Nigeria Unrest

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  UK Expands Jail Capacity As 400 Arrested Over Anti-Immigrant Riots

  The unrest has prompted India, Australia, Nigeria and other countries to warn their citizens to stay vigilant.

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  40 Killed, Homes Torched As Gunmen Raid Mining Community In Nigeria

  Gunmen riding motorbikes killed around 40 people in a raid on a mining community in northcentral Nigeria, opening fire on residents and torching homes, the local government said on Tuesday.

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  Nigerian State Gets 'Happiness Minister'

  It has been ranked among the happiest places in the world despite widespread unrest, political crisis and recession. Now one Nigerian state has a minister in charge of contentment.

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  15 Workers Kidnapped In Nigeria's Oil Hub: Police

  Gunmen have kidnapped 15 oil workers on a road near Nigeria's oil hub of Port Harcourt, police said on Saturday, in the latest unrest in the restive region.

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  Boko Haram Kidnaps 16 Women In North-East Nigeria: Police

  Boko Haram gunmen have abducted 16 women in a remote area of northeast Nigeria's Adamawa state, police, a lawmaker and locals told AFP on Thursday.

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  2 Blasts Rock Central Nigerian City of Jos: Police

  Two blasts rocked the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday, the police said, in the latest unrest to hit the region.

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  Gunmen Kill 9 in Nigeria's Oil-Rich Delta State Rivers

  Nigeria's delta region was hit by violence on Friday, as gunmen killed nine people and, separately, militants blew up a gas pipeline, in a sign of returning unrest to the oil producing area days after a relatively peaceful presidential election.

• Post-Election Unrest Could Hamper Aid Efforts in Nigeria

  Escalating violence in northeast Nigeria in recent months has uprooted hundreds of thousands and led to a "humanitarian crisis", aid agencies said on Thursday, amid fears that post-election unrest could hamper aid efforts.

• Twin Blasts Kill At Least 40 in Nigerian City of Jos

  Two bombs exploded near a bus station in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Thursday evening, witnesses said, the second one killing at least 40 people.

• US Military Drones Being Used Over Nigeria

  The Pentagon says the U.S. is using surveillance drones to aid in the search for the kidnapped Nigerian girls, and almost 300 Marines have been moved to a naval air station in Sicily in response to the growing unrest in Africa.

• With phones cut, Nigerians caught in conflict cope and hope

  Balama Mali Gubio lost phone contact with his relatives 10 days ago, like many residents in this region of Nigeria caught between a military offensive and Islamist extremist attacks.

• Explosions, gunfire heard in northeast Nigeria

  Explosions and gunfire could be heard on Friday night across a city in north-east Nigeria previously targeted by a radical Islamist sect, as authorities in another city blame its members for killing five people leaving a mosque

• Oil higher in Asian trade on Nigerian unrest

  Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer.

• Oil higher in Asian trade on Nigeria unrest

  Oil prices moved higher in Asian trade on Friday amid the threat of a production shutdown in Nigeria.