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Shell sued over Nigeria pollution

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Lawyers representing a Nigerian fishing community take oil firm Shell to court in London over alleged unpaid compensation for recent oil spills.

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Shell sued over Nigeria pollution

Nigerian school targeted in fire

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

A Nigerian school is set alight – the second non-religious school in the Islamist militant stronghold of Maiduguri to be targeted this week.

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Blasts rock north Nigeria cities

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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Dozens Killed by Radical Islamic Sect in Nigeria

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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Coordinated Sect Attack Kills 143 in North Nigeria

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

Nigerian President Rolls Back Price of Gasoline

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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Nigeria strikes over fuel costs

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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Nigerians flee sectarian violence

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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Nigeria hit by string of attacks

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

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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Deadly shooting at Nigeria church

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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Nigerians to strike over petrol

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

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

‘Spam capital’ India arrests six

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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Nigerian ethnic clashes kill 50

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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