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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria _ In brutally poor neighborhoods and mansions alike, this city choked by military checkpoints seethes with rumors, paranoia and conspiracy theories. Even academics like to assert a favorite: The homegrown Islamic extremist movement that is terrorizing northern Nigeria is a CIA creation. Others are convinced that the extremist group known as Boko Haram is a plot by the southern ...
KANO, Nigeria (AP) - Police say gunmen have shot dead three people in a major northern Nigerian city where sect attacks have claimed more than a hundred lives.
The three Nigerian nationals who face credit card fraud related charges were further remanded today by the Magistrates Court in Suva. State prosecution is yet to file submissions in response to the bail application filed by the defence which will be heard next month.
U.S. ratchets down oil purchases from Nigeria BLOOMBERG Copyright 2012 BLOOMBERG. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 11:27 p.m., Friday, May 25, 2012 U.S. purchases of Nigerian crude fell to a five-year low in February, knocking the OPEC member to sixth from fifth among suppliers to the world's largest oil consumer, Energy ...
Boko Haram has struck targets in Nigeria, and now U.S. lawmakers are worried too. But many people in its hometown say it's not the real enemy. MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — In brutally poor neighborhoods and mansions alike, this city choked by military checkpoints seethes with rumors, paranoia and conspiracy theories. Even academics like to assert a favorite: The homegrown Islamic extremist movement that ...
Gunmen shot dead three card players in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, which has been rocked by deadly attacks blamed on Islamist group Boko Haram in recent months, police said Sunday.
[Leadership] The United States has indicted the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), saying that corruption in the institution remained very rampant.
[Vanguard] Following the turnout of patients at the various 84 centres provided by the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, AGPMPN, Lagos State Chapter, the association has drafted the additional 1,116 private hospitals to cushion the effects of the strike.
[Leadership] The U.S. State Department is debating the wisdom of designating the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram a "foreign terrorist organization" despite entreaties from lawmakers and the Justice Department to do so.
Abuja, May 26 (IANS) A Nigerian politician was shot dead Saturday by gunmen suspected to be from the Islamist sect Boko Haram, the military said.
[Leadership] Barely 24 hours after the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III, raised the alarm over insecurity in northern Nigeria, the Jama'atu Nasil Islam (JNI) has expressed willingness to mediate between groups with genuine grievances and the federal authorities.
AFP/Lagos Gunmen shot dead three card players in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, which has been rocked by deadly attacks blamed on Islamist group Boko Haram in recent months, police said yesterday.
Hundreds of shipwrecks litter Nigeria's coast, causing environmental damage and providing havens for smugglers.
[Vanguard] Super Falcons head coach, Kadiri Ikhana has expressed readiness of his team ahead of the 2012 African Women Championship qualifying first leg fixture against Zimbabwe in Harare on May 27.
[Leadership] Dr Nicholas Baamlong , the Chairman of the FCT branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has said that the sacking of 778 doctors in Lagos State is a violation of rights.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) — Nigeria loses 180,000 barrels of oil per day to theft, the head of the state oil firm said yesterday, while calling on lawmakers to help eliminate the scourge in Africa's largest producer.
