Nigeria leader reveals personal wealth
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President Umaru Yar'Adua revealed personal wealth of $5 million on Thursday, saying public financial disclosures should be standard practice as Nigeria battles official corruption.
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Officials in Nigeria's richest oil state are accused of squandering funds that should go on schools and hospitals.
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Nigeria agrees a deal to clear most of its $500m debt to the London Club for a "clean start".
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- President Olusegun Obasanjo is clear about his plans after finishing his second term and overseeing the national election in April: He will retire to the pastoral life of a gentleman chicken farmer.
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A leader of the militant group behind attacks on Nigeria's oil industry was released from prison Thursday, a gesture seen as a peace offering by a new government that has vowed to make the crisis a priority.
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NIGERIA LAGOS -- The Nigerian government yesterday disclosed a foiled coup plot, charging four military officers and a civilian with conspiring to topple the government by shooting down a helicopter carrying President Olusegun Obasanjo. Major Hamza al-Mustapha, former chief of personal security to the late military dictator General Sani Abacha, and four others, were each charged with two counts of ...
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President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday met in London with British Prime Minister, Mr.
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A Nigerian former state governor has turned himself in to police after more than a year on the run, vowing to defend himself in court against allegations of corruption, local newspapers reported on Saturday.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has appointed a special adviser on the volatile oil-rich Niger delta, amid a spate of kidnappings of foreign oil workers in the region.
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Nigerian stock prices rose 0.14 percent last week to close at 58,211.69 points from 58,130.74 the previous week, brokers said Monday.
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ABUJA  - Nigeria braced for a nationwide strike as the country&#39;s top union leader emerged from secret police custody determined to pursue labour&#39;s opposition to President Olusegun Obasanjo&#39;s economic reforms.
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Nigeria's Vice-President Atiku Abubakar announces he will stand for the presidency in next year's elections.
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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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Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet became a multi-millionaire because he saved, made good investments and his friends gave him money, one of his sons said on Tuesday.
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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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The head of a separatist movement in Nigeria&#39;s southern oil-rich Niger Delta has announced that he intends to meet President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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When you're worth $250 million, the annual presidential salary of $400,000 represents a bit less than two-tenths of 1 percent of your net worth.