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Friday 27th January, 2012

    • Perpetrators of 'heinous' attacks in Nigeria must be brought to justice - Security Council

    Nigeria News.Net

    The Security Council has strongly condemned the multiple terrorist attacks that occurred in Kano, Nigeria, in recent days, causing numerous deaths and injuries, and underlined the need to bring the ...

    • 15 traders shot dead in Nigeria

    Nigeria News.Net

    Fifteen traders were shot dead by gunmen at a market in northeastern Nigeria Thursday, police said. They victims had gone to Birninmagaji market in Zamfara state to sell their goods. The attackers ...

    • Fired Nigeria Police Chief A 'Sacrificial Lamb' Says Analyst

    Nigeria News.Net

    A security analyst says dismissed police chief General Hariz Ringim is not to blame for the failure of Nigeria's security agencies to curb the violence perpetrated by the Islamic militant group, ...

  • Nigeria seen holding interest rates

    IOL

    Nigeria will keep its key interest rate on hold at 12 percent at its first rate setting meeting of the year on Tuesday, as it considers the inflation effect of a removal of subsidy from fuel and the ...

  • Tunisia v Niger - live!

    The Guardian

    There is a really pleasing contrast in styles here, with Tunisia's slow interplay and tricky feet currently counting for less than Niger's speed and incision. Boubacar came close to ...

  • Nigeria Supreme Court fires 5 governors

    The Seattle Times

    ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria's Supreme Court says it has fired five governors who overstayed their tenures. Justice Walter Onnoghen said Friday that the governors of Bayelsa, Cross River, ...

  • Shell to repair Nigerian oil line by end-Jan

    General Sources

    Nigerian oil pipeline by the end of January, helping to boost supplies from Africa's top exporter. Shell Petroleum Development Co. (SPDC) had to shut down the 90-kilometre ...

  • Nigerian interbank rates up on budget cash delay

    General Sources

    LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's interbank lending rates were up on Friday to an average of 15.50 percent, compared with 14.25 percent last week, as a delay in releasing the ...

  • AFRICA DEBT-Record yield seen for Ugandan 5-year bond

    Reuters

    LONDON Jan 27 (Reuters) - The yield on Ugandan 5-year bonds is expected to soar above 20 percent at an auction next week, reflecting the rise in inflation since the instrument was last sold in ...

  • UPDATE 1-German citizen kidnapped in Nigeria's Kano

    Reuters

    KANO, Nigeria, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped a German citizen working on a construction site in Nigeria's second city of Kano on Thursday, the police commissioner said, the latest ...

  • UPDATE 1-Arms from Libya could reach Boko Haram, al Qaeda -UN

    Reuters

    UNITED NATIONS, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The Libyan civil war may have given militant groups in Africa's Sahel region like Boko Haram and al Qaeda access to large weapons caches, according to a ...

  • Jubilation in Yenagoa as Police sealed up Government House

    Vanguard

    By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa Yenagoa the Bayelsa State capital, Friday,erupted in celebration as the news of the ouster of Governor Timipre Sylva by the Supreme Court hit the air wave. ...

  • UNICEF launches $1.28 bn appeal fund

    Vanguard

    GENEVA (AFP) – UNICEF on Friday launched an appeal for $1.28 billion (947 million euros) this year, with a third of the cash needed to help children in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa, the ...

  • Thousands take over Cairo’s Tahrir Square, demand democratic change

    Vanguard

    CAIRO (AFP) – Protesters marched to Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday to join thousands there demanding democratic change, a year after the uprising that toppled veteran president Hosni ...

  • Ojukwu: Ijele Ndigbo

    Vanguard

    As arrangement for the burial of late Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu gets underway, starting February 21 to March 2, Vanguard is asking for contributions reactions, papers etc. on the ...

  • Five Nigeria governors forced out

    BBC

    Nigeria's Supreme Court has ordered five of the country's powerful state governors to step down immediately. It marks the end of a long legal battle about when exactly their terms in ...

  • Nigeria's Boko Haram: Will dialogue end the insurgency?

    BBC

    Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has challenged the Islamist militant group Boko Haram to come forward and state their demands as a basis for dialogue. His remarks came nearly a week ...

  • Jonathan Challenges Boko Haram

    All Africa

    President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday challenged members of the Boko Haram sect to identify themselves and state clearly their demands as a basis for talks. While acknowledging that military ...

  • Nigeria: Supreme Court Sacks Five State Governors

    All Africa

    The Supreme Court this morning in a unanimous decision has sacked the governors of 5 states seeking to elongate their tenure. The lead judgment delivered by Walter Onnoghen which lasted for about ...

  • Islamists Threaten New Attacks

    All Africa

    Nigerian security forces searched for a kidnapped German engineer on Friday as the Boko Haram Islamist group threatened new attacks in Africa's most populous nation and top oil producer. In an ...

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