Yahoo Nigerian News Archive for February 2012

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Police Station, Schools Attacked in North Nigeria

Police station, schools attacked in north Nigeria

Nigeria bank on Odemwingie for goals

Nigeria urges Chevron to help fire victims

Monday, February 27, 2012

Nigeria president visits village near Chevron gas rig fire that has raged for weeks

In Nigeria, Somalia, and Afghanistan: what is a foreign fighter?

Police: 3 die in north Nigeria checkpoint attack

Attacks target police, church in Nigeria

James Ibori: How a thief almost became Nigeria's president

Three killed in attack on Nigeria police station

Nigeria politician admits financial crime

Nigeria ex-governor admits financial crime

Biafra leader's body flown back to Nigeria

Nigeria repatriates 11,000 'undesirable' foreigners

Nigeria ex-governor pleads guilty

Chevron, Exxonmobil Confirm First Production From Usan Field

Ojukwu - Tribute From Chinweizu

Market Law for Job Creation in Nation

Sanusi - CBN Won't Submit Budget to National Assembly

Country to Stop Wheat Importation By 2016 - Minister

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Jos, Nigeria, Bomb Kills 3

Nigeria's Boko Haram sect claims deadly church bombing

Nigeria ruling party wins vote in Cross Rivers state

Nigeria suicide attack targets church service

Suicide car bomber kills 3 outside Nigeria church

Suicide Car Bomber Kills 3 Outside Nigeria Church

Official: Suicide car bomber targets major church in restive central Nigeria, killing 3

3 killed in suicide blast at church in Nigeria's Jos

Car bomber attacks major church in Nigeria

Official: Suicide car bomber targets major church during service in restive central Nigeria

Saturday, February 25, 2012

In Northern Nigeria, Boko Haram Stirs Fear, and Sympathy

Nation Sinks As Poverty, Joblessness Hit All Time High

17 die in attacks in northern Nigeria

Police: 12 killed in attack on north Nigeria city

Raid by Nigeria Islamists on police kills 14

Nigeria charges ex-governor in oil area with fraud

Friday, February 24, 2012

Gunmen kill worshippers, attack prison in Nigeria

Explosions gunfire echoes through northeast Nigeria city previously targeted by sect

ExxonMobil Announces First Production from Usan Field Offshore Nigeria

Instability in Nigeria hurts neighboring economies

Nigeria's April oil exports to jump on new stream

Oil major opens new offshore field off Nigeria

Nigeria sells 149.65 bln naira T.bills, yields mixed

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Nigeria ex-leader meets with Senegal government

Nigeria military chief says Boko Haram has ties to Al-Qaeda

Nigeria's ex-president meets with Senegal pop star, opposition, government ahead of poll

Nigeria Ex-Leader Meets With Senegal Government

AP Interview: US envoy says no soldiers to Nigeria

Nigeria upbeat about oil prospects

The Making of Nigeria’s Film Industry

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Witness: Explosions rock northern Nigeria city

Nigeria renews ExxonMobil oil licences for 20 years

GlaxoSmithKline Nigeria to Boost Sales With New Consumer Items

Witness: Explosions heard in north Nigeria city

Exxon Mobil signs 20-year field leases in Nigeria

Massmart could open up to 20 stores in Nigeria

Witness: Explosions Heard in North Nigeria City

Gunshots, explosions heard in Nigeria's Kano

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Shell: Nigeria can produce 4M barrels of oil a day

Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamic militant group on the rise

Islamist attacks draw Nigeria and US military closer

Nigeria losing 150,000 bpd of crude to theft: oil giant

Shoprite sees scope for 700 stores in Nigeria

Shell says appetite for Nigeria exploration reduced

Nigeria seek answers from Fifa

Nigeria steps up security after market attack killed 30

Militants Killed in Attack

Nigeria NNPC says corruption claims 'imaginary'

Monday, February 20, 2012

Nigeria army says kills 8, hospital sees 20 bodies

Nigeria Under-17 team begin rebuilding for continental challenge

Nigeria army says kills 8 Islamists, stops 3 bombs

Nigeria naira sustains rally as dollar demand falls

Nigeria again delays power sector privatisation

Nigeria's inflation rate rises to 12.6 per cent after fuel prices jump, national strike

Nigeria inflation rises after fuel price hike

How Government Impoverished Citizens

Nigeria inflation rises on fuel subsidy removal

Nigeria's Abandoned Youth: Potential Boko Haram Recruits?

