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17 May 2006 15:50:00 GMT
ANALYSIS-Wounded Nigerian leader Obasanjo will fight back
By Tom Ashby LAGOS, May 17 (Reuters) - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has been wounded by the collapse of a campaign to extend his tenure, but analysts say it is too early to write him out ...


12 May 2006 18:58:41 GMT
Nigeria pipeline blast kills up to 200 people
(Adds details) By Tom Ashby INAGBE BEACH, Nigeria, May 12 (Reuters) - Up to 200 people were burnt to death on Friday when an oil pipeline exploded on the outskirts of Lagos after thieves tapped ...


12 May 2006 17:59:44 GMT
NIGERIA: Oil workers released unharmed
Three foreign oil workers were released unharmed on Friday after being abducted at gunpoint from a work bus in the oil city of Port Harcourt in southern Nigeria.


About 100 dead in Lagos pipeline blast -Red Cross
12 May 2006 13:47:46 GMT
Source: Reuters
LAGOS, May 12 (Reuters) - A pipeline explosion on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city, killed about 100 people on Friday, a Red Cross official said. The official said vandals were tapping ...  Full article

Nigerian militants threaten major gas export plant
12 May 2006 11:07:28 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Updates with quotes, company reaction) LAGOS, May 12 (Reuters) - Militants threatened on Friday to destroy a $13 billion natural gas export plant in Nigeria. The Movement for the Emancipation of ...  Full article

Nigerian militants threaten major gas export plant
12 May 2006 10:52:48 GMT
Source: Reuters

Three foreign oil workers freed in Nigeria--police
12 May 2006 07:46:23 GMT
Source: Reuters

Three foreign oil workers freed in Nigeria--police
12 May 2006 06:31:19 GMT
Source: Reuters

NIGERIA: Gunmen kidnap two foreign oil workers
11 May 2006 18:18:31 GMT
Source: IRIN

Foreign oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria
11 May 2006 18:16:15 GMT
Source: Reuters