hospital fueling concern about fresh turmoil but his deputy said all was "on course".
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua arrived back in Abuja on Wednesday after three months in a Saudi Arabian hospital.
The Nigerian president has arrived back home after a three-month absence that left the West African country in political limbo.
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/ 22 February 2010
Ailing Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua’s doctors are refusing to allow visitors from Abuja to see him in his Jeddah hospital.
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/ 12 February 2010
Transfer of power to Goodluck Jonathan as Nigeria’s acting president is the tonic needed to revive governance in the key oil producer, analysts say.
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/ 11 February 2010
The African Union on Thursday urged the military in coup-prone Nigeria to respect a decision to hand power to the country’s deputy leader.
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/ 10 February 2010
Nigeria’s Vice-President, Goodluck Jonathan, took office as acting head of state on Tuesday from ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua.
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/ 9 February 2010
Nigeria’s Parliament on Tuesday voted to suspend ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua and hand power to his deputy until he is well enough to resume.
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/ 6 February 2010
Nigeria have sacked coach Shaibu Amodu following their third-place finish at the African Nations Cup and have begun the search to replace him.
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/ 5 February 2010
A Nigerian minister has called on ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua to transfer power, a senior official said on Thursday.
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/ 4 February 2010
The Nigerian government warned Niger Delta militants on Wednesday against issuing threats of violence.
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/ 3 February 2010
Nigeria’s main militant group has been revitalised by growing frustration over the government’s lack of leadership.
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/ 30 January 2010
Nigeria’s main militant group lifted a three-month ceasefire on Saturday and threatened attacks against Africa’s biggest energy sector.
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/ 28 January 2010
A row over the win-bonus of Africa Cup of Nations semifinalists Nigeria has been averted after a special committee paid up their share.
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/ 28 January 2010
Nigeria’s Cabinet rallied around ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua on Wednesday, passing a resolution that he remains capable of holding office.
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/ 27 January 2010
Ghana face neighbours Nigeria in a charged west African derby on Thursday with the prize a ticket to the Africa Cup of Nations final.
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/ 27 January 2010
Nigeria’s Senate said on Wednesday President Umaru Yar’Adua should formally notify Parliament about his absence in line with the Constitution.
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/ 27 January 2010
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that a "failure" by Nigeria’s government to address young people’s needs was breeding radicalism.
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/ 26 January 2010
Nigerian police said on Tuesday at least 326 people died in Muslim-Christian clashes last week in the central Plateau State.
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/ 25 January 2010
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has been in Saudi Arabia for two months receiving treatment for a heart condition.
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/ 23 January 2010
Mosque and government officials have pulled more bodies from wells and sewage pits in a village near the Nigerian city of Jos.
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/ 22 January 2010
Nigeria’s Cabinet will decide within 14 days whether President Umaru Yar’Adua is fit enough to govern after a two-month absence for medical treatment.
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/ 22 January 2010
Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo says the country’s sick leader should follow the "path of honour" and resign if he is too ill to lead.
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/ 22 January 2010
The recent disappointing start to the Africa Cup of Nations suggests that there is still a long way to go before the continent can conquer the world.
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/ 21 January 2010
Egypt maintained their faultless Afcon title defence and Nigeria became the latest team to progress to the quarterfinals in Angola on Wednesday.
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/ 21 January 2010
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon is alarmed by the bloody inter-communal clashes in the central Nigerian city of Jos.
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/ 20 January 2010
Nigeria has sent more troops to the troubled city of Jos as clashes between Muslims and Christians, which have left about 300 people dead, spread.
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/ 20 January 2010
Violence between Christians and Muslims has erupted again in Nigeria, and the state government called for military units to control the situation.
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/ 19 January 2010
Authorities slapped a 24-hour curfew on the Nigerian flashpoint city of Jos on Tuesday after deadly clashes between Christians and Muslims.