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Boko Haram kills four in Nigeria church attack: police

YoopyaApril 30, 2012

by YoopyaApril 30, 20120

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram killed four people in an attack on a Sunday church service in the northeast town of...

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Boko Haram kill 7 civilians in north Nigeria: government

YoopyaApril 20, 2012

by YoopyaApril 20, 20120

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen from radical Islamist sect Boko Haram have killed at least seven civilians in the past 24 hours in a spate...

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Shell assessing $4 bln Nigeria oil projects

YoopyaApril 19, 2012December 25, 2022

by YoopyaApril 19, 2012December 25, 20220

Royal Dutch Shell Plc is assessing projects that could be worth around $4 billion to boost oil production in Nigeria and cut flaring of associated...

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Okonjo-Iweala loses to health expert Kim in World Bank race

YoopyaApril 17, 2012

by YoopyaApril 17, 20120

By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank on Monday chose Korean-born American health expert Jim Yong Kim as its new president, maintaining Washington’s...

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Nigerian president signs 2012 budget, trims spending

YoopyaApril 13, 2012

by YoopyaApril 13, 20120

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed the 2012 budget into law on Friday, reducing total spending to 4.697 trillion naira from the 4.88...

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S.Sudan says to release oilfield if UN intervenes

YoopyaApril 13, 2012

by YoopyaApril 13, 20120

NAIROBI (Reuters) – South Sudan said on Friday it could withdraw its troops from the Heglig oilfield, which it seized on Tuesday over its border...

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Three-way World Bank race seen as deadline looms

YoopyaMarch 23, 2012

by YoopyaMarch 23, 20120

By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States faces an unprecedented challenge to its grip on the World Bank presidency, with emerging economies poised...

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African powers back Okonjo-Iweala for World Bank

YoopyaMarch 23, 2012

by YoopyaMarch 23, 20120

By Stella Mapenzauswa PRETORIA (Reuters) – African powers Angola, Nigeria and South Africa on Friday endorsed the nomination of Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a...

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Attacks on security forces in north Nigeria kill 7

YoopyaMarch 14, 2012

by YoopyaMarch 14, 20120

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed in separate attacks by suspected Islamist militants targeting security patrols in northern Nigeria on Tuesday,...

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Reprisals kill 10 after church bombed in Nigeria’s Jos

YoopyaMarch 12, 2012

by YoopyaMarch 12, 20120

By Buhari Bello JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) – Christian youths killed at least 10 people in reprisal attacks after a suspected suicide bomber hit a Catholic...