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Nigeria country profile - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:30:45 GMT
Key facts, figures and dates

Nigeria kidnappers free SA man - Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:50:54 GMT
A South African TV worker is freed by kidnappers a week after he was snatched near Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region.

Oil prices higher as dollar drops - Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:10:51 GMT
Oil prices rises as Greece took new steps to reduce spending and contain its economic crisis, boosting the euro against the dollar.

Nigeria wants northerner for poll - Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:57:03 GMT
Nigeria's ruling party wants a northerner to run in next year's presidential poll, ruling out acting President Goodluck Jonathan.

Journalists kidnapped in Nigeria - Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:02:10 GMT
Three employees of South African TV channel SuperSport are seized in south-east Nigeria.

New rules for ill Nigeria leaders - Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:48:02 GMT
Nigeria's Senate votes to amend the constitution, obliging sick presidents to step aside, after the recent crisis.

Nigeria timeline - Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:24:52 GMT
A chronology of key events

Nigeria deputy remains in charge - Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:06:37 GMT
Nigeria's president returns from lengthy medical treatment abroad but his deputy is to stay in charge of state affairs.

Q&A: Nigeria political crisis - Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:15:09 GMT
An explanation of why Nigeria has been engulfed in a political crisis since last November, when the sick president left the country.

Nigerian president returns home - Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:01:48 GMT
Nigeria's president has gone home after lengthy medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, officials say, but his condition is unknown.

Profile: President Umaru Yar'Adua - Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:23:25 GMT
The BBC News website profiles Umaru Yar'Adua, Nigeria's president.

Profile: Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria's unlikely leader - Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:30:55 GMT
A profile of Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan, who has had a rapid and highly improbable rise to power.

Nigeria justice minister replaced - Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:22:28 GMT
Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan removes Nigeria's justice minister in his first act after taking over as acting president.

New acting president for Nigeria - Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:39:14 GMT
Nigeria's Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan becomes acting president in place of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua.

Assembly backs Yar'Adua step-down - Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:21:51 GMT
Both houses of Nigeria's National Assembly pass a motion for sick President Yar'Adua to hand power to his deputy.

Ill Nigeria leader 'to step back' - Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:59:51 GMT
Nigeria's sick President Umaru Yar'Adua will write a letter handing power to his deputy, his adviser tells the BBC.

African viewpoint: The nation state - Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:49:53 GMT
In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, Sola Odunfa considers whether Nigeria can remain one country.

Nigerian oil pipeline sabotaged - Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:12:08 GMT
Royal Dutch Shell shuts oil flow stations in Nigeria after a pipeline is sabotaged, shortly after a militant group ended its truce.

Nigeria group 'ends Delta truce' - Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:50:06 GMT
A Nigerian militant group ends a ceasefire in the oil-rich Niger Delta, warning companies to prepare for an "all-out onslaught".

US blames Nigeria for extremism - Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:08:33 GMT
The extremism of some young Nigerians are the fault of failings by their leaders, says US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.