Yahoo Nigerian News Archive for November 2011

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Nigeria urged to halt bill banning same-sex relationships

Nigeria criminalizes gay marriage, advocacy

Nigeria Anti-Gay Marriage Bill Approved By Senate

Nigeria's Senate passes controversial anti-gay bill

Nigeria's power privatisation delayed to Q2 2012

Nigeria Senate approves bill banning gay marriage in Africa’s most populous nation

Nigeria Senate approves anti-gay marriage bill

I Saw My Husband Through Bad Times, Says Bianca

Ojukwu's Body to Tour Four Countries Before Burial

Nigeria withdraws $2 bln from oil savings: finance

Monday, November 28, 2011

Nigeria's Boko Haram claim weekend bombings: 'spokesman'

Nigeria has room to lower interest rates: finmin

Nigeria's Mobile Money Startup Pagatech Fills A Need, Attracts U.S. Investment

Nigeria AMCON to recover 70 pct of $19.7 bln NPLs

Nigeria U23s 'must work together'

'Nation Needs Indigenous Technology'

Sunday, November 27, 2011

4 killed in apparent sect attack in northeast Nigeria city that left churches, offices burned

Ojukwu Passes On At 78 - He Was a Hero - Senate

Ojukwu Excelled in the North - North Govs

How Ojukwu Died

How Ojukwu Died in London

Anyim, Governors, Others Mourn

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Multiple explosions, gunshots heard in Nigeria region under sect attacks

Witnesses: Multiple explosions, gunshots heard in northeast Nigeria, region under sect attacks

Witnesses: Multiple explosions, gunshots heard in Nigeria region under sect attacks

Explosions, gunshots in northeast Nigeria city

Morocco defeat Nigeria in U23

Nigeria mourns death of civil war leader

Nigeria holds mass burial for clash victims

Nigeria official: Breakaway Rep. of Biafra leader Chukwuemeka Ojukwu dies at 78 after stroke

Breakaway Biafra leader Ojukwu dies at 78

Friday, November 25, 2011

Nigeria boss feeling U23 pressure

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Several killed in central Nigeria religious violence

Royal Dutch Shell says fire hits Nigeria pipeline already shut down over theft vandalism

Christian-Muslim clashes in Nigeria kill at least 12

Nigeria sect 'spokesman' claims Al-Qaeda links

Shell says fire hits pipeline in Nigeria

Violence in central Nigeria kills 7

Nigeria stock market hits near 8-year low

What Will Follow Boko Haram?

Oliseh - Sack Green Now

Court: Nigeria drug agency must pay comedian $165k

M & A - Ecobank to Delist From NSE

Senators Push for State Police

Microsoft - Highlighting Dangers of Counterfeit Software

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

President of graft-prone Nigeria suddenly fires head of anti-corruption agency

Arrest of senator, alleged voice of a radical Muslim sect in Nigeria brings more questions

Political ties with violent Nigeria sect alleged

Political ties alleged over violent Nigeria sect

Nigeria corruption chief sacked

Local Breweries Wins Award

President of oil-rich, graft-prone Nigeria suddenly fires head of anti-corruption agency

Nigeria president fires anti-corruption czar

Multilinks Renews Call for CDMA Bail Out

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Nigeria-Cameroon seek funds to end border dispute

Customs Emerge National Basketball Champions

Nigeria moves to ban, criminalise gay marriage

FG to Establish Investment Councils With Six Developed Countries

Africa’s most populous nation moves to ban gay marriage; Nigeria activists fear more attacks

Nigeria moves to ban, criminalize gay marriage

Keshi - I Won't Sanction Mikel

Monday, November 21, 2011

Nigeria sect 'has political ties'

Nigeria court denies bail for Obi Mikel father's kidnappers

Nigeria extremist sect has political links: police

Nigeria naira eases at interbank, auction on demand

Fake Subsidy and Fuel Subsidy (II)

