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Thieves spark fire at dormant Nigeria oil well

http://af.reuters.com/article/nigeriaNews/idAFLV49671220081231
Friday, January 2, 2009
A fire at a dormant Royal Dutch Shell oil well in southern Nigeria caused by thieves trying to siphon off crude oil has killed at least one person,...
NIGERIA: Bloody week in the Ni...

NIGERIA: Bloody week in the Niger Delta

Monday, September 22, 2008
Even by the usual violent standards of Nigeria’s conflict-ridden, oil-rich southern Niger Delta region, it has been a bloody seven days, with dozens...
NIGERIA: Curfew in Port Harcou...

NIGERIA: Curfew in Port Harcourt makes life safer but harder

IRIN
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Many residents of Port Harcourt, the main city in Nigeria's poor but oil-rich Niger Delta region, are complaining that a night-time curfew imposed...
NIGERIA: Chlorine gas from wat...

NIGERIA: Chlorine gas from water plant kills three in southeast

IRIN
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
At least three people were killed when chlorine gas being used at a water treatment plant in Nigeria's southeastern Cross River state escaped into...
Nigerian gunmen kidnap three-y...

Nigerian gunmen kidnap three-year-old British girl

Wikinews
Saturday, July 7, 2007
A three year old British girl, Margaret Hill, has been kidnapped by a group of gunmen in the Nigerian city of Port Harcourt. The kidnappers have...