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| Dec.20 |
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55 dead, 38 injured in truck crash  Map of Kogi Nigeria A truck carrying fertilizer crashed into a crowd of people in northern Nigeria
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| Oct.15 |
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 Massive lake Chad could dry up Up to 30 million people are facing 'a humanitarian disaster' as one of Africa's biggest lakes shrinks. By 2001, it covered less than one-fif...
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| Apr.29 |
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 Doctors target meningitis outbreak Doctors Without Borders has embarked on a massive vaccination campaign in Niger, Nigeria, and Chad to combat the outbreak
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| Mar.28 |
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 Meningitis epidemic strikes Nigeria, Niger More than 200 people have died of meningitis in the past week alone in 76 areas of the two countries
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| Feb.6 |
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Poison in teething drug kills 84 children
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| Dec.18 |
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Poisoned medicine kills dozens of children More than 30 children are thought to have died recently after taking the medicine. The factory's managing director had been charged
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| May.15 |
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100 killed in pipeline fire
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| Jan.12 |
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At least 30 die in fuel tanker blast
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| Dec.26 |
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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
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| Oct.10 |
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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...
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| Jan.31 |
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Nigeria's first human death from bird flu
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| Dec.26 |
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Pipeline explosion kills at least 260  A massive explosion and fire ignited as crowds carried away buckets of fuel from a tapped fuel pipeline
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| Oct.29 |
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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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| Sep.30 |
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Dam collapse floods town 40 people are feared dead in northern Nigeria after 500 houses were swept away by the waters near Gusau
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| Sep.18 |
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10 generals among 12 killed in plane crash
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| Jul.19 |
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Building collapse kills 11
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| May.12 |
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Oil pipeline explosion kills up to 200 Map of Lagos Nigeria| Vandals are thought to have caused the explosion on the outskirts of the city of Lagos; all of them were killed | |
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| Mar.22 |
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Skyscraper crumbles in downpour
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| Feb.12 |
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 Fears bird flu has spread to humans Nigerian health officials waited anxiously for test results on 2 children feared to be the first Africans infected
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| Feb.10 |
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UN urges Nigeria bird flu action Nigeria must step up its measures to prevent further spread of the deadly virus
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| Feb.9 |
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More bird flu in Nigeria alarms WHO
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Nigeria plans huge bird flu cull A large-scale cull is being planned at a farm where thousands of chickens have died from bird flu
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| Feb.8 |
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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
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| Dec.21 |
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Militants suspected in oil pipeline fire
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| Dec.18 |
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Nigeria grounds 737s for checks
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| Dec.13 |
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2 airlines grounded President Obasanjo has grounded Sosoliso Airlines in the wake of a crash and Chanchangi airline
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Parents mourn 50 crash children
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| Dec.11 |
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Families seek crash dead
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| Dec.10 |
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Jet crashes in flames. 100 killed| A passenger jet crashed on landing at the airport in the city of Port Harcourt. At least 56 people were killed | |
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| Oct.23 |
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No survivors in crash All 117 people aboard a passenger jet are dead, including several high-level Nigerian officials
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Confusion surrounds crash
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| Oct.22 |
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Jet has crashed after takeoff Map of Lagos Nigeria The Boeing 737 with 116 people on board disappeared from radar shortly after taking off from Lagos
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| Dec.23 |
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'20 die' in fuel blaze
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| Jul.31 |
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Polio campaign restarted
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| Oct.12 |
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150 feared missing as ferry sinks
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| Jun.21 |
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105 killed in oil blast An explosion has killed at least 105 villagers trying to siphon off fuel
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| Feb.2 |
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'Many dead' in Lagos blast A massive explosion levelled an apartment building. Nearby bank had been destroyed and was being looted
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| May.4 |
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Aircraft with 75 people crashed An aircraft has crashed into buildings in Kano in northern Nigeria, as it approached the airport
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| Jan.28 |
