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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 03:23 am

Nigeria News

News on Nigeria continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

4 hrs ago | Human Rights Watch

Nigeria's Delta blues

July 17, 2008 When Gordon Brown met Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua in London this week, improving the security of energy supplies from the Niger Delta was high on the agenda.

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

AllAfrica.com

Nigeria: Appeal Court Nullifies Election of State Governor

The Appeal Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, yesterday nullified the election of the state Governor, Mr.

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International Herald Tribune

14 Filipinos accused of stealing Nigerian crude oil declare innoncence

WARRI, Nigeria : Fourteen Filipino nationals detained in Nigeria on suspicion of stealing thousands of tons of crude oil from a vandalized pipeline have declared their innocence while they were paraded before ...

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Deutsche Welle

Nigerian Gunmen Kidnap Employees of German Construction Firm

Nigerian gunmen Friday, July 11 kidnapped two expatriate employees of German-founded construction firm Julius Berger Nigeria in the Western African nation's oil-producing Niger Delta Region.

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

AllAfrica.com

Nigeria: Five Killed as Militants Attack Naval Gun Boat

Five people were confirmed killed yesterday in Bonny, Rivers State when militants attacked a naval gun boat guarding oil installations in the volatile Niger Delta region.

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Vanguard

Utomi urges govt to meet teachers' demands

Professor Pat Utomi has called on the federal government to meet the demands of teachers who are at present on strike.

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AllAfrica.com

Nigeria: War Imminent Over Bakassi - Defence Chief

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Owoye Azazi, yesterday told the Senate ad-hoc committee on the Green Tree Agreement that the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, did not consult the military before ...

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Wed Jul 16, 2008

Vanguard

FG approves N282m contract for NBTE

A contract for the construction of office block extension at the National Board for Technical Education , Kaduna was yesterday approved by the Federal Executive Council at the cost of N282, 208, 221.75. ...

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The Washington Post

Gunmen attack naval houseboat in Nigeria; 5 dead

By UFFORD WILSON The Associated Press Wednesday, July 16, 2008; 12:46 PM PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria -- A band of suspected militants attacked a naval houseboat stationed in Nigeria's restive, oil-rich south ...

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The Morning Call

Armed pirates raid Norwegian ship in Nigerian waters, hold crew hostage for 2 hours

OSLO, Norway _ Armed pirates hijacked a Norwegian ship off southern Nigeria on Wednesday, roughing up the crew but releasing them after two hours, officials said.The suspected pirates climbed aboard the ship in ...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Nigerian job seekers killed in stampedes

Stampedes during a recruitment process by the Nigerian immigration service killed at least 30 job seekers and injured scores more as unemployed youths rushed at locked gates, witnesses have said.

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Vanguard

Mark, Oyinlola win

Also yesterday, the Osun State Election Petitions Tribunal upheld the election of Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, saying he was clear winner of the April 2007 polls.

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Daily Express

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Tuesday July 15,2008 NAOMI Campbell has made no secret of her desire to have a baby.

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

WHP-TV Harrisburg

R&B star vows to never speak about his love life

Reva is duped into confessing; Cyrus promises to protect Grady and Daisy; Hawk comes clean about his plan for the movie.

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Independent Online

Nigerian gunmen kidnap construction workers

Gunmen kidnapped two foreign workers with a German construction firm in the southern Nigerian oil city of Port Harcourt on Friday, the security forces said.

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ABS-CBN News

Why supermodel Naomi Campbell keeps going

British supermodel Naomi Campbell says she refuses to retire after more than two decades on the world's catwalks because there are still too few black models in the fashion industry.

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Mon Jul 14, 2008

Rod 2.0

Tyson Beckford and Naomi Campell (and Hair Extensions!) at Africa Rising Festival in Lagos

Naomi Campbell takes a short vacay from anger management classes to attend the Africa Rising festival in Lagos, Nigeria .

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The Boston Globe

Plane crash lands in Nigeria; no casualties

A passenger plane overshot the runway and skidded to a halt in a nearby field while landing Monday in Nigeria's southeastern oil town of Port Harcourt but no one was seriously hurt, police and airport officials ...

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Free Republic

Chinese firm to build $1 billion road in Nigeria oil hub

One of China's top engineering firms has signed a $1 billion deal to build a road around the volatile Nigerian city of Port Harcourt, the hub of Africa's biggest oil industry, the AFC development bank said on ...

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AllAfrica.com

Nigeria: Immigration Recruitment Drive Claims 13

PLAN by the Nigeria Immigration Service to beef up its staff strength has claimed no fewer than 13 lives across the country, with eight in Enugu, Abia and Anambra states, four in Asaba, and one in Bauchi.

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