Oil governor removed in Nigeria
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Nigeria's Supreme Court annuls April's election of the governor of oil-rich, violence-prone Rivers State
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Four former Nigerian governors accused of corruption disappear, after their terms of office expired on Tuesday.
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Multinational oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell  has evacuated non-essential staff from two oilfields in Nigeria  where troops are fighting a major offensive against rebel  militia, a spokesman said.
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JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 3 -- The government of Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has pressured its most prominent anti-corruption official to step down, weeks after the arrest of a powerful former governor from the ruling party on corruption charges.
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Algeria's prime minister submits the resignation of his cabinet, a move expected after last month's  elections.
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Nigeria's ruling party on Sunday chose a  reclusive Muslim state governor, Umaru Yar'Adua, to be its  candidate to succeed Olusegun Obasanjo as president of Africa's  most populous nation in elections next year.
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Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham resigned Monday, saying he is confident the country is on a steady path to more reliable power supplies, cleaner fuels and new energy options.
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Thai Fourth Army chief who ordered last week&#39;s anti-riot operations in the country&#39;s southern Narathiwat province was removed from the post and transferred out of the South to
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Umaru Yar'Adua, the candidate of Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2007 presidental elections, has named Goodluck Jonathan, the governor of the southern oil state of Bayelsa as his running mate, a Bayelsa State spokesman has said.
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania -- The Tanzanian prime minister has resigned over a corruption scandal involving a contract between his office and a U.S.-based firm, he said on Thursday.
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The two-year-old son of a Nigerian chief is freed, as oil militants hold talks with the government.
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Nigeria's ruling party suspends Vice-President Atiku Abubakar for three months over corruption allegations.
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Nigeria's Supreme Court on Thursday voided the election of Governor Celestine Omehia of oil-rich Rivers State and ordered that his main challenger in the ruling party be sworn in immediately.
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Nigeria said on Monday that it had banned the awarding of government contracts to Halliburton, the oil services company, as a result of the theft of two radioactive devices from its Nigerian subsidiary.
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The Nigerian government cancels another sale of a state company carried out under former President Obasanjo.
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The governing party suspended gubernatorial primaries in at least two of Nigeria's 36 states on Saturday following candidate protests and violent clashes in the West African country, government officials said.
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A top Niger Delta militant leader, Henry Okah, has been extradited from Angola to Nigeria, say officials.