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Lagos blasts leave 500 dead| killed as a result of a series of huge explosions at an army munitions dump | |
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| Jan.27 |
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Army dump blast rocks Lagos
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| Aug.26 |
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50 dead in bus crash
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| Apr.27 |
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African AIDS summit
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| Nov.24 |
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60 killed in bus accident
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| 2006 |
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| Sep.30 |
Dam collapse floods town 40 people are feared dead in northern Nigeria after 500 houses were swept away by the waters near Gusau
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| 2008 |
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| May.15 |
100 killed in pipeline fire
| 2007 |
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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
| 2005 |
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| Dec.21 |
Militants suspected in oil pipeline fire
| 2004 |
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| Dec.23 |
'20 die' in fuel blaze
| 2002 |
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| Jan.27 |
Army dump blast rocks Lagos
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| 2006 |
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| 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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| Sep.18 |
10 generals among 12 killed in plane crash
| 2005 |
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| Dec.18 |
Nigeria grounds 737s for checks
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| Dec.13 |
2 airlines grounded President Obasanjo has grounded Sosoliso Airlines in the wake of a crash and Chanchangi airline
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| Dec.13 |
Parents mourn 50 crash children
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| Dec.11 |
Families seek crash dead
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| Dec.10 |
Jet crashes in flames. 100 killed| A passenger jet crashed on landing at the airport in the city of Port Harcourt. At least 56 people were killed | |
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| Oct.23 |
No survivors in crash All 117 people aboard a passenger jet are dead, including several high-level Nigerian officials
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| Oct.23 |
Confusion surrounds crash
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| Oct.22 |
Jet has crashed after takeoff Map of Lagos Nigeria The Boeing 737 with 116 people on board disappeared from radar shortly after taking off from Lagos
| 2002 |
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| May.4 |
Aircraft with 75 people crashed An aircraft has crashed into buildings in Kano in northern Nigeria, as it approached the airport
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| 2006 |
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| Jul.19 |
Building collapse kills 11
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| Mar.22 |
Skyscraper crumbles in downpour
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| 2009 |
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| Dec.20 |
55 dead, 38 injured in truck crash Map of Kogi Nigeria A truck carrying fertilizer crashed into a crowd of people in northern Nigeria
| 2008 |
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| Jan.12 |
At least 30 die in fuel tanker blast
| 2001 |
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| Aug.26 |
50 dead in bus crash
| 2000 |
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| Nov.24 |
60 killed in bus accident
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| 2009 |
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| Feb.6 |
Poison in teething drug kills 84 children
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| 2009 |
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| Apr.29 |
Doctors target meningitis outbreak Doctors Without Borders has embarked on a massive vaccination campaign in Niger, Nigeria, and Chad to combat the outbreak
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| Mar.28 |
Meningitis epidemic strikes Nigeria, Niger More than 200 people have died of meningitis in the past week alone in 76 areas of the two countries
| 2008 |
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| Dec.18 |
Poisoned medicine kills dozens of children More than 30 children are thought to have died recently after taking the medicine. The factory's managing director had been charged
| 2007 |
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| 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...
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| Jan.31 |
Nigeria's first human death from bird flu
| 2006 |
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| Feb.12 |
Fears bird flu has spread to humans Nigerian health officials waited anxiously for test results on 2 children feared to be the first Africans infected
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| Feb.10 |
UN urges Nigeria bird flu action Nigeria must step up its measures to prevent further spread of the deadly virus
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| Feb.9 |
More bird flu in Nigeria alarms WHO
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| Feb.9 |
Nigeria plans huge bird flu cull A large-scale cull is being planned at a farm where thousands of chickens have died from bird flu
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| 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
| 2004 |
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| Jul.31 |
Polio campaign restarted
| 2001 |
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| Apr.27 |
African AIDS summit
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| 2003 |
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| Oct.12 |
150 feared missing as ferry sinks
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| 2003 |
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| Jun.21 |
105 killed in oil blast An explosion has killed at least 105 villagers trying to siphon off fuel
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| 2009 |
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| Oct.15 |
Massive lake Chad could dry up Up to 30 million people are facing 'a humanitarian disaster' as one of Africa's biggest lakes shrinks. By 2001, it covered less than one-fif...
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| 2006 |
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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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| May.12 |
Oil pipeline explosion kills up to 200 Map of Lagos Nigeria| Vandals are thought to have caused the explosion on the outskirts of the city of Lagos; all of them were killed | |
| 2003 |
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| Feb.2 |
'Many dead' in Lagos blast A massive explosion levelled an apartment building. Nearby bank had been destroyed and was being looted
| 2002 |
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| Jan.28 |
Lagos blasts leave 500 dead| killed as a result of a series of huge explosions at an army munitions dump | |
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