Nigeria leader demands power fix
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New President Umaru Yar'Adua gives Nigeria's top electricity managers a last chance to fix power problems.
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Nigeria's most prominent oil militant leader tells the vice-president he will try to help end violence in the Niger Delta.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday proposed to give a greater role to African Union (AU) troops in restoring peace to Sudan&#39;s Darfur region on the eve of talks between the Sudanese government and rebels.
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The suspended governor of a Nigerian state is questioned in the UK over allegations of money laundering involving Â£1m.
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Nigeria&#39;s senior union leaders have called for an indefinite general strike to disrupt oil supplies in the Niger Delta. The strike is a protest against Anglo-Dutch giant Shell, which they said is an &quot;enemy of the Nigerian people&quot;.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo spoke to his annointed successor live on television on Wednesday in an effort to dispel rumours that Umaru Yar'Adua had died.
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Head of the African Union Olusegun Obasanjo holds crisis talks following a second day of fighting in Ivory Coast.
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LAGOS, Nigeria A union leader in Nigeria is threatening to prolong a four-day nationwide strike that has helped push world oil prices to record highs.
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Nigeria's Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Olusegun Obasanjo of buying arms to suppress unrest in the oil-rich Niger delta rather than pacifying the region with development.
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A nationwide strike is underway on Monday in Nigeria to protest against rising fuel prices, bringing much of Africa&#39;s top oil producer to a near standstill.
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria implored dozens of fellow African leaders yesterday to work together to overcome the poverty, disease, and conflict afflicting the world's poorest continent.
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Nigeria will not pour more cash into power, having spent $10 billion in the last seven years with little to show for it, until it has a clear idea of how to revamp the sector, President Umaru Yar'Adua said on Monday.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Friday that he had agreed to discuss the grievances of an ethnic militia group that is threatening to shut down oil production in the southeast of the country, but warned that he would do nothing to undermine
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The Nigerian government sought a court  injunction on Wednesday to stop a three-day-old general strike  which has raised fears about oil supplies from the world's  seventh largest exporter.
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The leader of a militia based in Nigeria's main oil region says he is to meet the president following his threat to attack foreign oil workers.
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Nigeria looks to cheap satellites and strategic investment in space technology to help fix some of its biggest earthly problems.
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A union leader threatened Tuesday to extend a four-day nationwide strike in Nigeria that has helped push world oil prices to record highs.