Nigeria
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November 7, 2008
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Obasanjo to be recognised despite rigged Nigerian election
By Trevor Johnson and Chris Talbot, April 30, 2003
The response of the Bush administration as well as media reports makes clear that Olusegun Obasanjo and his People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will be accepted as the legitimate victor in the recen...
Nigerian president sends troops to restart flow of oil
By Trevor Johnson, April 3, 2003
The major oil companies Shell, ChevronTexaco and TotalFinaElf have all closed facilities and evacuated staff from the Niger Delta in the last few weeks. As a result Nigeria’s usual oil output of...
Violence increases as Nigerian elections approach
By Trevor Johnson, March 20, 2003
With elections due to take place on April 19, the bloody feuding between rival factions of Nigeria’s elite is escalating out of control.
Nigeria: Death toll from inter-communal violence mounts
By Ann Talbot, November 29, 2002
At least 215 are confirmed dead and several thousand injured after six days of rioting between Christians and Muslims in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna. It is estimated that 12,000 people have b...
Nigerian regime loses legal dispute over oil
By Trevor Johnson and Chris Talbot, October 18, 2002
Nigeria has lost its eight-year legal battle with neighbouring Cameroon over the Bakassi Peninsula, an area rich in offshore oil and gas deposits. The International Court of Justice at The Hague ruled...
Nigerian factory fire kills 45 workers
By our correspondent, September 25, 2002
At least 45 workers lost their lives on the night of September 15 when a fire swept through a Nigerian plastics factory—West Africa Rubber Products Limited—in the Odoguny Industrial Estate...
Nigerian plane crashes in city suburb
By Trevor Johnson, May 7, 2002
A Nigerian passenger plane crashed into a densely populated suburb of the city of Kano in northern Nigeria at about 1.35pm on May 4, killing at least 148 people. The Nigerian Red Cross said that a min...
Ammunition dump explodes in Lagos
By Trevor Johnson, February 1, 2002
Hundreds of people were killed in Nigeria late on Sunday January 27, after an ammunition dump in the centre of Lagos exploded. Lagos is Nigeria’s largest city, with a population of 12 million, a...
Nigeria: Unions call off general strike against fuel price increases
By Trevor Johnson and Barbara Slaughter, January 25, 2002
On January 18, the Nigerian Labour Council (NLC) and its 29 affiliated unions called off the general strike that had paralysed the country for two days.
Cholera epidemic spreads in Nigeria
By Trevor Johnstone, December 11, 2001
A cholera epidemic has claimed over 1,000 lives in Nigeria. The disease has spread from Kano to a number of other states. No coordinated response has come from the federal government, and the state go...
Nigeria slides towards military rule
By Trevor Johnson and Ann Talbot, December 3, 2001
The Obasanjo regime of Nigeria, which Western governments hailed as a shining example of African democracy when it came to power in 1999, is sliding towards a resumption of military rule.
