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• Bomb attacks strike military bases in Nigeria
  

  People gather around a minibus struck in an apparent explosion as it sits near a highway overpass in Kaduna, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Feb.

  
  
  
• One More Step Closer to Civil War: Islamists Bomb Nigerian Military Base
  

  An army source said earlier on Tuesday that security forces had killed eight suspected Boko Haram members in a raid on an alleged hideout of the group in Kano that prompted a five-hour shootout.

  
  
  
• Police arrest Nigeria Premier League board accountant over fraud charges
  

  The official who was alleged to have stolen funds from the organisation is now in custody, at a time when the league has suffered hardship The accountant of the Nigeria Premier League board, Joe Ogbewe, alleged to have forged the signature of the acting executive secretary to withdraw 12 million naira was on Tuesday morning arrested by the Police ... (more)

  
  
  
• Explosions hit near military bases in Nigeria
  

  Explosions struck Tuesday near army and air force bases on the outskirts of the central Nigerian city at the heart of riots last year that killed hundreds, officials said.

  
  
  
• Lead Poisoning Rampant Among Nigerian Children Rights Group Says
  

  Children take shelter from the rain in front of a home in Yangalma village, where most of the children suffering from lead poisoning come from.

  
  
  
• Explosion hits near military base in Nigeria
  

  An emergency management official says an explosion has struck near a military base in a central Nigerian city at the heart of riots that killed hundreds of people last year.

  
  
  
• Nigeria military detains French TV journalists
  

  Soldiers guarding a city at the heart of ethnic and religious clashes in Nigeria detained and later threw out journalists working for a French television station trying to cover the ongoing unrest there, the reporters said.

  
  
  
• Eminent Nigerians say national confab a must
  

  NIGERIAN leaders, rooting for the convocation of a national conference, met in Lagos yesterday to draw attention to the obvious threats to the country's stability.

  
  
  
• Nigeria: Police Arrest Suspect in Gang-Rape
  

  The police in Lagos on Monday confirmed the arrest of a suspected rapist, who they said had evaded many earlier attempt to net him.

  
  
  
• Nigeria's Fuel Subsidy: a palliative, a burden
  

  The outcome of the ongoing probes of subsidy payments for petrol and kerosene in Nigeria may make or mar Federal Government's deregulation policy.

  
  
  
• Militants attack police station in Nigeria's Kano
  

  KANO, Nigeria: Gunmen attacked a police station with explosives and automatic weapons in Nigeria's northern city of Kano on Monday, the latest assault by suspected Islamist militants on the country's second biggest urban centre.

  
  
  
• Guest Post: Nigeria's Shift to the Grassroots?
  

  Protesters carry a mattress with the words "Kill corruption not subsidy", on the second day of a protest against a removal of fuel subsidies in Lagos January 10, 2012.

  
  
  
• Chevron rig burns off Nigeria as damage hits shore
  

  LAGOS, Nigeria -; As a fire at a Chevron Corp. gas rig off Nigeria's coast continues to burn, locals say they're seeing signs of its effects on the environment and the health of those living nearby.

  
  
  
• Nigeria: Bauchi Villager's Eyes Plucked, Teeth Removed
  

  Bauchi - Suspected ritualists have forcefully plucked the two eyes and teeth of a 56-year-old Umar Bojinji of Bojinji Village near Inkil in Bauchi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

  
  
  
• Fresh explosion rocks Maiduguri, as fire guts Falomo police barracks
  

  ANOTHER explosion,A Sunday, rocked Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The incident, VanguardA learnt, took place at one of the roads to the main Maiduguri Monday market at about 2pm, barely two hours before the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubbakar Elkanemi, hosted prominent citizens of the state to mark the Eid- El Maulud festivity in his palace.