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Nigerian president signs 2012 budget, trims spending

YoopyaApr 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

S.Sudan says to release oilfield if UN intervenes

YoopyaApr 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

Three-way World Bank race seen as deadline looms

YoopyaMar 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

African powers back Okonjo-Iweala for World Bank

YoopyaMar 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

Attacks on security forces in north Nigeria kill 7

YoopyaMar 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,

Reprisals kill 10 after church bombed in Nigeria’s Jos

YoopyaMar 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

Suspected Islamists burn down seven Nigerian schools

YoopyaMar 2, 2012May 10, 20240

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Arsonists suspected to be members of Islamist sect Boko Haram have burned down seven schools in northeastern Nigeria the past few

Thousands flee from Nigeria crackdown on Boko Haram

YoopyaMar 2, 20120

By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY (Reuters) – At least 10,000 people have fled northern Nigeria for neighbouring Niger and Chad to escape a military sweep targeting

Suicide bomber attacks Nigerian church in Jos

YoopyaFeb 27, 20120

By Buhari Bello JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) – A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a church in the Nigerian city of Jos

Nigeria launches committee to reorganise police

YoopyaFeb 18, 20120

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s vice president inaugurated a committee on Friday to re-organise the police, part of plans to turn around a police force its own