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    • Nigeria drills for oil in new field as theft erodes earnings

      Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years ago

      Nigeria on Tuesday began drilling oil and natural gas in the country’s northern region, anticipating a boost to the nation's finances even as the new energy supplies face the threat from theft ...

    • Gunmen kidnap 80, including children, in northwest Nigeria

      Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year ago

      Gangs of armed men have attacked hundreds of local communities across northwestern Nigeria in recent years, while Islamist militants continue to stage attacks in the northeast. The latest kidnapping ...

    • Blast kills at least 50 in north central Nigeria -officials

      Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year ago

      Dozens of cattle herders and bystanders were killed and several injured by a suspected bomb blast in Nigeria's north central region, a state government official and spokesperson of the national ...

    • Gunmen kill 20 people in Nigeria, others wounded - police

      Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months ago

      At least 20 people were killed and others sustained gunshot wounds on Thursday after armed men attacked two villages in the north central state of Plateau, where violence between cattle herders ...

    • Gunmen in Nigeria seize eight students in latest kidnapping

      Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year ago

      Gunmen in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state kidnapped eight secondary school students coming from school along with an unknown number of others, authorities said on Tuesday, the latest in a wave ...