Nigeria NewsNews on Nigeria continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Nigeria hands over disputed Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon- August 15, 2008 Nigeria Thursday officially handed over the potentially oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, ending a decades-long dispute that almost brought the two West African nations to war.http://www.topix.net/world/nigeria/2008/08/nigeria-hands-over-disputed-bakassi-peninsula-t... NBA blasts lawyers over attacks on tribunals' rulings- August 14, 2008 LAWYERS who take delight in condemning and vilifying judges for giving unfavourable verdicts against their clients at the election petitions tribunals across the country came under attack yesterday in Akure, ...http://www.topix.net/world/nigeria/2008/08/nba-blasts-lawyers-over-attacks-on-tribunals-ru... Nigeria to hand over peninsula to Cameroon- August 14, 2008 Nigeria will hand over the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon on Thursday, putting an end to a 15-year dispute over the territory believed to contain considerable oil and gas reserves.http://www.topix.net/world/nigeria/2008/08/nigeria-to-hand-over-peninsula-to-cameroon?from... Nigeria: Crimes Body Pursues Ex-Governors- August 13, 2008 Former governors currently being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission may have taken to their heels or gone underground as the anti-graft agency closes in on them.http://www.topix.net/world/nigeria/2008/08/nigeria-crimes-body-pursues-ex-governors?fromrs... Nigeria: Corruption Body Probes Obasanjo- August 13, 2008 The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission says it is investigating allegations of corruption against former President Olusegun Obasanjo.http://www.topix.net/world/nigeria/2008/08/nigeria-corruption-body-probes-obasanjo?fromrss... Nigeria destroys fake drugs worth $2 mln- August 13, 2008 In furtherance of its determination to rid the country of menace of fake drugs, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has destroyed another round of fake drugs, substandard foods and ...http://www.topix.net/world/nigeria/2008/08/nigeria-destroys-fake-drugs-worth-2-mln?fromrss... Nigeria: Sultan - AC Asks FG to Sanction British Airways- August 12, 2008 Action Congress has asked the Federal Government to sanction British Airways over its recent disrespectful treatment of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III.http://www.topix.net/world/nigeria/2008/08/nigeria-sultan-ac-asks-fg-to-sanction-british-a... New bird-flu strain detected in Nigeria- August 12, 2008 Scientists have detected for the first time in Nigeria a new strain of the virus that causes avian influenza -- also known as bird flu -- a United Nations agency announced on Tuesday.http://www.topix.net/world/nigeria/2008/08/new-bird-flu-strain-detected-in-nigeria?fromrss... Nigeria: A new strain of H5N1- August 12, 2008 Via Stackyard, an online agricultural news service: New Bird Flu Strain Detected in Nigeria .http://www.topix.net/world/nigeria/2008/08/nigeria-a-new-strain-of-h5n1?fromrss=1 Nigeria: 200 Escape Death in Building Collapse- August 12, 2008 About 200 labourers and other workers escaped death when a three-storey building nearing completion collapsed around 5.30 pm yesterday at the Palm Centre Layout, near Marhaba Cinema, Kano metropolis.http://www.topix.net/world/nigeria/2008/08/nigeria-200-escape-death-in-building-collapse?f... |