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Nigerian State Playing Matchmaker for Thousands

Matt Cantor — Sun, 06 May 2012 07:37:56 CDT

Nigeria's Kano state is worried: The number of divorces appears to be skyrocketing. And a divorced woman there faces a raft of problems—she may be shunned, in some cases forced to beg or prostitute herself to support her family. So the state government is taking the matter into its...

Second Blast in 2 Days Hits Nigeria

Matt Cantor — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:00:00 CDT

Several people have been hospitalized after an explosion near Nigerian government buildings. Police gathered at a road junction where the explosion occurred, near the headquarters of the governor of Taraba, a normally calm state that borders Cameroon, the AP reports. It's the latest in a series of recent blasts in...

Red Cross: 16 Killed in Nigeria University Attack

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:41:43 CDT

Gunmen attacked church services on a university campus today in northern Nigeria, using small explosives to draw out and gun down panicking worshipers in an assault that killed at least 16 people, officials said. The attackers targeted an old section of Bayero University's campus where religious groups use a theater...

Whoops: Photogs Shatter $300K Sculpture

Matt Cantor — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:13:05 CDT

A treasured Nigerian sculpture survived for 2,600 years—until photographers dropped it during a shoot last year, irreparably shattering it, according to a lawsuit. Plaintiff Corice Amran says photographers visited her in May to photograph her piece of Nok artwork for Art + Auction ; they decided to move the...

6 Killed at Nigerian Newspaper Offices

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:26:05 CDT

A suicide bomber detonated a car loaded with explosives today at the office of a major Nigerian newspaper in the country's capital and another man threw a bomb near another newspaper office in Kaduna, killing at least six people in the attacks, witnesses said. The attack in Abuja struck the...

Nigeria Bomb Toll Hits 38

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:12:24 CDT

A car bomb exploded along a busy roadway this morning in a central Nigeria city, killing at least 38 people in the latest attack on a region beset by religious, ethnic, and political violence, an official said. The blast struck Kaduna, leaving charred motorcycles and debris strewn across a major...

Nigeria Bomb Kills at Least 5

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:23:09 CDT

A car bomb killed at least five people today in a central Nigerian city that has seen hundreds die in religious and ethnic violence in recent years, amid warnings by diplomats of possible terrorist attacks during the Easter holiday, officials said. The blast struck Kaduna, the capital of Kaduna state,...

Feds: AT&T Put Fraud on Government Tab

Kevin Spak — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:51:05 CDT

The Justice Department has accused AT&T of bilking the government out of more than $16 million by purposely allowing Nigerian fraudsters to abuse a service intended to help deaf Americans. AT&T says it's just following FCC rules requiring it to offer a free IP Relay service, which allows the deaf...

Car Bomb Kills 10 at Nigeria Church

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:19:46 CDT

A suicide car bomber attacked a Catholic church today in the middle of Mass, killing at least 10 people in the latest violence targeting a church, a state official said. The bomb detonated as worshippers attended the final Mass of the day at St. Finbar's Catholic Church in Jos, a...