By Nico Colombant Abidjan 21 February 2006 Local women dry tapioca near a flow station burning gas in Warri, Nigeria Hostage takers in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta want neutral negotiators to secure

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By Katy Migiro Nairobi 07 June 2007 As G-8 leaders debate what action they are going to take to tackle climate change, poor communities in Kenya's highlands are already feeling the impact of global warming. Katy Migiro reports from our Nairobi bureau

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By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 01 March 2006 The World Bank says Nigeria is still struggling with an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu since the first confirmed case was reported weeks ago. Th

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By Paige Kollock Washington, DC 20 January 2006 watch Malaria Treatments report The World Health Organization says the most effective cure for malaria could be in jeopardy, unless their new prescripti

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The Nigerian prosecutor in multi-billion dollar lawsuits against Pfizer says reaching an out-of-court settlement depends on Pfizer's acceptance of the government's final terms to end charges against the U.S. pharmaceutical giant. According to the la

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 April 2007 Voting has officially ended across Nigeria in a presidential vote dogged by violence, charges of fraud and logistical problems. Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA from Abuja that election officials say results ar

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By Nico Colombant Kaduna, Nigeria 20 April 2007 Nigeria's next president is almost certain to be a northerner, as the ruling party candidate and the two main opposition leaders for Saturday's election are from that region. But analysts say replacing

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By Margaret Besheer Washington 15 February 2007 Malaria afflicts as many as 500 million people each year around the world. More than 1 million die, most of them children under the age of five living in sub-Saharan Africa. Last June, President Bush l

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 25 October 2006 Some 60 million eligible Nigerian voters are expected to visit 120,000 polling centers to register as Nigeria begins the long-awaited voters registration exercise. Some question marks have been raised about

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 31 October 2006 Sunday's plane crash in Nigeria has again stirred a debate on air safety in the West African country. The government is under pressure carry out radical reforms of the sector. The latest crash brings the dea

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 September 2006 A total of 13 senior Nigerian military officers who died in a plane crash over the weekend were given a national burial in the capital Thursday. The occasion that brought the country together. ----- Thousa

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 22 June 2007 Unions in Nigeria have vowed to intensify a three-day old strike called to protest a hike in fuel prices. As Gilbert da Costa reports from Abuja, union officials and government representatives met Thursday night

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By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 21 January 2006 An unidentified Shell contract worker stands outside the Warri airport after being evacuated from Benisede oil platform in Warri, Nigeria Ethnic Ijaw leaders

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By George Dwyer Washington, DC 22 February 2006 watch Nigerian Oil report Militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger River Delta claim to have struck again. Only days after kidnapping a group of foreign oi

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By Sarah Simpson Kano, Nigeria 22 March 2007 Northern Nigeria is one of the few regions in the world where polio remains endemic, despite efforts to eradicate this crippling and potentially fatal virus. Sarah Simpson reports from the north's largest

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 29 March 2006 Nigeria directed the immediate extradition of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor, to Liberia shortly after he was detained while trying to flee into Cameroon

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 March 2006 Administrative lapses, violence and deep-seated suspicions continue to plague Nigeria's census efforts. The organizers are under a lot of pressure to deliver, w

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Nigeria's House of Representatives is beginning an investigation into the country's oil industry. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports for VOA that top industry officials are scheduled to testify before a special parliamentary panel at a public hearing

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 19 October 2006 Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo Thursday declared emergency rule in Ekiti state, in the southwest. Confusion has reigned in the state following the unconstitutional impeachment of the governor earlier

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By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 05 July 2007 An American man who traveled internationally with tuberculosis - despite instructions not to - has a new diagnosis and is not as sick as government doctors initially said he was. As VOA's Carol Pearson

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