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Sect: Nigeria forces killed civilians, not fighters

YoopyaAugust 13, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 13, 20120

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – The Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram denied on Monday that 20 of its fighters had been killed in a raid by...

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Suicide bomber kills 5 at northeast Nigerian mosque

YoopyaJuly 14, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 14, 20120

By Ibrahim Mshelizza MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed five people at the central mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on...

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Interfaith report: Poverty and injustice drive Nigeria’s sectarian violence

YoopyaJuly 13, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 13, 20120

Poverty, inequality and injustice are threatening to trigger a broad sectarian conflict in Nigeria, an international Christian-Muslim task force said on Wednesday. Clashes between Nigerian...

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Nigeria signs $4.5 bln refineries deal with Vulcan Petroleum

YoopyaJuly 3, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 3, 20120

By Tim Cocks and Camillus Eboh LAGOS/ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday with Vulcan Petroleum Resources for a $4.5 billion...

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Nigeria favours local firms in $60 bln oil deals

YoopyaJuly 2, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 2, 20120

By Emma Farge and Joe Brock GENEVA/ABUJA (Reuters) – Africa’s top oil producer Nigeria will award nearly half of its $60 billion annual supply contracts...

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Nigeria says it needs new anti-terrorism tactics

YoopyaJune 25, 2012

by YoopyaJune 25, 20120

(Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Sunday he sacked his defense minister and national security adviser last week because the government needed new...

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Bomb explodes in Nigeria capital, no casualties:agency

YoopyaJune 23, 2012

by YoopyaJune 23, 20120

ABUJA (Reuters) – A bomb exploded outside a nightclub popular with foreigners and wealthy Nigerians in the capital Abuja late on Friday but no one...

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Violence in northern Nigeria kills at least 80

YoopyaJune 20, 2012

by YoopyaJune 20, 20120

By Garba Mohammed and Mike Oboh KADUNA/ABUJA (Reuters) – At least 80 people have been killed since Monday in clashes in northern Nigeria triggered by...

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Gunfire in Nigeria’s Kaduna as Muslims demonstrate

YoopyaJune 19, 2012June 19, 2012

by YoopyaJune 19, 2012June 19, 20120

By Isaac Abrak KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian Muslims took to the streets in the northern city of Kaduna on Tuesday, firing AK-47s, burning tyres...

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Billionaire Dangote to head Nigeria bourse board

YoopyaJune 19, 2012

by YoopyaJune 19, 20120

LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote will assume leadership of the governing board of Nigeria’s stock exchange on Tuesday, after an appeal court overturned...