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Bomb near car explodes in Nigeria, wounding 5

Oil reliance fuels Nigeria's poverty, say analysts

Police: Car explodes near Nigeria's capital Abuja, site of sect attacks, wounding 5 people

Car explodes near Nigeria's capital, wounds 5

Car explodes near Nigeria's capital, wounds 1

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Drilling of Relief Well Commences Offshore Nigeria

Nigeria's Abandoned Youth: Are They Potential Recruits for Militants?

Moses ready to commit to Nigeria

U.S. records highlight Nigeria airline woes

Friday, February 17, 2012

Nigeria's Usan crude seen on stream in April

APNewsBreak: US records show Nigeria airline woes

Nigeria launches committee to reorganise police

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Gunmen free 119 from prison; 1 dead

32 killed in head-on bus crash in Nigeria

Sect gunmen free 119 in Nigeria prison, kill guard

Inmates freed in Nigeria jailbreak

Guard killed as gunmen free 119 from Nigeria prison

Gunmen free 119 from Nigeria prison; 1 guard dead

Nigeria president warns arms pouring into crisis-hit Sahel

Nigeria's Flour Mills raises 35 bln naira in rights issue

Nigeria Insecticide Shortage May Hit Cocoa Output - Industry

'Islamists' spring 200 in Nigeria prison break

Nigeria chance for ousted trio

Gunmen free 118 from Nigeria prison; 1 guard dead

Nigeria to auction 70 bln naira in 2019, 2022 bonds

Gunmen behind Nigeria jailbreak

Nigeria deficit widens in amended 2012 budget plan

Official: Gunmen hit Nigeria prison, free inmates

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Poverty fueling unrest in Nigeria's Kano, says report

Nigeria to privatise three banks in 12-18 months

Nigeria says ex-soldier wanted in church bombing

Nigeria's forex reserves hit 6-month high

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Nigeria's new police chief vows crackdown on corruption

Bomb disposal officer killed in blast in central Nigeria city

Police: 1 killed in blast in central Nigeria city

Nigeria police torture, are corrupt: police chief

Govt Appoints Corruption-Buster in Oil Sector

Police: Explosion strikes central Nigeria city

Monday, February 13, 2012

Clinton: Poverty helping fuel violence in Nigeria

Nigeria's sect Boko Haram says killed 12 soldiers

Nigeria army kills 12 suspected Islamists in flashpoint city

Pirates kill 2 in Nigeria ship attack

Sect claims soldier killings in northeast Nigeria

Security foils attack on gov't building in Nigeria

Nigeria Poverty Rises as Government Deals With Corruption, Rebels

Pirates kill 2 in cargo ship attack near Nigeria

Nigeria security forces stop bomb attempt in Kaduna

Pirates kill 2 on cargo ship attack

Official: Pirates off Nigeria's coast attack cargo ship, shoot dead captain, chief engineer

Pirates kill 2 in cargo ship off Nigeria, official says

Piracy monitor warns of attacks off Nigeria

Nigerian poverty rising despite economic growth

pirates kill 2 on cargo ship attack

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Nigeria ruling party wins in president's home state

Africa's Richest Man Opens $1 Billion Cement Plant

Nigeria recaptures prime suspect in Christmas church attack

Nigeria Captures Boko Haram Suspects

Friday, February 10, 2012

Two blasts rock Nigeria's flashpoint city Maiduguri

Nigeria recaptures bomb suspect

Nigeria secret police rearrest Christmas Day bombing mastermind about a month after his escape

