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/ 30 November 2008
Bursts of gunfire rattled the Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday as the security forces tried to prevent more clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs.
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/ 29 November 2008
Authorities in the central Nigerian city of Jos extended a curfew and ordered the army to shoot on sight on Saturday to prevent new clashes.
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/ 26 November 2008
Nigeria’s drug administration agency has closed down a pharmaceuticals manufacturer in Lagos after contaminated teething syrup killed 25 infants.
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/ 25 November 2008
Nigeria’s main militant group warned on Tuesday it may end a unilateral ceasefire and launch attacks across the Niger Delta.
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/ 21 November 2008
Nigerians are in love with language, though meaning is not always a priority – C Don Adinuba hacks through the thickets.
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/ 13 November 2008
A Nigerian court said an 84-year-old preacher with 86 wives should be released from jail after he was held for failing to divorce all but four.
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/ 2 November 2008
But a greater lesson lies in the US election,
writes C Don Adinuba.
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/ 27 October 2008
A West African court of justice convicted the state of Niger on Monday for failing to protect a 12-year-old girl from being sold into slavery.
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/ 23 October 2008
Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday deferred ruling on a challenge to President Umaru Yar’Adua’s April 2007 election victory.
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/ 22 October 2008
Nigeria’s Supreme Court is expected to decide on Thursday whether to rule invalid the election of President Umaru Yar’Adua.
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/ 21 October 2008
Amnesty International called on Nigeria’s government on Tuesday to declare a moratorium on capital punishment.
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/ 17 October 2008
A father took his 20-year old son to an Islamic court in northern Nigeria for idleness, asking that he be sent to prison.
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/ 12 October 2008
The question should not be whether Zuma is good for Nigeria, but rather, whether a president Zuma can afford to call the bluff of the Nigerian govt.
Nigeria may rank among Africa’s top oil producers but many people scrape by on day or less.
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/ 30 September 2008
Nigerian authorities rounded up about 300 suspects after an armed group in the Niger Delta declared a ceasefire following attacks.
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/ 21 September 2008
Nigeria’s main militant group said on Sunday it had begun a ceasefire after a week of clashes with the military and attacks on oil installations.
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/ 20 September 2008
The main militant group in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta said on Saturday it had destroyed a major oil pipeline belonging to Royal Dutch Shell.
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/ 19 September 2008
Nigerian militants clashed with each other in the Niger Delta, a military spokesperson said on Friday, highlighting a complex security situation.
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/ 19 September 2008
Two South Africans who had been held hostage by Nigerian militants have been released, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.
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/ 17 September 2008
No confirmation has been received of the release of the two South Africans kidnapped in the Niger Delta last week, the government says.
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/ 17 September 2008
Nigerian militants threatened on Wednesday to broaden their ”oil war” to offshore oilfields.
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/ 16 September 2008
Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell on Tuesday confirmed an overnight attack on one of its pipelines in southern Nigeria.
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/ 16 September 2008
Police in northern Nigeria have arrested a Muslim preacher who claims 86 wives and 107 children.
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/ 16 September 2008
Nigerian militants launched assaults on two oil installations in the Niger Delta in the heaviest fighting there in two years, sources said on Tuesday.
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/ 15 September 2008
Nigerian militants on Monday attacked a Shell-operated oil installation, forcing the evacuation of nearly 100 people.
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/ 15 September 2008
Militants attacked a Royal Dutch Shell oil flow station on Monday in a third day of heavy fighting with security forces in the Niger Delta region.
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/ 13 September 2008
Nigerian militants on Saturday warned oil firms in the Niger Delta to withdraw their workers in the next 24 hours or face a hurricane of retaliation.
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/ 12 September 2008
The UK says it will not send soldiers to Nigeria to help tackle lawlessness in the restive Niger Delta, but will provide help in training.
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/ 12 September 2008
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua’s strengthening grip on power is still unlikely to mean a revival of economic reforms that have stagnated.
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/ 11 September 2008
Nigerian investigators have found evidence that oil exploration licences that should have brought in $120m in revenue, were illegally awarded in 2006.
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/ 11 September 2008
Nigeria President Umaru Yar’Adua lost no time in exerting his authority after he returned from hospital abroad by axing a top aide.
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/ 10 September 2008
Two South Africans have been abducted in Nigeria, the South African government confirmed on Wednesday.