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Nigeria : 7 killed in northeast Nigeria sect shooting

on 2012/1/18 11:20:00

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A radical Muslim sect has killed seven people in three separate attacks, authorities said Tuesday, following through on threats to continue attacks in a nation overcome by unrest and divided by religion.

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Nigeria : Groups: Nigeria authorities persecute 2 activists

on 2012/1/18 11:16:55

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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Human rights groups accuse Nigerian authorities of trumping up charges against a labor union leader and member in Nigeria's southeast.

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Nigeria : Nigerian talks fail to end strike

on 2012/1/16 10:24:04

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Nigeria's government and union leaders have failed to reach a deal over fuel prices in talks aimed at ending a week-old nationwide strike, but a threat to halt crude production has been put on hold.

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Nigeria : Angry, hungry Nigerians rush to stock food after fuel strike

on 2012/1/15 10:22:51

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Weary and hungry, scores weave their way through rutted and chaotic alleys in a food market in Nigeria's largest city, seeking to replenish their food stocks after a week-long strike against soaring fuel prices shut down the country.

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Nigeria : Four die in Nigeria pub attacks

on 2012/1/15 10:14:02

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Gunmen have attacked two pubs in northeastern Nigeria, killing four people amid a wave of such violence blamed on Islamist group Boko Haram, residents and police said Saturday.

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Nigeria : 4 killed in separate attacks in northern Nigeria

on 2012/1/15 10:11:19

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities say at least four people have been killed in two attacks on outside beer gardens in Nigeria.

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Nigeria : Nigeria's Boko Haram defends killings

on 2012/1/12 11:24:52

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Radical Islamist group says recent killings of Christians were justifiable and the president cannot prevent attacks.

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Nigeria : Nigeria sect leader defends killings in video

on 2012/1/12 11:20:35

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ABUJA (Reuters) - The leader of Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram said recent killings of Christians were justifiable revenge attacks and President Goodluck Jonathan had no power to stop the group's insurgency, in the first video of him posted online.

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Nigeria : Oil union threat may make Nigeria govt negotiate

on 2012/1/12 11:20:14

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ABUJA (Reuters) - The threat of disruption to Nigerian oil output may force President Goodluck Jonathan's government to negotiate with unions as an indefinite, nationwide strike and protests over fuel subsidy cuts enters its fourth day on Thursday.

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Nigeria : Five killed in attack on mosque in S.Nigeria: source

on 2012/1/12 11:16:59

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LAGOS (Reuters) - Five people were killed when a mob attacked a mosque in southern Nigeria on Tuesday, forcing 3,000 Muslims to flee the area, an aid worker whose organisation works in the area said, raising fears that Africa's most populous country is edging towards sectarian conflict.

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Nigeria : Sect kills 8 in beer parlor attack in Nigeria

on 2012/1/11 11:49:56

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen from a radical Islamist group opened fire Tuesday night at a beer parlor in northeast Nigeria, killing eight people including four police officers as part of their ongoing sectarian battle against the oil-rich nation's government, authorities said.

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Nigeria : Gunmen kill eight, mob attacks mosque as Nigeria chaos grows

on 2012/1/11 11:48:54

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Gunmen killed eight people in north Nigeria on Tuesday and a mob torched an Islamic school in the south, as a fuel strike and growing religious tension rattled Africa's oil-rich giant.

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Nigeria : Police: Islamist sect kills 8 at beer parlor in north Nigeria, including 4 police officers

on 2012/1/11 11:46:25

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Police: Islamist sect kills 8 at beer parlor in north Nigeria, including 4 police officers.

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Nigeria : Army: Muslim sect kills 2 Christians in Nigeria

on 2012/1/11 11:25:46

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's army says suspected members of a radical Muslim sect have killed two Christians in separate attacks despite an increased security presence in the area.

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Nigeria : Police: Sect kills Nigeria secret police officer

on 2012/1/10 12:22:06

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities say a radical Muslim sect has killed a secret police officer in northeast Nigeria as part of its widening sectarian battle against the oil-rich nation's weak central government.

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Nigeria : Nigeria set for nationwide strike over fuel prices

on 2012/1/9 10:39:26

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Nigeria braced for a nationwide strike on Monday over soaring fuel prices amid increasingly volatile protests and with security forces already under pressure over spiralling violence blamed on Islamists.

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Nigeria : Violence-hit Nigeria braces for fuel strikes

on 2012/1/9 10:37:49

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Nigeria on Sunday braced for nationwide strikes over fuel prices while also seeking to stop a wave of attacks on Christians claimed by Islamists as anger mounted in Africa's most populous nation.

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Nigeria : Nigerian leader says Boko Haram threat worse than civil war

on 2012/1/9 10:36:46

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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said Sunday unrest blamed on Islamist group Boko Haram was worse than the 1960s civil war, with sect sympathisers in the government and security agencies.

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Nigeria : Nigeria leader references civil war in sect fight

on 2012/1/9 10:34:47

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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's president said Sunday that ongoing sectarian assaults by a radical Islamist sect are "even worse" than the country's 1960s civil war that saw 1 million people die — suggesting that the enemy this time could be lurking anywhere and everywhere.

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Nigeria : Nigeria unrest 'worse than 1960s civil war': president

on 2012/1/9 10:15:54

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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Sunday that violence blamed on Islamist group Boko Haram was worse than the 1960s civil war, with sect sympathisers in government and security agencies.

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