Nigeria naira hits strongest level in 2-1/2 months

Escaped Nigeria sect member rearrested for bombing

Virgin, British Airways $235M Nigeria fine quashed

Oil, Poverty and an 'Ungodly Mess'

Nigeria sells $937 mln in T-bills, yields dip

Nigeria secret police rearrest escaped sect member

Nigeria's FCMB completes Finbank buyout

Nigeria's Dangote opens $1 bn cement plant

Nigeria insurgency beginning to take toll on economy

Thursday, February 09, 2012

Lead has killed 400 Nigeria children

Nigeria's President Fights for His Political Survival

is the recent oil violence connected to upcoming elections?

Nigeria's Dangote Cement opens new $1 bln plant

Nigeria's UBA falls 5 pct, scraps share sale

Police shooting starts panic in southern Nigeria

Ribadu welcomes Nigeria oil post

Nigeria Rumblings - Equity crucial for fuel subsidy

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

MP 2011 ANNUAL SALES 144.2m

Templeton's Mobius undeterred by Nigeria unrest

Nigeria UBA shares fall 5 pct on profit warning

Reporters locked out of Nigeria's busiest airport

Nigeria Islamists claim army raid

Oil Corruption May Threaten Angola, Nigeria, Stifling Growth, Agency Says

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Nigeria lead poisoning 'worst in modern history': HRW

Bomb rocks army barracks in Nigeria's Kaduna

Nigeria dismisses 'oil rebel' claim of pipeline attack

$4M needed to clean up lead, secure Nigeria mines

Explosion at military barracks in Nigeria's Kaduna

Explosions hit near military bases in Nigeria

Total announces offshore oil work near Nigeria

Nigeria military detains, throws journalists working with French television out of state

Nigeria military detains French TV journalists

Militants attack police station in Nigeria's Kano

Monday, February 06, 2012

Nigeria's Oando Energy: Lands Two-Year Drilling Contract With Shell

Blasts rock northern Nigeria, police station attacked

Nigeria names seven behind Eni pipeline blast

Nigeria’s Main Militant Group Vows More Attacks in Oil-Rich Niger Delta

OPEC Quota Under Threat As Militants Resume Hostility

Chevron rig burns off Nigeria as damage hits shore

Sunday, February 05, 2012

Nigeria's security situation 'intolerable': senate president

Nigeria ruling party wins vote in violence-hit north

Nigeria oil line on fire; militants claim attack

Militants claim attack on Nigeria Eni oil pipeline

Nigeria attracts enterprising Indians despite terror

Saturday, February 04, 2012

Nigeria breaks away from African Union at its own risk

SPECIAL REPORT-Nigeria's Boko Haram: between rebellion and jihad

Friday, February 03, 2012

Purported spokesman for Nigeria sect denies arrest

Nigeria's fx reserves jump to a 4 1/2 mth high

Research and Markets: Nigeria Food and Drink Report Q1 2012

Thursday, February 02, 2012

Can you hear me now? Nigeria arrests Boko Haram spokesman.

‘Sharia or nothing’

Nigeria agents quiz suspected Boko Haram spokesman

Citi expects clients to double Nigeria investment

Nigeria to sell 149.27 bln naira in Treasury bills

SPECIAL REPORT:Nigeria's Boko Haram: between rebellion and jihad

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Source: Nigeria police arrest militant group's spokesman

Nigeria arrests suspected Boko Haram spokesman

Nigeria arrests suspected Boko Haram spokesman: sources

Nigeria Boko Haram spokesman arrested, victims buried

Nigeria militant spokesman arrested - security source

Nigeria secret police: Sect spokesman arrested

Nigeria secret police: Spokesman for radical Islamist sect Boko Haram arrested

Tears, neatly dug graves at bombed Nigeria church

Nigeria mourn church bomb victims

How Court Dismisses N40bn Case Against Bankole, Nafada

Security Fears Threaten Arsenal Tour of Nigeria

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Suspected Boko Haram kill 6 in Nigeria's Maiduguri