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Bangladesh police, prophet film protesters clash
Scores of people were injured Saturday in clashes in Bangladesh's capital between police and hundreds of demonstrators, as protests continued in the ...
Central Bank bars Nigeria airlines from bank loans
Nigeria's Central Bank has barred the nation's top two airlines from receiving any additional loans over their massive outstanding debts, an official ...
Nigeria halts plan for new, large banknote
Nigeria's Central Bank says it has halted its plan to introduce a banknote five times larger than the biggest denomination in the country. In a ...
Nigeria's largest airline halts domestic flights
Nigeria's largest airline Arik Air Ltd. halted all its domestic flights indefinitely Thursday as its leaders alleged government corruption made it ...
Nigerian army: 2 radical sect leaders killed
Nigeria's army says it has killed two leaders of a radical Islamist sect in the country's northeast. Army spokesman Lt. Col. Sagir Musa said Thursday ...
US court dismisses corruption probe against Eni
Italian gas and oil company Eni says a U.S. district court has dropped a corruption probe against one of the company's subsidiaries. Eni announced the ...
Secondhand clothes from West flood Nigeria markets
At Nigeria's Katangua Market, that castaway from the West means big money. Shipping container after shipping container arrive in the market in Lagos, ...
Google goes low-tech to unleash Nigeria potential
Despite all its cutting-edge technology, Google Inc. has turned to the humble text message to break into Nigeria's booming economy. The search engine ...
Official: Sect kills retired Nigeria prison leader
Officials in Nigeria say gunmen suspected of belonging to a radical Islamist sect shot and killed a retired former leader of the nation's prison ...
Nigerian military: 2 radical sect leaders killed
Soldiers manning a checkpoint in northern Nigeria shot to death two ranking members of a radical Islamist sect responsible for hundreds of killings ...
MTN says fiber line cut in northeast Nigeria
Mobile phone carrier MTN Group Ltd. says attackers cut into its fiber-optic lines running through Nigeria's northeast during attacks on ...
25 bodies found in northeast Nigeria after flood
Nigerian Red Cross officials say they've found 25 corpses after a massive flood washed through northeast Nigeria. Officials said Sunday they recovered ...
Soldiers open fire to disperse Nigeria protesters
Soldiers opened fire Friday to drive away young Muslims in central Nigeria protesting a film critical of the Prophet Muhammad, witnesses and ...
Security boosted at US sites after Libya attack
U.S. embassies across the world ramped up security Thursday following an attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya, as Muslims angry over an ...
China offers Nigeria $1.1B loan for rail, airports
China is offering Nigeria $1.1 billion in loans to help the West African nation build airport terminals, a light rail line for its capital city and ...
3 Nigeria oil firm staffers killed fixing pipeline
Nigeria's state-run oil company says suspected oil thieves have killed three of its employees near Nigeria's commercial capital. Fidel Pepple, a ...
Nigerian airline collapses as industry struggles
Almost half the aircraft had been pulled out of service at Air Nigeria, this West African nation's second-largest airline, and its staff hadn't ...
Sect claims Nigeria mobile phone tower attacks
A radical Islamist sect claimed responsibility Friday for attacks on mobile phone towers which have crippled communications in Nigeria's northeast, ...
Mobile phone towers attacked in north Nigeria
A radical Islamist sect that has attacked mosques, churches, schools and government buildings at will in Nigeria appears to have added a new target ...
Nigeria navy retakes hijacked oil tanker off coast
Nigeria's navy on Wednesday retook an oil tanker hijacked off the country's largest city, freeing 23 Indian sailors held hostage by pirates who fled ...
US, Germany in final of women's U20 WCup
The United States beat Nigeria 2-0 on Tuesday and will play defending champion Germany for the women's under-20 World Cup title. Morgan Brian scored ...
Official: Nigeria first lady hospitalized abroad
The wife of Nigeria's president remains hospitalized in Germany following a severe bout of food poisoning that's lasted for days, a government ...
Nigeria uncovers cocaine-stuffed roasted chicken
The roasted chickens had an unusual stuffing — $150,000 worth of cocaine, according to Nigerian police. A Nigerian mechanic who struggled in Brazil ...
AP Exclusive: Nigeria secret police details leaked
Personnel records of former and current members of Nigeria's top domestic spy agency, including home addresses and names of immediate family members, ...
Baby killed in army shootout in northeast Nigeria
A witness says stray bullets from an army shootout wounded a woman and killed a baby strapped to her back in Nigeria's northeast. The witness, who ...