ETI Catapults Ecobank Into Major League

Nigeria polio 'in big increase'

As the Nation's Nuclear Programme Gains Steam

Basketball - Customs Emerge Division One Champions

Interbank Rates Rise On Net Outflow

Nigerians Mourn Alex Uruemu Ibru

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Police: Station destroyed, bank attacked in complex robbery in central Nigeria that kills 2

Police: 2 officers die in Nigeria bank robbery

Nigeria's c.bank: naira at desired stability

Boko Haram - Members Are Largely Locals - Immigration Pro

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Nigeria's central bank: naira at desired stability

Security fears keep Nigeria president from home state vote

Al Qaeda-linked group finds fertile territory in Nigeria

Hijackers take two boats, hostages, off sources

Supply ship attacked at Chevron offshore oil field near Nigeria’s coast; 3 abducted

British Airways, Virgin face $235M fine in Nigeria

Nigeria needs targeted approach to tackle Islamists

Thursday, November 17, 2011

UPDATE 2-Nigeria fines BA, Virgin Atlantic total $235 mln

Nigeria fines BA, Virgin Atlantic total $235 million

Nigeria fines BA, Virgin Atlantic total $235 mln

Nigeria fines British Airways $135 million, Virgin Atlantic $100 million over inflated prices

Nigeria name weakened U23 squad

Nigeria fines BA $135 million, Virgin Atlantic $100 million

Nigeria fines BA $135m, Virgin Atlantic $100m

Nigeria fines British Airways and Virgin Atlantic

A New Citizen May Come Forth - Two

Nigeria fines British Airways, Virgin Atlantic

Reviving Nation's Tyre Industry

CBN, NDIC, Nationalised Banks Dismiss Court Order

Moses undecided over Nigeria call

Nigeria sells $400 mln in 10-yr bonds, yield drops

National Awards - NFF Congratulates Galadima, Yobo

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Fuel tankers explode in Nigeria's nervous capital

Union factions fighting in Nigeria

Nigeria allows British Airways to keep schedule

Keshi to ring changes for Nigeria

NFF Lambasts Odegbami

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Ghana, Nigeria win friendlies

Uche brothers score as Nigeria beats Zambia 2-0

Nigeria to add three Bonny oil cargoes in December

Nigeria economy slows in Q3, Oct inflation rises

Nigeria Economic Dream Team - the Tri-Factor

Air Nigeria Engineers On Strike Over Unserviceable Aircraft

Nigeria journalist arrested, faces libel suit over soccer stories

Achebe - When Icons Reject 'Tainted' Honour

Monday, November 14, 2011

2 onshore Nigeria oil fields sold to local firms

Author Chinua Achebe again turns down Nigeria honor over failures in oil-rich, corrupt nation

Author Achebe turns down Nigeria honor _ again

Nigeria author snub 'surprising'

Ijeoma's Impaired Vision On Govt-UK BASA

In Nigeria's northeast, some sympathy for Islamists

First Batch of Pilgrims Return

Keshi - We Must Reclaim Our Place in Football

Returning Toll-Gates Is Illegal, Locals Speak

London Olympics - Nigeria Not Ready for Medals - Ngerem

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Govt Re-Activates 22 Border Patrol Posts to Stop Boko Haram

Shell completes sale of two Nigeria oil blocks: NNPC

Shell says oil spill strikes Nigeria pipeline

Shell reports fresh spill in southern Nigeria

Newborn on Nigeria govt payroll

Anxiety Grows Over Spillover of EU Debt Crisis in State

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Abuja Locked Down for Investment Summit

Hostage Taking - We Rank 4th in the World

Police: Bomb blast in northern Nigeria wounds 2 people, a week after major attack by sect

Correction: Nigeria-Baby on Payroll story

Home draws for Nigeria and Bafana

Nigeria and new coach draw 0-0 with Botswana

I'm Articulate, Tenacious and Gentle - Dabota Lawson

Friday, November 11, 2011

French foreign minister in Nigeria to discuss terrorism

Saudi Billionaire Prince Alwaleed To Invest In Nigeria

Newborn added to government payroll in Nigeria 3 years ago has been earning $150 a month

Nigeria sells 132.05 bln naira in bills, yields down

Newborn on Nigeria payroll, earning $150 a month

Why can't Nigeria defeat Boko Haram?

