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Nigerian Students Threaten Massive Protests Over Fuel Price Increase Fuel prices in Nigeria more than tripled in some areas of the country this week after the government announced an end to the fuel subsidy. Iny Ememobong, a spokesperson for the Nati
Government troops have been called in to deal with spreading religious violence in the central Nigerian Plateau state. Dozens are feared dead and several houses have been destroyed. Residents are appealing for help as the government imposed a nightt
Nigerian government forces say they are in hot pursuit of a fundamentalist Islamic sect in the northern city of Maiduguri. A building that allegedly housed Islamic extremists is reportedly burnt by military in Maiduguri, 30 Jul 2009 Sounds of heavy
Activists: Nigeria Elections Should Be Postponed 活动人士称尼日利亚应该推迟选举 WASHINGTON Nigerian expatriates and activists recently gathered in Washington to denounce the deadly raids and massacres by the militant group Boko Haram.
By Sarah Simpson Abuja 05 April 2007 Vice President Atiku Abubakar is battling in the Nigerian courts to get his name on ballot slips for a crucial presidential poll on April 21. But after two courts this week issued divergent rulings, it looks incre
Health Report - Nigerian Doctor Honored for Fight Against River Blindness 健康报道 - 尼日利亚医生由于抗击河盲症获得玛希隆王子奖 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速
Nigeria Welcomes Help in Search for Kidnapped Students尼日利亚欢迎帮助搜救被绑架学生 From VOA Learning English, this is In The News. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan promised this we
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 September 2006 Nigeria's anti-graft agency has issued a sweeping indictment of several of Nigeria's 36 state governors, accusing them of widespread corruption and the looting of the public treasury. The Economic and Fina
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 24 June 2007 People stand next to their motor bikes as they await fuel to arrive during a nationwide general strike in Lagos, Nigeria, 21 Jun 2007 Nigeria's labor unions have suspended a four-day general strike after reachin
By Sarah Simpson Lagos 27 January 2007 Nigeria's ruling party, the People's Democratic Party, on Saturday launched its election campaign for the man the party hopes will succeed President Olusegun Obasanjo. Sarah Simpson reports for VOA from the sou
With the possibility of an American president whose roots extend to the African continent, Nigerians are rallying to the cause of Democratic Party candidate Barrack Obama. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports on the Obamania that is currently
Rights groups in Nigeria have criticized the firing of the country's former anti-corruption chief from the police force for alleged insubordination. They say his dismissal was aimed at punishing a key voice in the fight against corruption in Nigeria
Nigerian-American Turns Story of Harriet Tubman into Opera A new opera, written by a second-generation Nigerian-American, tells the story of Harriet Tubman, who, a century-and-a-half ago, escaped from slavery and led others to freedom. When Nkeiru Ok
Nigerians in US Rally for Kidnapped Girls Back Home 在美的尼日利亚人为被绑架的女孩举行集会 The threat by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram to sell the scores of school girls it says it kidnapped three weeks ago has sparked out
19 August 2007 Nigeria Nigerian troops are continuing their crackdown on gangsters in Port Harcourt, the main oil city in the southeastern Rivers State. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that residents are terrified at the prospect of more violence.
By Sarah Simpson Lagos, Nigeria 12 April 2007 In Nigeria, a last-minute decision by the government to declare Thursday and Friday national holidays is forcing a delay in a crucial court ruling on the upcoming presidential election. The court is decid
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 16 April 2007 The Supreme Court in Nigeria ruled Monday that the electoral commission unlawfully disqualified Vice President Atiku Abubakar from running for president, handing Abubakar the legal victory just days before the
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 07 September 2006 Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is asking the senate to begin impeachment proceedings against his vice president. The president has written to the senate Thursday, providing details of a corruption in
By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 04 July 2006 Militants patrol the creeks of the Niger Delta area of Nigeria (File photo - Feb. 24, 2006) Ethnic militants fighting for local control over Nigeria's oil wealth have threatened to attack the police in Rivers s
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 15 October 2009 Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua (file photo) Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has declared the conflict that plagued the oil producing Niger Delta has ended after a recent amnesty for rebels in the region