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Nigeria says it needs new anti-terrorism tactics

YoopyaJun 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

Bomb explodes in Nigeria capital, no casualties:agency

YoopyaJun 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

Violence in northern Nigeria kills at least 80

YoopyaJun 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

Gunfire in Nigeria’s Kaduna as Muslims demonstrate

YoopyaJun 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

Billionaire Dangote to head Nigeria bourse board

YoopyaJun 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

Nigeria church bombings kill 19, spark reprisals

YoopyaJun 18, 20120

By Isaac Abrak ZARIA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suicide car bombers attacked three churches in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least 19 people, wounding dozens

Explosions hit northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state

YoopyaJun 17, 20120

LAGOS (Reuters) – Two explosions shook the town of Zaria in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state on Sunday, the emergency services said, and at least one

Nigeria’s finance minister orders fuel subsidy slow down

YoopyaJun 15, 2012June 15, 20120

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s finance minister said on Thursday she had ordered a slow down to fuel subsidy payments to allow verification

S.Africa looks to Nigeria, Angola to replace Iran oil

YoopyaJun 15, 20120

By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa is looking to source oil from Angola, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to replace supplies from Iran,

Nigeria sees too much oil in the market

YoopyaJun 13, 20120

VIENNA (Reuters) – Nigeria Oil Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke said on Tuesday that she thought there was too much oil supply on the market. The minister