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Millions of Dollars Donated for Malaria Drugs Stolen

LONDON -- A leading global health fund believes millions of dollars worth of its donated malaria drugs have been stolen in recent years - perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars worth - vastly exceeding levels of theft previously suspected, according to confidential documents obtained by The Associated Press. The internal...

Mobs Leave Charred Corpses, Fear in North Nigeria

KADUNA, Nigeria -- The mobs poured into the streets by the thousands in this dusty city separating Nigeria's Muslim north and Christian south, armed with machetes and poison-tipped arrows to unleash their rage after the oil-rich nation's presidential election. Muslim rioters burned homes, churches and police stations in...

Nigeria Opposition Fails to Agree on Election Pact [VIDEO]

Day Care Operator, in Body Armor, Returned to Houston

A woman accused of shopping while a fatal fire broke out at her home day care center was brought back to Houston early today, and she stayed silent as she was walked into the jailhouse in handcuffs and a body armor vest. Jessica Tata, 22, fled to Nigeria several days after the Feb. 24 fire, which killed four children and...

Fugitive Operator of Day Care Center Where 4 Died in Fire Jailed in Ga.

The woman who fled to Nigeria after four children died in a fire at her Houston day care center has been returned to the United States and is behind bars in Atlanta. Jessica Tata, 22, appeared in court this morning and waived extradition to Texas, where she faces charges on four counts of manslaughter related to the Feb....

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06/02/12 Fashola Commissions First in Nigeria Traffic Radio... Source: TMCnet The Lagos State Government issued the following news: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), on Tuesday handed over to Lagosians the first ever traffic radio station in Nigeria, the Lagos Traffic Radio 96.1, with an appeal to motorists in the State to put their vehicles on the roads only when absolutely necessary in order to ease traffic.
06/02/12 World Bank, Lagos govt meet on gender policy Source: Vanguard - Nigeria A Nigerian Gender Policy is capable of highlighting the potentials of Nigerian women, create room for economic empowerment in both the agricultural and entrepreneurship sectors.
06/02/12 Staff Union Distributes 5,000 Laptops To Members Source: The Guardian of Nigeria FIVE thousand secondary school teachers in Ogun State at the weekend became proud owners of a laptop each.
06/02/12 Nigeria Awaits Keshi's Eagles Source: The Guardian of Nigeria THERE is a feeling here in Calabar that everything is turning around for the good for Nigeria's senior national, the Super Eagles.
06/02/12 Catholic Bishops Meet Jonathan On âWorrisome State... Source: The Guardian of Nigeria REPRESENTATIVES of the Catholic Bishop's Conference of Nigeria met with President Jonathan yesterday in Abuja with terror attacks by the Boko Haram sect, alleged discrimination against Christians in the North and corruption top on the agenda.

Background on nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

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