Goodluck Jonathan

Goodluck Jonathan

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  Hostage killings a new, dangerous turn for Nigeria

  Radical Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats said Sunday, making it the worst such kidnapping violence in ... 

• Nigerian extremists claim they killed 7 hostages

  A breakaway Islamic extremist group said Saturday it had killed seven foreigners who its members kidnapped from northern Nigeria, according to an ... 

• Nigeria: Muslim leader calls for extremist amnesty

  The top spiritual leader for Muslims in Nigeria called Tuesday for the nation's president to grant a "total amnesty" for Islamic extremists now ... 

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  Nigeria extremists claim abduction of 7 foreigners

  A little-known Islamic extremist group claimed responsibility Monday for the kidnapping of seven foreign workers from northern Nigeria, threatening ... 

• Attackers kill 3 North Korean doctors in Nigeria

  Assailants in northeastern Nigeria killed three North Korean doctors, beheading one of the physicians, in the latest attack on health workers in a ... 

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  Nigerian leader warns of Mali terror spillover

  Nigeria's president is warning that if Islamist terrorists in Mali are not contained there will be a spillover effect upon some Western and African ... 

• New pipeline attack shows Nigeria unrest spreads

  Thick plumes of smoke rose into the sky and fire danced across the fuel-slicked waters surrounding the Nigerian pipeline, another attacked and ... 

• Nigeria president likens nation's unrest to Syria

  Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has likened attacks by a radical Islamist sect in his West African nation to the ongoing civil war in Syria, an ... 

• Nigeria governor, 5 others die in helicopter crash

  A navy helicopter crashed Saturday in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, killing a state governor and five other people, in the latest air disaster ... 

• Abducted mother of Nigeria finance minister freed

  The mother of Nigeria's finance minister has been released five days after her abduction, an official said Friday, bringing an end to a family crisis ... 

• Nigeria minister's mother abduction part of trend

  Police searched Monday for the kidnapped mother of Nigeria's powerful finance minister, after an abduction that shows no one is out of reach of ... 

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  Islamist sect in Nigeria grows more deadly

  The radical Islamist fighters gather around piles of weapons and ammunition they've stolen and shout praises to God as they shoot into the expanse of ...