Nigeria: MPs Shout Down Abolition Bill (AllAfrica.com)

22 July 2008, 11:09 pm

Hopes of a reprieve for hundreds of death row inmates in Nigeria were dashed when MPs threw out a bill which would have commuted all death sentences to life imprisonment and down-graded robbery with violence to a non-capital crime.... read more

No Hunger in Nigeria, Says Ex Agric Minister (This Day)

22 July 2008, 6:01 pm

Minister of Agriculture in the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Alhaji Adamu Bello, has dismissed claim that Nigeria was facing food crisis, saying the country was blessed and not among “hunger nations.”... read more

Nigeria bulldozes slums to polish capital (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

22 July 2008, 5:36 pm

Scavenging through mounds of rubble in Nigeria's capital Abuja, Usman Landam plucks out the biggest mud blocks he can find, determined to rebuild his two-bedroom hut after government bulldozers knocked it down.... read more

FEATURE-Nigeria bulldozes slums to polish capital (AlertNet)

22 July 2008, 5:16 pm

Source: Reuters By Randy Fabi ABUJA, July 23 (Reuters) - Scavenging through mounds of rubble in Nigeria's capital Abuja, Usman Landam plucks out the biggest mud blocks he can find, determined to rebuild his two- ...... read more

Eni says sabotaged oil pipeline in Nigeria is repaired (GMA News)

22 July 2008, 1:24 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria - Italian energy giant Eni SpA says it has repaired an oil pipeline blown up by saboteurs last week in Nigeria's southern oil region.... read more

Nigeria army blames govt-backed militants for deaths (AlertNet)

22 July 2008, 6:31 am

Source: Reuters By Austin Ekeinde PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, July 22 (Reuters) - The Nigerian army on Tuesday accused local politicians of backing gunmen who killed a group of soldiers and civilians last week in the ...... read more

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