Posts Tagged ‘nigeria’
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Explosions have hit a police station in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, scene of deadly attacks last month, and a market in Maiduguri to the west.

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Blasts rock north Nigeria cities
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
The attacks by the sect Boko Haram, which killed at least 143 people, struck police buildings, immigration offices and an office of Nigeria’s secret police.
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Dozens Killed by Radical Islamic Sect in Nigeria
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
A coordinated attack by a radical Islamist sect in north Nigeria’s largest city killed at least 143 people, a hospital official said Saturday, representing the extremist group’s deadliest assault since beginning its campaign of terror in Africa’s most populous nation.
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Coordinated Sect Attack Kills 143 in North Nigeria
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Monday, January 16th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan said the price will drop to about $2.75 a gallon after a week of strikes, protests and fragile economic calculus for most Nigerians.
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Nigerian President Rolls Back Price of Gasoline
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Monday, January 9th, 2012
A nationwide strike begins across Nigeria over the elimination of a government fuel subsidy that has seen sharp price rises.

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Nigeria strikes over fuel costs
Tags: elimination, government, government-fuel, nationwide-strike, nigeria, over-the-elimination, rise, sharp-price
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Sunday, January 8th, 2012
Hundreds of people flee violence in north-east Nigeria, after dozens die in a 24-hour wave of violence apparently targeting Christian communities.

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Nigerians flee sectarian violence
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Saturday, January 7th, 2012
The Islamist militant group Boko Haram carries out a new wave of attacks in northern Nigeria, killing at least 17 people in one incident.

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Nigeria hit by string of attacks
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Saturday, January 7th, 2012
The Islamist militant group Boko Haram carries out a new wave of attacks in northern Nigeria, killing at least 17 people in one incident.

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Nigeria hit by string of attacks
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Thursday, January 5th, 2012
A pastor in north-eastern Nigeria says gunmen have killed six people in an attack on his church, amid renewed sectarian violence in the country.

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Deadly shooting at Nigeria church
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Nigeria’s main trade unions announce an indefinite strike and mass demonstrations from Monday unless a fuel subsidy is restored.

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Nigerians to strike over petrol
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Nigeria’s main trade unions announce an indefinite strike and mass demonstrations from Monday unless a fuel subsidy is restored.

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Nigerians to strike over petrol
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Indian authorities arrest six suspected Nigerian email scammers just days after the country was named spam capital of the world.

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‘Spam capital’ India arrests six
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Sunday, January 1st, 2012
At least 50 people are killed in eastern Nigeria in clashes over land, as the president declares a state of emergency in areas affected by Islamist attacks.
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Nigerian ethnic clashes kill 50
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Sunday, January 1st, 2012
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in areas targeted by Islamist militants, who killed dozens on Christmas Day.
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VIDEO: Nigeria’s president declares emergency
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Saturday, December 31st, 2011
Nigeria’s president declared a state of emergency in four states and ordered the closure of borders near the affected areas.
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Nigeria Calls State of Emergency Over Sect Attacks
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