By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 30 December 2006 Nigeria has confirmed its status as the most populous country on the African continent, announcing its population has exceeded 140 million. Gilbert da Costa reports the announcement sought to avoid some of

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 April 2006 Olusegun Obasanjo Several Nigerian parliamentarians are pressing for a full investigation into an attempt to introduce changes to a draft bill before the assemb

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By David Gollust Washington 28 March 2006 Nigerian policemen, seated lower right, guard the mansion of former Liberian president Charles Taylor in Calabar, Nigeria, March, 28, 2006 U.S. Secretary of S

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AS IT IS 2014-01-27 Nigerias Ruling Party Faces Challenges in 2014 2014年尼日利亚执政党面临着挑战 Hello, and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English. Im Christopher Cruise in Washington. Today on the program, we report on a new ope

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By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 16 February 2006 Nigerian authorities are being criticized for not doing enough to educate the public about the dangers of the bird flu virus. Chicken seller in Kano, Nigeria

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 20 December 2006 Experts say a fresh outbreak of avian influenza in Nigeria is more widespread than thought. As Gilbert da Costa reports from Abuja, this has provoked fears of long-term risks. A Nigerian boy watches birds n

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 14 October 2006 Hundreds of soldiers are on the streets of the central Nigerian city of Jos following clashes Friday between riot police and demonstrators protesting the attempted impeachment of the state governor. Witnesse

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By Catherine Maddux Washington 16 March 2006 Four countries in Africa have reported cases of the deadly strain of avian flu -- Egypt, Niger, Nigeria and, most recently, Cameroon, where it was confirme

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 11 October 2006 Suspected militants who raided an oil facility in Nigeria's restive Niger Delta have released several of the 60 oil workers held since Tuesday. The attackers are believed to have issued a ransom demand. Offi

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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 Paula Wolfson Washington 29 March 2006 The White House has welcomed the arrest by Nigerian police of former Liberian President and rebel leader Charles Taylor. Taylor arrived in Liberia en route to

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 27 December 2006 Health teams are combing a Lagos neighborhood Wednesday in search of survivors of Tuesday's pipeline explosion who need urgent treatment. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that several bodies were buried la

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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 28 October 2006 In Nigeria, hundreds of villagers are occupying four oil pumping stations in the troubled Niger Delta. The protesters insist on written commitments by Shell oil company to supply jobs to the local population

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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 27 August 2006 Two Nigerian army soldiers stand guard in Ikang, near Calabar in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria, Monday, August 14, 2006 Leaders in the Delta region of Nigeria are denouncing a security crackdown ordered by

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By Franz Wild Abidjan 20 April 2006 The Nigerian university staff union says its members' working conditions have dropped below acceptable levels, and the government is interfering in academic affairs

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By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 30 January 2006 President Olusegun Obasanjo Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has vowed to stamp out violence in the country's troubled Niger Delta. He spoke late Monday a

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 12 April 2006 The leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, Moujahid Dokubo-Asari, has appeared in a Nigerian court to face treason charges. The trial process could be delay

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 16 November 2006 Nigeria's National Population Commission is set to announce results of last March's national census next month. Censuses are controversial in Nigeria and the expected announcement comes at a politically sen

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