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Nigeria's Boko Haram claim bombings

Nigeria's Islamist Boko Haram sect was responsible for a string of weekend bombings targeting government buildings and churches in Geidam in the northeast, its purported spokesperson said on Monday.

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Fired anti-graft boss 'takes sack in good faith'

Fired Nigerian anti-graft boss 'takes sack in good faith' - Three days after she was fired as the Chair of Nigeria's anti-corruption Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri has broken her silence, saying she takes the sack in good..

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Ojukwu's place in Nigeria's history is assured

Ojukwu's place in Nigeria's history is assured, says President Jonathan - Saying that Ojukwu's place in Nigeria's history is assured, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Saturday that he received, with sadness and a deep feeling of great national loss, the..

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Nigeria: Panel to review Nigerian constitution

Jonathan inaugurates 21-member panel to review Nigerian constitution - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday inaugurated a 21-member constitution review committee, and charged them to work out the 'settled' areas of national discourse. The committee..

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Nigerian MPs softpedal on fuel subsidy?

Indications emerged on Friday that Nigerian lawmakers may have soft-pedalled on their vehement opposition to the planned removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government. The private Nation reported that the MPs have given four conditions under which they..

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France pledges to fight Nigerian extremists

While on a state visit to Nigeria, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe vowed Saturday to help the nation in its fight against Islamic extremism. The radical group Boko Haram has claimed credit for a wave of violent attacks in the country's north.

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Nigeria pins green revolution hopes on cassava

Nigeria's drive to boost the quality and processing of cassava, launched two months ago as part of a larger plan to turn the country into a powerhouse for food production, now has a leading cassava scientist at its helm.

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Nigerian governors appeal to block sovereign fund

Nigeria's powerful governors applied to the supreme court on Monday to block the federal government's planned removal of $1 billion from the country's crude oil savings to set up a sovereign wealth fund (SWF)

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