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GENEVA – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged Nigerian national, local, religious and opinion leaders to make a bold and concerted effort to halt the spiralling sectarian violence unleashed by…

AI index: AFR 44/001/2012 11 January 2012 Amnesty International today reiterated its call on the Nigeria Police Force to stop shooting at protesters after at least three were killed and 25 injured in the past two days. The organization…

Recent developments in Nigeria, including progress in the investigation of last year’s bomb attack against the United Nations offices in the capital, Abuja, topped discussions today between Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister…

Attackers burnt part of a mosque complex on Tuesday in the south Nigerian city of Benin, where clashes earlier killed five and displaced more than 10 000, a Red Cross official said. "We have recorded so far…

LAGOS, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Five people were killed when a mob attacked a mosque in southern Nigeria on Tuesday, forcing 3,000 Muslims to flee the area, an aid worker whose organisation works in the area…

Commitment to end polio also set to benefit other health priorities across the country Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Phone: +1.206.709.3400 Email: media@gatesfoundation.org SEATTLE -- Nigeria’s 36 Executive Governors and the Federal Capital Territory have signed up to the Nigeria…

09 Jan 2012 23:02 Source: reuters // Reuters President, unions in deadlock over fuel subsidy Economists say subsidy wasteful, corrupt Fuel an expensive commodity for many Nigerians By Joe Brock ABUJA, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Nigerian unions begin a second day of…

Attacks by Islamist group Boko Haram are 'worse than civil war' of 1960s, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan says, but a nationwide fuel strike sparked by a cut in subsidies presents him with his toughest challenge. Read the…

Jan 9 (Reuters) - President Goodluck Jonathan said the violent Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram has supporters within his own government. Here are some facts about Boko Haram. THE GROUP Boko Haram became active in about 2003 and is…

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria Jan 7 (Reuters) - The death toll in attacks by gunmen in the Nigerian town of Mubi has reached 21, the Red Cross said on Saturday, and reports of fresh attacks on Christians in…