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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
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
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
AS IT IS 2014-02-14 Supporters Call on Britain to Return Jailed Governor to Nigeria 支持者呼吁英国释放James Ibori返回尼日利亚 Welcome back to the program. Im Caty Weaver. In January, Britain and Nigeria signed a prisoner exchange agree
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
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
First of all, the Nigerian secret service raided a hideout, the Boko Haram hideout in Kaduna. This led to the arrest of five men, among them a guy called Abu Mohammed who was the leader of kidnap gang. Now after being interrogated for two days, the g
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
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
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
By Nico Colombant Kano, Nigeria 18 April 2007 A police official in northern Nigeria says security forces have chased away foreign religious radicals outside the main city of Kano, restoring order ahead of Saturday's presidential election. The clashes
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
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
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
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 30 July 2006 Militant patrols creeks of the Niger Delta area of Nigeria (File photo) Militants who invaded an oil flow station in Southern Nigeria early last week are still holding oil workers and guards captive. The armed
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
After weeks of suffering, hundreds of people are rejoicing in the African country of Nigeria, following the return of dozens of schoolgirls who were kidnapped last month. The Boko Haram terrorist group was blamed for the abductions. And a Nigerian of
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 07 May 2007 A Nigerian defense lawyer is demanding urgent medical treatment for detained Nigerian separatist leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports for VOA that Dokubo's deteriorating health could lea
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 08 August 2006 Nigeria has begun withdrawing its troops from the disputed Bakassi peninsula ahead of a United Nations-brokered deadline agreed with Cameroon. About 3,000 Nigerian soldiers are to be pulled out of the dispute