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Protests, bonfires as strike starts in Nigeria
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January 9, 2012
Protests, bonfires as strike starts in Nigeria
Protesters gathered in Nigeria's main cities on Monday and fires were set on a road in the economic capital Lagos…
Nigerian bishops call for help in fighting Boko Haram terrorists
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December 31, 2011
Nigerian bishops call for help in fighting Boko Haram terrorists
LAGOS — An influential body grouping Nigeria's Catholic bishops urged President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday to hire foreign crime experts…
Nigeria marks Eid al-Adha amid tight security
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November 6, 2011
Nigeria marks Eid al-Adha amid tight security
DAMATURU, Nigeria — Residents of a northeastern Nigerian city were marking the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha amid fears and…
Nigeria: 2 suspects arrested in UN HQ bombing
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August 31, 2011
Nigeria: 2 suspects arrested in UN HQ bombing
LAGOS - Nigeria's secret police said Wednesday it arrested two suspected members of a radical Muslim sect that organized a…
Nigeria: UN blast death toll rises to 23
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August 28, 2011
Nigeria: UN blast death toll rises to 23
ABUJA - The death toll from a suicide car-bomb attack at the UN's Nigeria headquarters has risen to 23, a…
At least 18 die in car bomb attack on Nigeria UN HQ
World
August 26, 2011
At least 18 die in car bomb attack on Nigeria UN HQ
ABUJA - A car bomb ripped through the United Nations' headquarters in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Friday, killing…
Radical Muslim sect kills 12 in northeast Nigeria
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August 25, 2011
Radical Muslim sect kills 12 in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - A radical Muslim sect blamed for attacks across northeast Nigeria bombed a police station and robbed two…
Video shows hostages ‘held by Al-Qaeda’ in Nigeria
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August 4, 2011
Video shows hostages ‘held by Al-Qaeda’ in Nigeria
ABIDJAN, Nigeria - A British man and an Italian kidnapped in May in northern Nigeria have appeared for the first…
Nigerian ‘Islamists’ taunt military, threaten attacks
World
July 13, 2011
Nigerian ‘Islamists’ taunt military, threaten attacks
KANO, Nigeria - Nigerian Islamists blamed for scores of bomb blasts and shootings have purportedly threatened further attacks on military…
20 killed in blast, shootings in northern Nigeria
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July 4, 2011
20 killed in blast, shootings in northern Nigeria
Kano, Nigeria - A bomb blast at a police beer garden killed at least 10 people in the troubled northeastern…