http://www.mail.com/organizations/1379262-nigeria-government.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/1379262-nigeria-government.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105376-writer-chinua-achebe-honored-nigeria-funeral.html OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) — Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria's corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country's elite came to praise him. Hundreds attended Achebe's funeral among the rolling hills of his eastern Nigeria home, a servic... Thu, 23 May 2013 22:53:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105376-writer-chinua-achebe-honored-nigeria-funeral.html 2013-05-23T22:53:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101350-nigeria-islamic-extremist-inmates-to-released.html ENUGU, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists — including all the women now held in custody. The surprise statement from the Defense Ministry, while lacking specifics about how many would be released and when, represents ... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:07:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101350-nigeria-islamic-extremist-inmates-to-released.html 2013-05-21T21:07:15Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2096082-britains-obama-urges-ties-with-west-africa.html ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A rising star in Britain's Labour Party, described by some as the "British Barack Obama," Chuka Umunna urged the United Kingdom to more aggressively forge ties with West Africa's fast-growing economies. During a trade mission to West Africa last week that included a stop in his father's home country Nigeria, Umunna, a member of the Bri... Sun, 19 May 2013 13:53:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2096082-britains-obama-urges-ties-with-west-africa.html 2013-05-19T13:53:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087714-nigeria-deploys-army-to-northeast-to-fight-rebels.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria rumbled to a war footing Wednesday as soldiers and equipment moved into its northeastern states as part of an emergency military campaign against Islamic extremists waging a bloody insurgency. In the last two days, Associated Press journalists and witnesses have seen armored tanks and soldiers moving through major roads and c... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:07:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087714-nigeria-deploys-army-to-northeast-to-fight-rebels.html 2013-05-15T18:07:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085108-nigeria-president-declares-emergency.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Admitting Islamic extremists now control some of his nation's villages and towns, Nigeria's president declared a state of emergency Tuesday across the country's troubled northeast, promising to send more troops to fight what he said is now an open rebellion. President Goodluck Jonathan, speaking live on state radio and television net... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:13:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085108-nigeria-president-declares-emergency.html 2013-05-14T20:13:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2069680-authorities-42-dead-nigeria-extremist-attacks.html MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Coordinated attacks by Islamic extremists armed with heavy machine guns killed at least 42 people in northeast Nigeria, authorities said Tuesday, the latest in a string of increasingly bloody attacks threatening peace in Africa's most populous nation. The attack struck multiple locations in the hard-hit town of Bama in Nigeria's ... Tue, 07 May 2013 21:29:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2069680-authorities-42-dead-nigeria-extremist-attacks.html 2013-05-07T21:29:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036940-red-cross-187-killed-nigeria-violence.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Fighting between soldiers and Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria killed at least 187 people, the worst single incident of violence in the region since an insurgency there began three years ago, an aid agency said Monday. Nigeria's military blocked access for relief officials to enter the town of Baga, which sits along the shores... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:33:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036940-red-cross-187-killed-nigeria-violence.html 2013-04-22T21:33:16Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2034440-nigeria-censors-documentary-growing-crackdown.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The documentary on a massive strike that paralyzed life in Nigeria features newspaper headlines, television news footage and other information widely known about a government gasoline subsidy that saw billions of dollars stolen by greedy companies and the nation's elite. It also, according to Nigerian authorities, could spark violenc... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:11:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2034440-nigeria-censors-documentary-growing-crackdown.html 2013-04-21T15:11:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013044-radical-islamic-group-rejects-nigeria-peace-effort.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The leader of the Islamic extremist network Boko Haram apparently has refused to take part in any possible amnesty deal offered by Nigeria's government to stop the guerrilla campaign of bombings and shootings now plaguing the country. An audio recording obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday features a man who sounds like Abuba... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:32:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013044-radical-islamic-group-rejects-nigeria-peace-effort.html 2013-04-11T16:32:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1963662-16-killed-northern-nigeria-explosion.html KANO, Nigeria (AP) — At least 16 people were killed in an explosion that hit a bus station in Kano in northern Nigeria, a medic said Monday in the latest violence to hit this West African nation. The medic, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press, said at least 16 dead and dozens more injured people were brou... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:40:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1963662-16-killed-northern-nigeria-explosion.html 2013-03-19T01:40:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1962730-french-hostages-held-nigerian-sect-video.html MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A video surfaced Monday showing a man who appeared to be a French hostage held by Islamic extremists with six other family members kidnapped on Feb. 19 in northern Cameroon. The video's audio airs a man's voice that identifies himself as Tanguy Moulin-Fournier. He says that his family is being held by the Islamic radical sect kno... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:44:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1962730-french-hostages-held-nigerian-sect-video.html 2013-03-19T00:44:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1956792-nigeria-summons-us-official-tweets-pardon.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's foreign ministry summoned a top U.S. diplomat Friday night over an issue of national importance — on Twitter. At dispute are two messages sent Friday by the U.S. Embassy's Twitter account critical of an unconditional pardon given to a former governor convicted on corruption charges, a man who President Goodluck Jonathan onl... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:09:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1956792-nigeria-summons-us-official-tweets-pardon.html 2013-03-15T22:09:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1950772-nigeria-pardons-ex-governor-who-stole-millions.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria has pardoned the former political benefactor of the nation's president, a presidential adviser said Wednesday, a politician convicted of stealing millions of dollars while serving as a state governor. The decision from a closed-door meeting Tuesday of the Council of State to pardon former Bayelsa state Gov. Diepreye Alamieyes... