Agriculture - Nutrition
Nigeria farmers double cassava yields
afrol News, 1 March - Nigerian farmers have more than doubled the yield of cassava, thanks to new varieties and a little bit of "juju" delivered to the Oyo state after a food crisis in 2008.
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Politics
Finally credible elections for Nigeria?
afrol News, 24 February - Will the upcoming general elections in Nigeria become a repetition of the 2007 sham, or can the country finally organise a credible poll? There are both good and bad signs.
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Politics | Society
Nigeria presidential campaign kicks off
afrol News, 7 February - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan today is kicking off his campaign for the 9 April presidential elections. Southerner Jonathan is challenged by three popular politicians from the Muslim north.
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Environment - Nature | Science - Education
"Conserving Nigeria's forests pays off"
afrol News, 11 November - Preserving Nigeria's surviving tropical forests and planting new trees to replace those lost to deforestation "offers great benefits," according to researchers, both to the climate and to agriculture.
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Economy - Development | Human rights
Nigeria's oil capital "evicts 200,000"
afrol News, 28 October - "Over 200,000 people are at risk of losing their homes" in Nigeria's oil capital Port Harcourt, a new report documents. Shanty towns are demolished without compensation to modernise the city's waterfront.
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Politics
Nigeria bombs provoke north-south split
afrol News, 7 October - As Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has ruled out that rebels from his own Niger Delta region stood behind the car bombs on independence day, government directs suspicions towards the Muslim north. Even Islamist terrorists are suspected.
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Politics | Society
Northern Vice President restores Nigeria balance
afrol News, 13 May - Nigeria's new President Goodluck Jonathan is choosing governor Mohammed Namadi Sambo of the northern state Kaduna as his deputy. The northerner will help Mr Jonathan in regaining the precarious north-south equilibrium in Nigerian politics.
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Politics | Economy - Development
Nigeria pins budget performance on oil truce
afrol News, 22 April - Nigeria's Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, has announced the country's budget of over US$ 30 billion, which will increase spending by almost 50 percent. But the spending depends on peace in the Niger Delta.
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Society | Human rights
Concern over Nigeria's 870 death row inmates
afrol News, 22 April - Human rights groups express shock over reports that Nigeria's governors are considering to execute all the country's 870 death row prisoners in a quick move to ease overcrowding in prisons.
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Economy - Development
German executive sentenced for Nigeria bribery
afrol News, 20 April - Two former Siemens managers have been found guilty by a Munich court, for breach of trust and bribery for the roles they played in a corruption scandal, partly in Nigeria, that rocked the German engineering group.
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Politics | Society
Former military ruler wants Nigeria's top post
afrol News, 12 April - Former Nigeria's military ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida, is planning to run for presidency in next year's presidential elections. He may be a major contester to Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, if the latter decides to run.
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Science - Education | Agriculture - Nutrition
Nigerian scientists to revolutionise cowpea breeding
afrol News, 29 March - Scientists in Nigeria report they are getting closer to developing tools that will fast-track cowpea breeding. The protein-rich legume is mostly grown in a sub-Saharan African savannah environment.
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Economy - Development
Abidjan-Lagos highway overhaul financed
afrol News, 24 March - The Abidjan-Lagos transport corridor, connecting the Ivorian capital with Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria along the densely populated coast, is to be overhauled to lower transportation time and costs. Also border posts are to become more effective.
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