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Legend    Disasters  Business  Crime & Justice  Politics Summary.     Click for More > 100 killed in pipeline fire Map of Lagos Nigeria  Flames from a ruptured fuel pipeline swept through homes and a school in a village, killing about 100 people and injuring 20 others Oil firms cut output  Industrial action and attacks from militants have forced Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell to cut their production Militants claim pipeline attack Kosovo declares independence At least 34 dead in fuel pipeline fire Vaccine-linked polio hits Nigeria 63 died from forest fires Yesterday   Apr. 25   year 2007 ... more > Dec.26 Oct.10 Nigeria Major Events in 21st Century

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Apr. 25   Oil firms cut output

Industrial action and attacks from militants have forced Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell to cut their production

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  Militants claim pipeline attack  A main group behind a string of recent attacks in southern oil region has sabotaged another pipeline. ExxonMobil reported workers on strike Feb.23 Legal blow for senator

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Dec.26   At least 34 dead in fuel pipeline fire   A ruptured gasoline pipeline exploded in flames, near city of Lagos as they tried to scoop fuel from the gushing leak Nov.12 Police smash 'al Qaeda'

Oct.10   Vaccine-linked polio hits Nigeria  Nigeria is fighting a rare outbreak of a form of polio. 69 children in the north have caught the disease from others who had already been im... 63 died from forest fires Aug.8  Violence in Delta expands into gang war Jul.20  Pfizer faces new Nigerian lawsuit Jul.13  3-year-old freed by kidnappers Jul.9  Girl recovers after kidnap Jul.8   Kidnappers free UK girl   Kidnappers in southern Nigeria have released 3-year-old Margaret Hill who was held hostage for four days Jul.5  'Threat to kill' missing UK girl   Three-year-old seized   Margaret Hill, the daughter of a British expatriate worker, has been kidnapped by gunmen in the Niger Delta Bulk buy ban amid frenzy Jun.23  Unions end fuel strike Jun.21  Troops kill 12 in strike on oil facility Jun.11  Hostages released in Niger Delta Jun.4  Nigeria sues drugs giant Pfizer Jun.2  Rebels: We'll suspend oil attacks Fighting kills at least 14 May.29  President Obasanjo hails successor May.8  4 Americans seized Apr.24 President says elections not fatally flawed Apr.23   Yar'Adua wins flawed vote

President Obasanjo's chosen successor was proclaimed victor in a presidential election.    The electoral commission chief said Umaru Yar'Adua of the People's Democratic Party had 24,638,063 votes against 6,605,299 for Muh...

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Apr.22   'Flawed' vote rerun call  The biggest local election observer group: presidential election was so badly flawed that it should be cancelled and held again Apr.21 Truck bomb attempt on poll HQ Apr.20   Ballots 'not in country'  Election commission: Ballot papers have not yet arrived in Nigeria on the eve of the presidential elections Apr.16 Court puts poll in doubt Apr.13 Security tight for polls 1,200 rescued from cruise ship Feb.8 Militants hold more hostages Clash on Israel-Lebanese border Jan.17  Militants free Italian

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Dec.26   Pipeline explosion kills at least 260

A massive explosion and fire ignited as crowds carried away buckets of fuel from a tapped fuel pipeline  Extreme heat has prevented rescuers from recovering bodie. The fire burned for 12 hours after the blast. Many of the bodies were burnt beyond recognition

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Nov.22 Kidnapped British oil worker dies in rescue Nov.2   Trade to top China-Africa summit   Beijing: More than 40 African heads of state have gathering for a summit with China on trade and investment Oct.29   Sultan among crash dead

Boeing 737, with 104 on board, crashed near the Abuja airport shortly after takeoff and burst into flames.    The jetliner was still on fire at the edge of the runway hours after i...

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Voters approve $5 billion Canal overhaul Sep.30 Dam collapse floods town Hezbollah kidnapping prompts Israeli move May.12   Oil pipeline explosion kills up to 200  Vandals are thought to have caused the explosion on the outskirts of the city of Lagos; all of them were killed May.5   Main parties sign Darfur accord

Mar.29     Taylor on flight back to Liberia  Former Liberian President was captured while trying to flee his home in exile as he tried to cross into Chad Mar.28  War crimes suspect Taylor missing Mar.17  Liberia seeks end to Taylor exile Israelis storm Palestinian prison

Feb.8     Deadly bird flu found  A highly pathogenic strain of the H5N1 virus has been found in poultry stocks, the first case of the disease in Africa Danish, Norwegian embassies ablaze

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Dec.13 2 airlines grounded Parents mourn 50 crash children Dec.11 Families seek crash dead Dec.10   Jet crashes in flames. 100 killed

Oct.22   Jet has crashed after takeoff  The Boeing 737 with 116 people on board disappeared from radar shortly after taking off from Lagos

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Dec.23  '20 die' in fuel blaze Oct.10   Fuel price strike starts  A 4-day general strike. More strikes would follow if a 25% increase was not reversed Three blasts kill 40 at tourist resorts

Oct.1  Cease-fire reached with rebels Jul.31  Polio campaign restarted May.22  Obasanjo declared state of emergency

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Dec.4  Commonwealth summit starts Oct.12  150 feared missing as ferry sinks Terror blast kills 19 in Haifa Jul.6  Taylor agrees to leave Jun.21 105 killed in oil blast Apr.22   Obasanjo won re-election by landslide  Obasanjo leading with 60% of the vote. The vote was marred by charges of massive fraud Apr.20  Obasanjo leads in vote Apr.19  Landmark poll closes Apr.12  Vote in key test for civilian rule Feb.2 'Many dead' in Lagos blast Suicide bombings kill 23

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Nov.26 Miss World reporter faces fatwa Nov.22 Miss World leaves Nigeria for London Aug.19  Woman loses stoning death appeal Jul.19  Women oil protesters take hostages May.4 Aircraft with 75 people crashed Bethlehem church under siege Jan.28  Anger over Lagos blasts   Lagos blasts leave 500 dead  killed as a result of a series of huge explosions at an army munitions dump Jan.27  Army dump blast rocks Lagos Jan.16 General strike

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Dec.24  Minister shot dead; Troops deployed Oct.14 Riots engulf city Sep.11 Religious fighting killed 165 Aug.26  50 dead in bus crash

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Nov.24  60 killed in bus accident Intifada started by Sharon visit Israel retreat complete

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