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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A nation-wide strike is under way in Nigeria to protest fuel price increases in the oil-rich west African nation. Reports from Abuja, the Nigerian capital, and Lagos, the country&#39;s commercial cenbter, say
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 8 -- President Thabo Mbeki on Friday apologized for his government's failure to prevent crippling power outages across South Africa over the past two months. He warned that restoring a reliable electrical supply will require urgent new generation projects combined with major cuts...
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Nigeria's main oil workers unions will meet with President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abuja to try to end the unrest threatening oil companies in the Niger Delta, labour leaders said.
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Nigeria's vice-president is hit by a power cut, prompting him to describe the situation as "embarrassing".
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi appealed to the world leaders at the United Nations yesterday to help his country achieve stability by sending peacekeepers, reinforcing borders and forgiving its debts.
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The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday urged  President Olusegun Obasanjo to pay attention to the law in a  rebuke over his role in attempts to disqualify some candidates  from April's landmark elections.
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Saying two terms is enough, Nigeria&#039;s president said Saturday that trying to uproot the corruption entangling Africa&#039;s biggest oil-exporting nation and making strides to transform the economy were the main challenges during his seven years in power.
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The head of Nigeria's ruling party launched an unprecedented attack on President Olusegun Obasanjo in a letter published on Saturday, warning him that his government was unpopular and heading for collapse.
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Militants behind attacks on Nigeria's oil infrastructure have asked the United States and President Bush to mediate to try to end a crisis that has seen foreign workers kidnapped and cut output of Africa's biggest producer.
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One of Nigeria's main opposition leaders criticises his party's decision to join the government.
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Nigeria's president vows tough action after a spate of kidnappings of foreign workers in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
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Umaru Yar'Adua took office as president of Nigeria on Tuesday, promising to tackle a catalogue of crises in Africa's most populous nation and conceding that his own election was "not perfect".
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Nigeria's government offers to meet most union demands, ahead of Wednesday's general strike.
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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's most prominent armed group Saturday urged George Clooney, the Hollywood actor named the latest UN Messenger of Peace, to work on solving the unrest in the Niger Delta.
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A prominent militant leader tells Nigeria's vice-president he will try to help end violence in the oil region.