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Nigerian farmers sue Shell in Dutch court
Nigerian farmers asked a Dutch court Thursday to rule that oil company Shell is liable for poisoning their fish ponds and farmland with leaking ...
Nigeria president proposes $29.3B national budget
Nigeria's president proposes a $29.3 billion federal budget in 2013 for the oil-producing nation, predicting a slight increase in the crude produced ...
21 killed in attacks across central, north Nigeria
Violence across central and north Nigeria killed 21 people, as gunmen attacked both security forces and civilians in a region where ethnic and ...
32 dead at Nigeria hospital after soldiers attack
Nigerian officials dumped dozens of corpses in front of a hospital in northeast Nigeria after soldiers opened fire and killed more than 30 civilians.
More than 30 civilians killed by Nigeria military
Nigerian soldiers angry about the killing of an officer shot dead more than 30 civilians Monday in a northeastern city long under siege by a radical ...
Niger wants joint patrol on Nigeria border
Niger says it wants to form joint military patrols along 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) of its border with Nigeria to fight Islamist extremist groups ...
Nigeria: Sabotaged phone lines worsen crisis
Sabotaged phone lines prevented students from warning friends and possibly saving their lives in the attack in which 22 college students were killed ...
Nigeria jails anti-graft officers for bribe-taking
Nigeria's anti-graft agency says two former employees have been jailed over a $600 bribe. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission spokesman Wilson ...
Attackers kill students in northeast Nigeria
Assailants shot or stabbed to death at least 25 people in the second attack near colleges in Nigeria's troubled northeast in the last few days, ...
Radical Nigeria sect threatens wives of leaders
The leader of a radical Islamist sect has threatened the wives of Nigerian security agents and government officials in a new Internet video, while ...
Rooftop pool, wine bar: Hotels building in Africa
The rooftop pool at Nairobi's newest high-rise hotel juts out over the edge so swimmers can peer through the glass bottom eight stories down. A new ...
Pipeline fire in southeast Nigeria kills 20
A government spokesman says 20 people in southeast Nigeria died when a broken gasoline pipeline caught fire, burning alive those gathering the fuel.
Royal Dutch Shell shuts down Nigeria oil pipeline
Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has shut down a pipeline in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta after a fire and a suspected attempt to steal crude from ...
Bomb explodes near north Nigeria Islamic school
Gunmen detonated a bomb Sunday near an Islamic boarding school in northern Nigeria and later exchanged gunfire with security forces, causing unknown ...
Qatar Airways flight lands safely after emergency
A Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Nigeria landed safely Saturday after the pilot discovered a problem with the aircraft's landing gear, authorities ...
Saudi starts expelling Nigerian women pilgrims
Saudi Arabia on Friday began expelling over a thousand Nigerian women on religious pilgrimage to the country because they had arrived without male ...
908 Nigerian female pilgrims held in Saudi Arabia
The detention of hundreds of female Nigerian pilgrims heading to Mecca at Saudi Arabia's busiest airport over a rule requiring them to travel with a ...
Nigeria names top bidders for its power plants
Nigeria has announced the top bidders for five power plants, the latest step in a privatization process expected to bring stable electricity to ...
Troubled BlackBerry maker sees Africa potential
In a film recently made in Nigeria, a man stops a beautiful woman, suavely trying to get her to talk to him. Instead she pouts her lips and looks down ...
Pakistan disowns bounty on anti-Islam filmmaker
The Pakistani government on Monday distanced itself from an offer by one of its Cabinet ministers to pay $100,000 to anyone who kills the maker of an ...
Hundreds protest anti-Islam film in Nigeria
Hundreds of Muslims march peacefully through the streets of a northern Nigerian city to protest an anti-Islam film that denigrates the Prophet ...
Nigeria: 150 arrested in sweep against sect
Nigeria's military says it arrested more than 150 people and killed 36 others in a campaign across the nation's northeast to disrupt a radical ...
398 Unescorted Nigerian women held in Saudi Arabia
Nigerian officials say 398 Muslim women pilgrims traveling to Mecca were temporarily held at a Saudi Arabian airport for traveling without male ...
Suicide bomber kills 2, injures 45 in Nigeria
A suicide car bomber attacked a Catholic church conducting Mass in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing two people and wounding another 45 in a region ...
Curfew in north Nigeria cities after sect attacks
Officials say Nigeria's military has conducted door-to-door searches in two north Nigeria cities following repeated and bloody attacks by a radical ...