Nigeria

  • Feb 6, 2012
  • 2 min read

Oil pipeline attack links to Nigerian state election

MEND claimed responsibility for the February 4 attack on the ENI trunk line at Brass, in Bayelsa...

Nigeria
  • Feb 2, 2012
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Boko Haram arrest may boost Nigeria police confidence

SSS agents captured Abul Qaqa in Kaduna, Boko Haram confirmed to local media yesterday.

Nigeria
  • Jan 26, 2012
  • 7 min read

African retail sector expands on city-by-city basis

US-based Wal-Mart's acquisition of South Africa's third-largest retailer, Massmart, has helped...

Africa
  • Jan 26, 2012
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Police reshuffle will not lift tensions in Nigeria

Jonathan accelerated the retirement of Police Inspector General Hafiz Ringim and six of his...

Nigeria
  • Jan 25, 2012
  • 7 min read

Post-Libya fall-out feeds southern Saharan insecurity

Foreign ministers from Mali, Mauritania, Algeria, Niger and Nigeria met on January 23-24 to...

Africa
  • Jan 23, 2012
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Boko Haram violence defies Nigerian government control

The death toll is reported today to be as high as 250 in the series of coordinated bomb attacks...

Nigeria
  • Jan 16, 2012
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Aftershocks will continue in Nigerian subsidies row

Fuel subsidies were partially restored today, at a price of 97 naira (0.60 dollars) per litre,...

Nigeria
  • Jan 12, 2012
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Threat of Nigerian oil strike deepens investor fears

Pengassan and Nupeng indicated yesterday that they are considering joining the strike from...

Nigeria