Wielding the Sledge Hammer

China to Make Country Major Manufacturing Zone

Boko Haram Will Fade Away Soon - Jonathan

VIDEO: Attack 'took Nigeria by surprise'

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Nigeria Islamists joining with jihadists: army

Nigeria Islamists joining with jihadists-army

Nigeria's Islamist killers a rising threat

Nigeria GDP rebasing may see big upward

Nigeria Islamists joining with global jihadists: army

US eases Nigeria attack warning

U.S. withdraws Nigeria hotel bomb threat warning

US withdraws Nigeria hotel bomb threat warning

Police raid Nigeria newspaper, arrest editor

Nigeria police raid newspaper’s office, arrest journalist over soccer scandal coverage

US cancels bombing warning on luxury hotels in Nigeria’s capital after radical sect attacks

Paying Lip Service to Climate Change Negotiations

US cancels warning on Nigeria capital hotels

China to Make The Country Major Manufacturing Zone

Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Fire out on Shell Nigeria pipeline, output curbed

Police: Turmoil again hits north Nigeria town

Nigeria secret police hold activist planning hunger strike over proposed fuel subsidy removal

Helios will not run Nigeria's Multi-Links for long: CEO

Hunger strike organizer detained in Nigeria

Helios will not run Nigeria's Multi-Links for long-CEO

50 Years of Regulating the Capital Market

Nigeria's plastic bottle house

Tuesday, November 08, 2011

U.S. Warns Nigeria Extremists Planning Further Attacks

Nigeria arrests sect suspects after dozens killed

16 killed as buses crash head-on in Nigeria

Monday, November 07, 2011

Is Nigeria's militant group Boko Haram in it for the cash?

Heavy crackdown by Nigeria military on Muslim sect behind deadly attacks may provoke backlash

Backlash likely in pursuit of Nigeria militants

Nigeria subsidy debate holds up Q4 gasoline imports

Nigeria dismisses US embassy's hotel bomb warning

Nigeria dismisses U.S. embassy's hotel bomb warning

Nigeria on alert as US warns of new attack

Q&A: Islamic group spreading terror in Nigeria

Alert issued for Nigeria

Nigeria on alert as US warns of new attacks

Sunday, November 06, 2011

US: Sect bomb attacks possible in Nigeria capital

Americans living in Nigeria warned after deadly attacks

Nigeria marks Muslim Eid amid fears of new attacks

Radical Sect in Nigeria Kills More Than 100

Nigeria Bomb Attacks In Luxury Hotels Possible, U.S. Warns

US Embassy: Bombings by radical Muslim sect possible in Nigeria’s capital; 100 dead in attacks

US: Bomb attacks possible in Nigeria capital

More than 100 dead from series of attacks in Nigeria, Red Cross says

Red Cross: More than 100 dead in Nigeria attacks

Pope calls for end to violence in Nigeria

Nigeria marks Eid el-Adha amid tight security

Nigeria radical Muslim sect kills security agent

Saturday, November 05, 2011

Plastic bottles solve Nigeria's housing problem

Islamist sect claims deadly Nigeria attacks

At least 69 dead in north Nigeria sect attacks

63 dead in wave of bombings, shootings in Nigeria

At least 67 dead in north Nigeria sect attacks

Islamists claim attack that 63 killed in Nigeria

Nigeria Attacks Kill 67; Sect Claims Responsibility

Newspaper: Radical Muslim sect Boko Haram claims northeast Nigeria attacks, promises more

