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Lithuania, Nigeria, Angola, Macedonia in quarters
Other Sports | July 05, 2012 6:59 ISTCaracas, Venezuela, Jul 5: Lithuania and Nigeria joined Angola and Macedonia in advancing to the quarterfinals of the Olympic basketball qualifying tournament on Wednesday. The four rounded out of the quarterfinal field after Greece, Puerto
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5 killed in attacks on two churches in Nigeria
World | June 10, 2012 22:19 ISTAbuja, Jun 10: At least five people were killed and 48 others wounded today when a suicide bomber blew up a car near a church levelling it in central Nigeria's Jos city, a flash point
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Nigeria reviews toll in air crash to 159
World | June 07, 2012 7:37 ISTLagos, Jun 7: As the search for victims of an Indian-owned flight that crashed with 153 passengers and crew on board ended, Nigerian authorities today reviewed the number of the dead to 159 both in
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Church Building Collapses In Nigeria, 22 Killed
World | April 09, 2012 6:59 ISTAbuja, Apr 9: A church building collapsed in a northern Nigerian state on Sunday, killing 22 worshipers and injuring 31 others on a tragic Easter day that also saw two car bombs claim several lives
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50 People Killed In Easter Sunday Bombings In Nigeria
World | April 08, 2012 18:38 ISTAbuja, Apr 8: At least 50 people were killed when explosives concealed in two cars went off near a church during Easter Sunday services in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, eye-witnesses said.Shehu Sani, the
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20 Killed As Suicide Car Bomber Targets Catholic Church In Nigeria
World | March 11, 2012 23:14 ISTAbuja, Mar 11: At least 20 people were killed and several others injured today in a fresh wave of violence in Nigeria's flash-point city of Jos when a suicide car bomber targeted a Catholic church,
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Briton, Italian Killed In Failed Hostage Rescue Bid In Nigeria
World | March 09, 2012 19:04 ISTAbuja, Mar 9: A British-Nigerian operation, using helicopters and hundreds of troops including the elite SAS, to rescue two abducted foreigners went awry today with the militant group Boko Haram killing the captives. The special
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Oil Rig Fire Kills Indian, French In Nigeria
World | January 25, 2012 10:03 ISTAbuja, Jan 25: An Indian was among two workers who were killed in a major fire that consumed the visible part of Chevron Corp company-owned oil rig off Nigeria's coast. An official from FODE Drilling
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Corruption Biggest Threat To Nigeria, Says Okri Wasfia Jalali
India | January 21, 2012 12:29 ISTJaipur, Jan 21: He comes from a country that has witnessed a traumatising civil war with flashes of unrest still evident, but Ben Okri, the Booker Prize winning Nigerian author describes corruption, and not strife
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Explosions Rock Nigeria's Populous Northern City
World | January 21, 2012 7:22 ISTAbuja, Jan 21: Several explosions followed by gun fires rocked police headquarters in Nigeria's biggest northern city of Kano on Friday forcing people to escape for safety. No casualty has been given at present, but
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Death Toll Rises To 66 In Nigeria Communal Clash
World | January 02, 2012 8:33 ISTAbuja, Jan 2: At least 66 people, including women and children, have been killed in clashes between two rival ethnic groups in southeastern Nigeria, hours after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in
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52 Killed In Clashes Between Rival Ethnic Groups In Nigeria
World | January 01, 2012 12:49 ISTAbuja, Jan 1: At least 52 people, including women and children, have been killed in clashes between two rival ethnic communities in southeastern Ebonyi state of Nigeria, as President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of
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Nigeria Declares Emergency In Volatile States
World | January 01, 2012 7:47 ISTAbuja, Jan 1: Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan today declared state of emergency in regions bedeviled by regular attacks by radical Muslim group Boko Haram, which was described as “cancerous” group bent on destroying the country.He
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Nigerians Fear More Church Attacks After 39 Killed
World | December 27, 2011 8:40 ISTMadalla, Dec 27: Women returned to clean the blood from St. Theresa Catholic Church on Monday and one man wept uncontrollably amid its debris as a Nigerian Christian association demanded protection for its churches.At least
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150 Killed In Militant Sect Attack In Nigeria
World | November 06, 2011 17:20 ISTAbuja, Nov 6: At least 150 people were killed in northeast Nigeria after a radical Islamic sect bombed police stations, churches and mosques as it stepped up its campaign to impose Sharia law in Africa's
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Nigeria Hires Former Defender Keshi As Head Coach
Football | November 03, 2011 16:46 ISTLagos, Nov 3: Nigeria hired former defender Stephen Keshi as head coach of its national team Wednesday, five days after firing Samson Siasia following the failure to qualify for the African Cup of Nations.The Nigeria
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Yuki Bhambri Wins $15,000 ITF Title In Nigeria
Tennis | October 23, 2011 22:25 ISTNew Delhi, Oct 23: India's Yuki Bhambri won the $15,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) men's singles title in Lagos Sunday.Yuki, seeded fifth, defeated fourth seeded South AfricaN Ruan Roelofse 7-5, 7-5.“It was a very satisfying
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Nigeria Coach Asked To Explain Qualifying Failure
Football | October 09, 2011 16:06 ISTAbuja, Nigeria, Oct 9: The Nigeria Football Federation has asked national coach Samson Siasia to explain the country's failure to qualify for next year's African Cup of Nations.The NFF on Saturday gave Siasia 48 hours
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Toll In Terror Attack On UN Building In Nigeria Rises To 23
World | August 28, 2011 21:29 ISTAbuja, Aug 28: The UN today said it had no advance warning on the terror strike on its headquarters here in the Nigerian capital as the toll in the deadly attack rose to at least
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18 Killed In Car Bomb Attack On UN Building In Nigeria
World | August 26, 2011 20:48 ISTAbuja, Aug 26: A suicide attacker today rammed an explosives-laden car into the main UN office building in the Nigerian capital Abuja, killing at least 18 people, including two women and a foreigner.The blast destroyed
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