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Nigeria has put all entries into the country on red alert after confirming the death of a Liberian man who was carrying the Ebola virus
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Ebola outbreak: Nigeria on red alert over Lagos death

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At least 21 people have been killed and other 52 injured in a bomb attack on Banex Plaza shopping center in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja
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Banex Plaza bomb attack: At least 21 people killed in Abuja blast

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Boko Haram has staged previous attacks in Abuja, but most of its targets have been in the north-east of the country
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Nigeria bomb attack: Abuja’s Banex Plaza shopping center hit by huge explosion

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His Royal Highness, the Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Idrissa Timta was killed following an attack by some gunmen believed to be members of the Boko Haram
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Nigeria: Emir of Gwoza Alhaji Idrissa Timta shot dead in Borno attack

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Alagarno attack comes a day after 118 people died in a double bombing in the Nigerian city of Jos
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Nigeria: Boko Haram kills 17 people in Alagarno attack

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Two bomb explosions killed at least 46 people in the central Nigerian city of Jos
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Nigeria: Two bomb explosions kill at least 46 in Jos

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The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2014 will take place in Abuja from May 7 to May 9
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World Economic Forum 2014: Nigeria to close Abuja schools and government offices

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Boko Haram gunmen abducted around 100 schoolgirls in an attack on a school in north-east Nigeria
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Nigeria: 100 schoolgirls abducted by gunmen in Chibok

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Boko Haram has been accused of numerous attacks in northern Nigeria
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Nigeria: At least 135 civilians killed by Boko Haram militants in Borno

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Boko Haram militants have attacked a military airbase in Maiduguri destroying two helicopters
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Nigeria: Boko Haram insurgents attack military airbase in Maiduguri

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Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram is to be named as a foreign terrorist organization by the US state department
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Boko Haram to be named as terrorist organization by US

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Nigerian Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau may have been killed by the security forces during a shoot-out
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Abubakar Shekau: Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader may be dead

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Gmail SMS can run on so-called "dumb phones" which only have very basic features and no access to the internet
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Google launches Gmail SMS in Africa

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Nigeria's oil regulator has asked industry giant Shell to pay $5 billion for the Bonga oil spill
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Shell asked to pay Nigeria $5 billion over Bonga oil spill

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A Dana Air passenger plane with at least 162 people on board has crashed into a building in Nigeria's main city of Lagos
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Nigeria: Dana Air plane with at least 162 people on board crashes into a building in Lagos

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At least 16 people have been killed in a gun and bomb attack at Bayero University in Nigeria's northern city of Kano
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Nigeria: at least 16 people killed in a bomb attack at Bayero University in Kano

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Islamist militants took British Chris McManus (left) and Italian Franco Lamolinara (right) hostage in north-west Nigeria last May
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Italy demands UK clarifications around the failed bid to rescue Chris McManus and Franco Lamolinara in Nigeria

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Nigeria: at least three people killed in suicide attack at a church in Jos
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Nigeria: at least three people killed in suicide attack at a church in Jos

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158 suspected members of the Islamist Boko Haram organization has been arrested in raids in the northern city of Kano by Nigerian forces
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Nigeria: 158 members of Boko Haram organization has been arrested after Kano blasts

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Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan said the price would drop by around 30 per cent in recognition of the "hardships being suffered" by people
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Nigeria: President Goodluck Jonathan announced 30% drop in the price of fuel

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Trade unions in Nigeria have announced an indefinite strike and mass demonstrations unless the removal of a fuel subsidy is reversed
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Nigeria: trade unions announced indefinite strike unless the fuel subsidy removal is reversed

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Nigerians are heavy users of fuel, not just for cars but to power generators that many households and businesses use to cope with the country's erratic electricity supply
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Nigeria: fury of people and trade unionists as fuel price double after subsidy ended

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The Islamist group Boko Haram said it carried out the bomb attacks in Nigeria, including one on St. Theresa's Church in Madalla, near the capital Abuja, that killed 35
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Nigeria: 40 died in a series of bomb attacks during Christmas Mass service at Catholic churches

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