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Insight: A year on, Nigeria’s oil still poisons Ogoniland
OGONILAND, Nigeria (Reuters) – A bright yellow sign above the well in this sleepy Nigerian village says ‘caution: not fit for use’, and the sulphurous stink off the water that children still pump into buckets sharply reinforces that warning.
Passenger plane crashes in Nigeria’s largest city
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A passenger plane crashed into a two-story building in Nigeria’s largest city of Lagos on Sunday, officials said.
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Multiple blasts hit Nigeria’s Gombe town
The Islamist sect Boko Harem are reportedly behind the explosions and gunfire, amid a surge in religious violence.
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Police station attacked in Nigeria’s Kano
City was the scene of the deadliest attack by the Islamist Boko Haram, in which 186 people were killed last month.
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Spokesman of Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘arrested’
Security services say Abu Qaqa, who made statements to the media after attacks by group, tracked using cellphone signal.
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Nigeria’s Boko Haram rejects call for talks
The group turns down call by the president for talks and warns of more attacks if its members are not released.
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Overnight explosions heard in Nigeria’s Kano
Reports of explosions and gunfire near police station in city where attacks last week killed at least 178 people.
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Death toll in Nigeria’s Kano at least 178 -doctor
KANO (Reuters) – The death toll from gun and bomb attacks in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has risen to at least 178, a doctor in its main hospital said on Sunday, making this by far the deadliest attack…
At least 100 dead in blasts in Nigeria’s Kano
Locals under curfew until further notice after co-ordinated bombings and gunfire that targeted police and state offices.
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At least 120 dead in blasts in Nigeria’s Kano
Death toll continues to rise in northern city after a series of co-ordinated attacks targeting police and state offices.
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Curfew in Nigeria’s Kano after deadly blasts
Immigration office and police stations come under attack in the largest city in country’s mainly Muslim north.
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Blasts target state offices in Nigeria’s Kano
Explosions and gunfire heard across city with police stations among buildings targeted and several people reported dead.
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Nigeria’s oil woes continue
Unions threaten to halt oil output from Africa’s biggest exporter after government drops subsidy on imported fuel.
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Nigeria’s Islamist leader defends killings
Abubakar Shekau says in video recent killings of Christians were justifiable and the president cannot prevent attacks.
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Hundreds flee Nigeria’s north after attacks
Sectarian violence has left at least 33 people dead in four separate attacks since Thrusday.
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