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Nigeria Delta
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| Jan.17 |
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 Militants free Italian  The militants have released an oil worker seized last month from a terminal in the Niger Delta
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| Jan.28 |
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Militants sprung gang leader from jail
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| Jan.31 |
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Nigeria's first human death from bird flu
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| Feb.8 |
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 Militants hold more hostages  Map of Niger Delta Nigeria| MEND, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, is holding 24 Filipino hostages | |
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| Feb.13 |
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Kidnappers release hostages
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| Apr.13 |
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Security tight for polls State polls is a key test of the electoral process ahead of the presidential vote next weekend
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| Apr.16 |
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Court puts poll in doubt Supreme Court has ruled that Vice-President Abubakar should be allowed to contest presidential elections
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| Apr.17 |
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Islamists attack police
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Parties demand poll delay
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| Apr.18 |
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25 militants killed in fighting
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| Apr.20 |
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Ballots 'not in country'| Election commission: Ballot papers have not yet arrived in Nigeria on the eve of the presidential elections | |
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| Apr.21 |
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Truck bomb attempt on poll HQ An attempt to crash a truck bomb into national election HQ failed. The driver jumped out of the fuel tanker. The truck veered into a lamp po...
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| Apr.22 |
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'Flawed' vote rerun call| The biggest local election observer group: presidential election was so badly flawed that it should be cancelled and held again | |
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| Apr.23 |
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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 Muhammadu Buhari of the All Nigeria People's Party. EU observers said was not credible and Olusegun Obasanjo admitted was not perfect
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| Apr.24 |
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President says elections not fatally flawed Obasanjo said that elections should not be voided and asked observers not to judge his country by developed-world standards
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| Apr.25 |
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Yar'Adua calls for reconciliation
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| May.8 |
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 4 Americans seized Gunmen seized 4 more workers amid a dramatic rise in violence that has roiled southern petroleum-producing region
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| May.25 |
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Foreigners seized
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| May.29 |
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President Obasanjo hails successor
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| Jun.2 |
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Rebels: We'll suspend oil attacks
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| Jun.4 |
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Nigeria sues drugs giant Pfizer Nigeria accusing the pharmaceutical company of carrying out improper trials for an anti-meningitis drug
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| Jun.11 |
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Hostages released in Niger Delta
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| Jun.21 |
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Troops kill 12 in strike on oil facility Nigerian troops killed 12 militants and freed a number of hostages in a dawn raid on an Italian-operated oil facility in the Niger Delta
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| Jun.23 |
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Unions end fuel strike Trade unions have called off their general strike over a rise in oil prices, after talks with government officials
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| Jul.5 |
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 Three-year-old seized Map of Niger Delta Nigeria| Margaret Hill, the daughter of a British expatriate worker, has been kidnapped by gunmen in the Niger Delta | |
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 'Threat to kill' missing UK girl Kidnappers who seized a 3-year-old have threatened to kill her unless her father agrees to take her place
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| Jul.8 |
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Kidnappers free UK girl Kidnappers in southern Nigeria have released 3-year-old Margaret Hill who was held hostage for four days
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| Jul.9 |
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Girl recovers after kidnap British girl Margaret Hill is reported to be in good health except for mosquito bites
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| Jul.13 |
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3-year-old freed by kidnappers A Nigerian boy has been released by his kidnappers one day after he was snatched on his way to school in the lawless Niger Delta
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| Jul.20 |
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Pfizer faces new Nigerian lawsuit Nigerian government lawyers withdrew a $7 billion civil lawsuit, saying they have discovered new material and plan to file an even stronger ...
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| Aug.8 |
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Violence in Delta expands into gang war Kidnappers in oil heartland released a Bulgarian and a Briton, but elsewhere in the anarchic region a deadly gang fight entered its 3rd day
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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 immunised
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| Nov.12 |
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 Police smash 'al Qaeda' Nigerian security agents arrested several men who had materials for making explosives
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| Dec.26 |
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At least 34 dead in fuel pipeline fire Map of Lagos Nigeria 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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