News Topic - Nigeria http://www.news-spider.com/topics/n/Nigeria/index.html Latest news about Nigeria from news-spider.com. News from more than 2,000 sources, updated continuously. en-us Copyright (c) 2008 news-spider.com. All rights reserved. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:37:29 GMT Newcastle forward Obafemi Martins rushes home to Nigeria after death of his mother http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217020621 Obafemi Martins has rushed to Nigeria after his mother, Alhaja, 62, was one of at least eight people killed in an oil tanker blaze. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217020621 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:22:53 GMT Nigeria 'committed' to deal with Cameroon over Bakassi http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217018388 AFP - Nigeria is fully committed to an agreement to hand over to Cameroon next month the disputed and potentially oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula, Nigeria's presidency said in a statement Friday. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217018388 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:57:30 GMT Gunmen kidnap eight oil workers in Nigeria: sources http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217020509 PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen have kidnapped eight oil workers in three separate incidents in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta in the past 24 hours, security sources said on Friday. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217020509 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:14:44 GMT Newcastle striker Martins returns home to Nigeria after mother's tragic death http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217004403 Newcastle's squad problems took another blow after Obafemi Martins looks set to miss the start of the season. The striker will fly home to Nigeria after the death of his mother. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217004403 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:07:33 GMT Britain to train army in Nigeria to combat delta rebels http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217006615 Gordon Brown will offer British help to the Nigerian government – to fight rebels in the oil-producing Niger delta – at a meeting in London next week with President Umaru Yar'Adua, Downing Street said ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217006615 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:39:23 GMT Brown blunders in pledge to secure Nigeria oil http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217006618 Gordon Brown is being accused of preparing for a military adventure in Africa after he pledged to provide backing to the Nigerian security forces. His announcement prompted the collapse of a ceasefire ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217006618 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:39:23 GMT Gunmen 'kidnap five oil workers' in southern Nigeria http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217005842 AFP - Unknown gunmen on Friday kidnapped five oil workers off Bonny in southern Nigeria, security and industry sources said. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217005842 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:13:12 GMT IFRC Launches $21M Appeal For HIV/AIDS Program In Five African Countries http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217009121 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Tuesday launched an appeal for a $21 million, three-year HIV/AIDS program in Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, the Dem ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217009121 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:00:00 GMT Newcastle's Obafemi Martins returns to Nigeria following the death of his mother http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217008017 Newcastle United striker Obafemi Martins has been allowed to return to Nigeria on compassionate grounds following the death of his mother. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1217008017 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:51:35 GMT Gunmen kidnap two oil engineers in Nigeria: sources http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216997559 Reuters - More than a dozen gunmen in speedboats kidnapped two oil engineers, one from the Philippines and one Nigerian, in the main oil industry city of Port Harcourt on Friday, security sources said ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216997559 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:15:19 GMT