Nigerian cities enduring fuel shortages
UPI - Wed Dec 2, 4:04 pm ETABUJA, Nigeria, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Residents of the Nigerian cities of Abuja and Lagos are facing ongoing fuel shortages in the oil exporting African nation, officials said Wednesday.
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Nigerians jailed in Dutch 'voodoo curse' trial
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 12:12 am ETTwo Nigerians accused of using voodoo curses to force about 140 Nigerian girls into prostitution in Europe were sentenced to jail terms of four and and four-and-a-half years.
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KCK Lawyer Could Be Nigerian King
KCTV 5 Kansas City - Thu Dec 3, 11:57 am ETAdebayo Ogunmeno is a lawyer in Kansas City, Kan., but he is considering a second career: being a king.
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Prominent Politicians Urge Nigerian President To Resign Over Health Reasons
INO News - Wed Dec 2, 12:41 pm ET(RTTNews) - Some 50 prominent politicians in Nigeria on Wednesday urged the country's ailing president Umaru Yar'Adua to resign from his post over health reasons, pointing out that his prolonged ill-health has prevented him from carrying out his duties effectively.
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U.N. studies oil contamination in Nigeria
UPI - Tue Dec 1, 11:19 am ETPORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- An environmental impact assessment of the oil-rich Niger Delta region in Nigeria will outline steps needed to rehabilitate the land, the United Nations said.
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Delta Adds Hawaii Routes
Aviation Daily - Thu Dec 3, 10:10 am ETDelta is adding new routes to Hawaii and is considering a marketing agreement with Nigerian Eagle.
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HRW: Nigeria must prosecute over deaths
UPI - Thu Nov 26, 12:14 pm ETABUJA, Nigeria, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The Nigerian government has not prosecuted those responsible for 2008 clashes in the country that left more than 130 civilians dead, Human Rights Watch said.
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Rental Home Scam Hits Mid-South
WREG-TV Memphis - Thu Dec 3, 11:41 pm ETScam possibly based in Nigeria
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Unbridled imports crippling Nigeria
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 30, 11:20 pm ETDespite huge natural resources and vast tracts of arable land, Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa?s second largest economy and the continent's most populous nation, largely relies on imports.
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Nigerian sentenced to 40 lashes in Sudan wants to move
Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Mon Nov 30, 3:10 pm ETNigerian soccer player Stephen Worgu, who was sentenced to 40 lashes in Sudan after being convicted of drunk driving, said on Monday he would move to Europe if he got a suitable offer.
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Nigerian president 'improving': party
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 30, 2:44 pm ETNigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua, who is undergoing treatment for a heart condition in a Saudi hospital, is "improving steadily", his ruling party said in a statement on Monday.
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WATCH VIDEO: U-M grad's stories an Oprah Book Club pick
Detroit Free Press - Thu Dec 3, 3:09 am ETRejection spurred the Rev. Uwem Akpan to try something new. When a newspaper in Nigeria rejected his essays, he tried writing short stories after noticing the paper published them on Saturdays.
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Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Sun Nov 29, 9:03 pm ETFactbox on World Cup qualifiers Nigeria:
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Event Marks One Year Anniversary of Launch of BET in Africa
BlackNews.com - Wed Dec 2, 1:15 pm ETNew York, NY (BlackNews.com) - Over the past year, through the agreement with MultiChoice, BET Networks has delivered high quality programming on DStv to countries in the sub-Saharan Africa including Nigeria.
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FirstRand Intends to Expand Outside South Africa, WSJ Reports
Bloomberg - 1 hour 25 minutes agoDec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- FirstRand Ltd., a South African financial-services company, aims to expand in other African countries, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing Sizwe Nxasana, who heads the company’s banking unit and takes over shortly as chief executive officer.
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Africa soccer talent aims for Europe
MSNBC - Thu Dec 3, 3:23 am ETLovgren: South Africa will host the 2010 World Cup. The country exports more talent to European pro leagues than any place except Brazil. But recent African achievements mask a grim reality: at home, African soccer is in disarray.
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