Radical Muslim sect claims north Nigeria attacks

Dozens killed in northeast Nigeria attacks: witnesses

Dozens killed in northeast Nigeria attacks - witnesses

Officials: 67 dead in northeast Nigeria attacks

Boko Haram Suicide Attack Killed At Least 63

63 dead in wave of bombings, shootings in Nigeria, according to Red Cross

Nigerian Red Cross: At least 63 people dead in bombings, shootings in northeast Nigeria

Red Cross: 63 dead in northeast Nigeria attacks

Friday, November 04, 2011

Suicide bombers, gunmen attack northeast Nigeria

Militants Stage Wave of Attacks in Northeast Nigeria

Restive northern Nigeria hit by wave of attacks

Radical Muslim sect in Nigeria grows more prominent after UN attack, creating a greater danger

Suicide attackers, bombs target northeast Nigeria

Police: Car bombing hits Nigeria military office

Radical Muslim sect grows more dangerous

Three bomb blasts, gunfire rock northeast Nigeria

Suicide bombers, hidden explosives target northeastern Nigeria city home to radical sect

Suicide bombers target military in north Nigeria

Police: 3 bombs explode in northeast Nigeria

Police: Riots overtake town at center of Nigeria’s April post-election unrest

Clarification: BC-SOC--Nigeria-New Coach story

CRFFN in-Fighting - Country Loses in FIATA

Nigeria to sell 132 bln naira in treasury bills

Thursday, November 03, 2011

Keshi sure of Nigeria revival

Pirates seize tanker off coast of Nigeria

Military: Nigeria sect kills on-duty soldier

Nigeria halves British Airways flights from Lagos

Pirates seize oil tanker, kidnap crew near Nigeria

Nigeria distributes 611.5 bln naira to gov't in Sept

Nigeria to issue diaspora bond in 2012

Nigeria’s Solar Projects Yield Both Failure and Success

Moses included in Nigeria squad

The Country Places 156 on UN Quality of Life Index

Wigan's Victor Moses called up by Nigeria

Former skipper Keshi takes over as Nigeria coach

Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Royal Dutch Shell, demonized in oil-stained Nigeria, begins publishing spill data on Internet

Nigeria wants probe into rising oil theft in Niger Delta

Nigeria hires former defender Keshi as head coach

Keshi tasked with Nigeria revival

Nigeria police foil plot to attack northern city

UN Quality of Life Index - Nigeria Placed 156

Shell uses Internet to show Nigeria oil spill data

Same Gender Marriage Prohibition Bill Violates Constitution

Gender Bill Would Invade Privacy And Threaten Broad Range of Activists

Nation Hit By Acute Shortage of Healthworkers

Royal Dutch Shell: ‘Unprecendented’ number of oil thefts target its Nigeria operation

The Cancer Ravaging Super Eagles

The Nation Has Sixth Largest Population in the World --UNFPA

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Diamond Bank to add 80 branches in Nigeria by 2012

Nigeria election challenge fails

Nigeria comedian's drug arrest makes agency a joke

Comedian in Nigeria to be freed

Nigeria court orders anti-drug agency to free actor held for more than 2 weeks as drug suspect

Nigeria Court Overrules Election Challenge

Ameobi, Moses cleared for Nigeria

Nigeria court overrules challenge to president’s election months after he was declared winner

Nigeria court orders anti-drug agency to free actor held for nearly 2 weeks as drug suspect

Nigeria court orders antidrug agency to free actor

Schneider Electric's Solar Solution to Rural Communities

A Win-Win Source of Plugging Funding Gap in Power Sector

Queer Alliance of Govt Statement on Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill 2011

School Shoes for the Dream Team

Why Govt Will Not Negotiate With Boko Haram

Nigeria Moves Up To Sixth Place Among World's Most Populous Nations

Sir Emeka Offor Foundation to Bring $7 Million (USD) in School Supplies to Africa