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A radical Muslim sect has claimed responsibility for the Christmas Eve bombings and church attacks in Nigeria that killed at least 38 people, and the group threatened new attacks to avenge local violence against Muslims..http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/ap/International/71894A radical Muslim sect has claimed responsibility for the Christmas Eve bombings and... more
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Nigeria's decades of oil spills have caused poverty for the people living there and an ecological catastrophe. Forty percent of all crude oil exported into the United States comes from the Niger Delta, which locals call the world's capital of oil pollution.Nigeria's decades of oil spills have caused poverty for the people living there... more
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A new report by human rights investigators says that many members of the Nigerian police are more likely to commit crimes than prevent them.
According to joint findings by observers in Nigeria and the US, police personnel routinely kill suspects, use torture as a principal means of investigation, commit rapes of both sexes and engage in extortion at nearly every opportunity.A new report by human rights investigators says that many members of the Nigerian... more
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A Nigerian human rights activist is criticizing police for arresting him and his colleagues during a protest over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Shehu Sani and about 100 others members of the Civil Rights Congress held a peaceful rally to coincide with a visit to Abuja by former leaders of the US and UK - George W. Bush and Tony Blair, who were in the city for a conference marking 50 years of Nigerian independence.A Nigerian human rights activist is criticizing police for arresting him and his... more
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One year ago, Nigerian police and soldiers killed more than 130 civilians while responding to deadly sectarian clashes in the central Nigerian city of Jos. Since then, Human Rights Watch says that the Nigerian government has not conducted a single prosecution, nor has it even begun investigations.One year ago, Nigerian police and soldiers killed more than 130 civilians while... more
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