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Nigerian gunmen kidnap 3 Croats
Posted by on Mar 9, 2007, 11:12
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) -- Gunmen seized three Croatian workers in the latest kidnapping to hit Nigeria's unruly southern oil region, police said Monday.
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Kidney ailment plague Nigeria's ruling candidate
Posted by on Mar 6, 2007, 11:21
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- The ruling party candidate for Nigeria's crucial presidential elections is undergoing medical consultations related to a kidney ailment, party officials said Tuesday.
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Vogts puts back arrival in Nigeria
Posted by on Feb 28, 2007, 11:18
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Nigerian football has been thrown into confusion after former Germany coach Berti Vogts failed to arrive to take charge of the national team.
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U.S. spy chief warns of crisis in Nigeria
Posted by on Feb 27, 2007, 11:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The director of U.S. intelligence warned Tuesday of instability in Nigeria amid concern that outgoing President Olusegun Obasanjo is manipulating the political process ahead of April's elections.
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Gunmen kill Lebanese, kidnap Italians in Niger Delta
Posted by on Feb 23, 2007, 11:13
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) -- Gunmen shot dead a Lebanese engineer and kidnapped two Italians in two separate incidents in Nigeria's oil city Port Harcourt on Friday, authorities said.
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Militants suspected in oil pipeline fire in Nigeria
Posted by CNN on Dec 23, 2005, 10:23
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) -- Investigators are probing the source of a fire that was still blazing Wednesday on a ruptured Royal Dutch Shell oil pipeline in southern Nigeria as the company announced further petroleum production cuts.
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Nigeria grounds 737s for checks
Posted by on Dec 19, 2005, 11:05
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Authorities grounded Boeing 737 planes across Nigeria for a spot safety check, stranding thousands of travelers Sunday around Africa's most populous nation after two deadly accidents in two months.
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Strike forces Total out of Nigeria
Posted by on Jul 19, 2004, 23:12
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Energy giant Total's subsidiary has shut down oil and gas production in Nigeria in the face of a threatened labor strike that raised management fears for the "safety of life and property," a company spokesman said Tuesday.
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Big upsets in Africa WC qualifying
Posted by CNN on Jun 21, 2004, 18:50
Nigeria and Tunisia all suffered surprise upsets Sunday in African World Cup qualifying, while the Ivory Coast became the only team to stay perfect through two matches.
Shell admits blame in Nigeria
Posted by CNN on Jun 21, 2004, 18:47
The British-Dutch oil giant, responding to an independent report, acknowledged that its business activities "inadvertently" fed the conflict in the Niger Delta.
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