Nigeria

Nigeria

• 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 ... 

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  Trading soccer for wickets in Nigeria cricket boom

  Near the parade ground that Queen Elizabeth II once toured when Nigeria was still under British rule, the sharp crack of a ball against a bat marks ... 

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  Monopoly comes to Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city

  Nigeria's largest city of Lagos is no boardwalk, but now Monopoly is taking inspiration from the city's sprawling chaos. Officials unveiled a ... 

• 15 killed in Nigeria shoot-out with radical sect

  A shootout in northeastern Nigeria between security forces and members of a radical Islamist sect killed at least 15 people, including a local police ... 

• 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 ... 

• At least 10 killed in northeast Nigeria violence

  A security official says at least 10 people were killed in attacks in northeast Nigeria likely carried out by a radical Islamist sect. The security ... 

• Shell restores Forcados export levels from Nigeria

  Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has lifted a six-week-long production warning on Forcados crude exports from Nigeria's oil-rich delta following pipeline ... 

• S. Africa group pays $335M for MTN Nigeria share

  A South African investment group has purchased a minority stake in MTN Group Ltd.'s operation in Nigeria for $335 million. Shanduka Group said in a ... 

• 10 killed in central Nigeria violence

  Gunmen sprayed bullets from a moving van Monday night, killing ten people in a predominantly Christian town in a region beset by religious tensions, ... 

• Attack frees Nigeria police inmates, leaves 2 dead

  Gunmen attacked a major police station near Nigeria's capital Monday that holds members of a radical Islamist sect, freeing prisoners and killing two ... 

• Suicide blasts at Nigeria military base kill 11

  Twin suicide car bombs exploded Sunday at a church inside one of Nigeria's top military bases, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 30 in ... 

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  Pope elevates 6 cardinals to choose successor

  Pope Benedict XVI responded to criticism that the club of churchmen who will choose his successor is too Eurocentric, elevating six new cardinals from ...