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Nigerian president signs 2012 budget, trims spending

YoopyaApril 13, 2012

by YoopyaApril 13, 201202

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, 2012010

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, 201201

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, 201202

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, 201205

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, 201206

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

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Suspected Islamists burn down seven Nigerian schools

YoopyaMarch 2, 2012May 10, 2024

by YoopyaMarch 2, 2012May 10, 202403

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

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Thousands flee from Nigeria crackdown on Boko Haram

YoopyaMarch 2, 2012

by YoopyaMarch 2, 201204

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...

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Suicide bomber attacks Nigerian church in Jos

YoopyaFebruary 27, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 27, 201200

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

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Nigeria launches committee to reorganise police

YoopyaFebruary 18, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 18, 201204

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...