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:43:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1950772-nigeria-pardons-ex-governor-who-stole-millions.html 2013-03-13T11:43:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1945554-nigeria-video-bodies-foreign-hostages.html KANO, Nigeria (AP) — A video posted online appears to show the corpses of some of the seven foreign hostages abducted by Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria and later killed, a gruesome warning of the growing dangers in the region. The video, viewed by The Associated Press on Monday, matched still images released earlier by the Islamic extremist group ... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:24:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1945554-nigeria-video-bodies-foreign-hostages.html 2013-03-11T16:24:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1944182-hostage-killings-new-dangerous-turn-nigeria.html KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Radical Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats said Sunday, making it the worst such kidnapping violence in decades for a country beset by extremist guerrilla attacks. Nigeria's police, military, domestic spy service and presidency remained silent over the killings of the construction company wor... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1944182-hostage-killings-new-dangerous-turn-nigeria.html 2013-03-10T21:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1932544-nigeria-muslim-leader-calls-extremist-amnesty.html KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — The top spiritual leader for Muslims in Nigeria called Tuesday for the nation's president to grant a "total amnesty" for Islamic extremists now launching attacks in the country in order to halt the violence. The Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Abubakar, made the comments as a small village in northeast Nigeria awoke Tuesday to eight peop... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:58:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1932544-nigeria-muslim-leader-calls-extremist-amnesty.html 2013-03-05T17:58:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1902620-cameroon-president-orders-urgent-rescue-french.html YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Military helicopters are searching for a vacationing French family of seven kidnapped in Cameroon, and security around the region is being increased amid tensions over France's role in western Africa. Cameroonian President Paul Biya ordered tight security measures and urgent steps to free the hostages, who include four children. T... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:32:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1902620-cameroon-president-orders-urgent-rescue-french.html 2013-02-20T18:32:56Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1897542-police-7-foreigners-kidnapped-north-nigeria.html BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a camp for a construction company in rural northern Nigeria, killing a guard and kidnapping seven foreign workers from Britain, Greece, Italy, Lebanon and the Philippines, authorities said Sunday, in the biggest kidnapping yet in a region under attack by Islamic extremists. The attack Saturday night happened in Jama'... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:52:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1897542-police-7-foreigners-kidnapped-north-nigeria.html 2013-02-17T19:52:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1883466-health-worker-killings-north-nigeria-dangers.html POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) — North Korean doctors hacked to death by machete-wielding attackers. Women vaccinating children against polio gunned down in the street. A top Islamic cleric, whose predecessors once served as ultimate rulers in the region, nearly killed in an ambush. These recent attacks in northern Nigeria show the changing tactics of Islamic ext... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1883466-health-worker-killings-north-nigeria-dangers.html 2013-02-11T21:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1881100-attackers-kill-3-north-korean-doctors-nigeria.html POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) — Assailants in northeastern Nigeria killed three North Korean doctors, beheading one of the physicians, in the latest attack on health workers in a nation under assault by a radical Islamic sect, officials said Sunday. The deaths Saturday night of the doctors in Potiskum, a town in Yobe state long under attack by the sect known as ... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1881100-attackers-kill-3-north-korean-doctors-nigeria.html 2013-02-10T15:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1830340-africa-forces-role-mali-faces-diverse-snags.html DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — West African nations that promised to send troops to fight al-Qaida in Mali are finding it's a lot trickier than they'd hoped to actually get boots on the ground. Political debates, fears that fleeing militants might scatter abroad, and logistics — even feeding the troops— have stalled plans to deploy against the nimble jihadists in ... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1830340-africa-forces-role-mali-faces-diverse-snags.html 2013-01-18T20:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1793016-nigeria-president-likens-nations-unrest-to-syria.html ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — 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 unlikely acknowledgment from the seat of power about the violent unrest gripping the country. Jonathan's comments Sunday are widely viewed here as hyperbole because the estimated 45,000 ... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1793016-nigeria-president-likens-nations-unrest-to-syria.html 2012-12-31T14:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1785186-4-foreign-sailors-kidnapped-nigeria-coast.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a supply tug boat off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, kidnapping foreign sailors, including Italians, in the latest attack in the West African region that is increasingly dangerous for shippers and oil companies, officials said Monday. The attack happened 40 nautical miles off the coast of Bayelsa stat... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1785186-4-foreign-sailors-kidnapped-nigeria-coast.html 2012-12-24T13:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1771636-nigeria-minister-moms-kidnap-fuel-payments.html ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's finance minister on Monday blamed her 83-year-old mother's kidnapping on those angered by the government's decision to stop making some payments for gasoline subsidies, directly linking the abduction to a program that lawmakers have described as a multi-billion dollar scam. After calling journalists to her office to thank t... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1771636-nigeria-minister-moms-kidnap-fuel-payments.html 2012-12-17T15:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1766310-abducted-mother-nigeria-finance-minister-freed.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — 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 which showed few people are out of reach of kidnapping rings in the oil-rich southern delta. Paul Nwabuikwu, a spokesman for Nigeria's finance ministry, said in a statement that the mot... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1766310-abducted-mother-nigeria-finance-minister-freed.html 2012-12-14T11:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755704-nigeria-ministers-mother-abduction-trend.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — 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 criminal gangs in the West African nation's oil-rich southern delta. Kamene Okonjo, the 83-year-old mother of Nigeria's Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was kidnapped Sunday afternoon in... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755704-nigeria-ministers-mother-abduction-trend.html 2012-12-10T15:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744582-islamist-sect-nigeria-grows-deadly.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — 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 the African desert. Those depicted in this video don't come from long-lawless Somalia, nor from al-Qaida North Africa branch. These extremists are from Boko Haram, the Islamist group in N... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744582-islamist-sect-nigeria-grows-deadly.html 2012-12-05T09:21:00Z