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More survivors rescued 2 days after Nigeria boat mishap on Niger River, death toll at 106
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoPolice and villagers Wednesday rescued more survivors of a boat that capsized in the Niger River in northern Nigeria killing more than 100 people as they returned from a wedding. Police spokesman ...
Activists urge Nigeria to delay Shell's $2.4 billion sale of assets in deeply polluted Niger Delta
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoLocal activists and international environmental groups want Nigeria's government to delay approving...
A boat capsized in Nigeria, killing at least 103 people returning from a wedding
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA fisherman casts his net near a dam in the rain-swollen Niger River in Niamey, Niger, on Friday,...
Oil spill from Shell pipeline fouls farms and a river in a long-polluted part of Nigeria
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA new oil spill at a Shell facility in Nigeria has contaminated farmland and a river, upending...
Food and aid pile up at Niger's border as sanctions bite
Reuters via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMALANVILLE, Benin/NIAMEY (Reuters) -The Malanville border crossing in northern Benin is one of the...
Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State makes moves to become investor magnet
CNN via Yahoo Finance· 2 weeks agoNigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State has a unique opportunity to emerge as a beacon of progress,...
Nigeria's worst floods in a decade have displaced over a million people
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoSevere floods in Nigeria since September have caused the deaths of over 600 people and displaced 1.3...
Shell will sell big piece of its Nigeria oil business, but activists want pollution cleaned up first
theGrio via AOL· 5 months agoActivists in the Niger Delta plan to ask the government to withhold its approval if Shell does not...
Mali military camp is attacked a day after 49 civilians and 15 soldiers were killed in assaults
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA military camp in Mali's restive north was attacked Friday, a day after two separate assaults by...
At least 106 dead, 144 rescued, dozens still missing after boat capsizes in Nigeria
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 12 months agoDozens of people remained missing Thursday after a boat carrying wedding guests capsized in northern...