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A community portal about Nigeria with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa and the most populous country on the African continent. Nigeria shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, Niger in the north, and borders the Gulf of Guinea in the south. Since 1991, its capital has been the centrally-located city of Abuja ; previously, the Nigerian government was headquartered in Lagos.

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Commemorating Nov. 10, 1995, Environmental Protester Ken Saro-Wiwa Executed

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from Wikipedia Kenule "Ken" Beeson Saro-Wiwa (October 10, 1941 – November 10, 1995) was a Nigerian author, television producer, environmental activist, and winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize. Saro-Wiwa was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic Nigerian minority whose homeland, Ogoniland, in the Niger Delta has been targeted for crude oil extraction since the 1950s and which has suffered extreme and unremediated environmental damage from decades of indiscriminate oil waste dumping. Initially as spokesperson, and then as President, of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Saro-Wiwa led a nonviolent campaign against environmental degradation of the land and natural ... Read Full Story

Oil prices slip back under 80 dollars

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Oil prices fell Monday on profit-taking and as a ceasefire took hold in Nigeria, whose crude production has been ravaged by militant attacks in recent years, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in December, dived 1.30 dollars to 79.20 dollars a barrel. Brent North Sea crude for December tumbled 1.17 dollars to 77.75 dollars in late afternoon London trade. "Crude oil prices were lower (on Monday) after a leading Nigerian militant group announced an indefinite ceasefire which came into effect at midnight yesterday," wrote analysts at the Sucden brokerage in a research note. "The militant group has been blamed ... Read Full Story

Nigeria's MEND rebels declare 'indefinite ceasefire'

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Nigeria's main armed group in the oil-rich Niger Delta declared Sunday an "indefinite ceasefire" to encourage dialogue with the government, but the Abuja authorities rejected the fighters' mediation team. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in a statement it made its decision after the government "expressed its readiness to engage in serious and meaningful dialogue with every group or individual towards achieving a lasting peace in the Niger Delta." MEND's attacks on Nigeria's oil industry have helped play havoc with oil prices on the world market and brought down the country's oil production by a third since 2006. Nigeria ... Read Full Story

Oil price slip on profit-taking, Nigeria ceasefire

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Oil prices fell Monday on profit-taking and as a ceasefire took hold in Nigeria, whose crude production has been ravaged by militant attacks in recent years, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in December, shed 49 cents to 80.01 dollars a barrel. Brent North Sea crude for December lost 40 cents to 78.52 dollars in early London trade. New York crude oil hit 82 dollars on Wednesday, the highest level since October 14, 2008, as the market took its cue from a slumping US currency. Nigeria's main armed group in the oil-rich Niger Delta declared on Sunday an "indefinite ... Read Full Story

Nigerian president meets with longtime militant

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Nigeria's president held talks with the longtime leader of the country's main militant group for the first time since his release from jail after agreeing to disarm as part of an amnesty deal, a presidential spokesman said Tuesday. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta called Monday's meeting "a positive step towards constructive dialogue and change." "Mr. Okah came to the villa ... on the invitation of the president and they held a very fruitful discussion," presidential spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi told The Associated Press. The meeting comes after Nigerian government officials said that more than 8,000 militants — including several top leaders ... Read Full Story
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Former Nigeria President to Lead ECOWAS Talks on Niger
Nov 09, 2009 (Voice of America News/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- In Nigeria, former President General Abdulsalami Abubakar is scheduled to hold discussions with Niger's embattled President Mamadou Tandja's administration Monday in the capital, Abuja ...  
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Nigeria: NGC Seeks Peace With Host Communities
Nigerian Gas Company (NGC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has appealed to its host Communities in Kogi State, to provide a safe and conducive environment for all its operations and urged them to take NGC business as their own.  
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Nigerian rebels end ceasefire
Nigeria’s main militant group ended its three-month old ceasefire today and threatened to resume attacks against Africa’s biggest oil and gas industry. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) halted its attacks in Nigeria’s ...  
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Nigeria: NGO to Raise N500 Million for Gifted Nigerian Children
Abuja Succour may soon come the way of gifted but indigent children in Nigeria, as an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) under the aegis of African Children Talent Discovery Foundation (ACTDF), yesterday in Abuja, said it had concluded  
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NIGERIA : Kano Pillars emerge Nigerian league champions
Kano Pillars became the first team to win the Dstv Basketball League title late Tuesday after they defeated erstwhile Nigerian champions Lagos Islanders 83-72 in a game played at the National Stadium, Lagos. Even though they were winning the inaugural Dstv League, Pillars, by the feat, also won the Nigerian league in a back-to-back style having won the 2007/08 title just before Dstv became sponsors of the Premier League. The Pillars who...  
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