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Rashidi Yekini Is Dead •Survived By 3 Wives, 3 Children •Ogunjobi, Odegbami, Others React

YoopyaMay 5, 2012

by YoopyaMay 5, 201201

Written by Funmi Erinle, Omodele Idris, Niyi Alebiosu, Dipo Ogunsola and Lanre Olabisi NIGERIA’S goal king and one-time African Footballer Of The Year, Rashidi Yekini,...

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Nigeria Islamists storm prison, kill guards: police

YoopyaMay 5, 2012

by YoopyaMay 5, 201202

Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants stormed a prison in their northeastern heartland on Friday, killing two guards and freeing the inmates, police said, in the latest...

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Nigeria pledges action, urges patience on oil graft

YoopyaMay 5, 2012

by YoopyaMay 5, 201204

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s justice ministry said on Friday it would prosecute anyone found guilty of being involved in a $6.8 billion fuel subsidy corruption...

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Gunmen fire on Nigeria cattle market, 60 killed

YoopyaMay 4, 2012

by YoopyaMay 4, 201202

By Ibrahim Mshelizza and Mike Oboh MAIDUGURI/ABUJA (Reuters) – Gunmen threw bombs and opened fire on a cattle market in remote northeastern Nigeria, killing at...

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Nigeria state seeks husbands for 1,000 brides-to-be

YoopyaMay 3, 2012April 8, 2023

by YoopyaMay 3, 2012April 8, 2023016

In Nigeria’s Kano state, where the number of divorcees is cause for concern, the government is acting as matchmaker to help ex-wives and widows find...

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Nigerian forces raid Islamist base in Kano, 1 killed

YoopyaMay 1, 2012

by YoopyaMay 1, 201207

By Bala Adamu KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian forces raided the hideout of Islamist militants in Kano on Tuesday, killing the suspected mastermind of an...

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Boko Haram kills four in Nigeria church attack: police

YoopyaApril 30, 2012

by YoopyaApril 30, 2012020

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, 201202

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, 202201290

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, 201201

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...