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Nigerian police: Expatriate kidnapped is British

Nigerian police: Expatriate kidnapped is British

Yinka Ibukun · March 26, 2013 6:10 pm

People cross the tracks as they wait for the train to move off as part of a newly inaugurated train service to Kano, Nigeria, in Lagos, Nigeria Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Nigeria has rebuilt the railroad tracks connecting its commercial centre of Lagos in the south to Kano, its largest city in the north, a distance of some 720 miles (1160 Km), with Minister of Transport Idris Umar declaring a major economic boost because of the rail link. Rail tracks connecting the cities were first built in 1912, but the connection became derelict because of corruption and neglect, until this rejuvenation of the railway system.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Nigeria railroad project connects 2 major cities

Yinka Ibukun · December 22, 2012 3:02 pm

French engineer kidnapped in north Nigeria

French engineer kidnapped in north Nigeria

Yinka Ibukun · December 20, 2012 8:41 pm

Nigeria governor, 5 others die in helicopter crash

Nigeria governor, 5 others die in helicopter crash

Yinka Ibukun · December 15, 2012 10:00 pm

Abducted mother of Nigeria finance minister freed

Abducted mother of Nigeria finance minister freed

Yinka Ibukun · December 14, 2012 12:14 pm

In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Kaduna state, cricket team celebrates after dismissing Rivers state cricket bats man of a wicket during the 18th National sports festival in Lagos, Nigeria. Near the parade ground that Queen Elizabeth II once toured when this nation still was under British rule, the sharp crack of a ball against a bat marks the rebirth of a colonial sport now finding a second life. Cricket, once the preserve of Nigeriaâs educated elite, is finding favor in schools for poor children and in the streets of some of the nationâs most violence-torn cities. Yet cricket has a long history in the country. British colonialists introduced the game to boarders in Nigeriaâs top secondary schools in the 19th century. Nigeria played its first recorded international game in 1904 against present-day Ghana, local cricket officials say. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Trading soccer for wickets in Nigeria cricket boom

Yinka Ibukun · December 12, 2012 10:58 am

Nigeria minister’s mother abduction part of trend

Nigeria minister’s mother abduction part of trend

Yinka Ibukun · December 10, 2012 4:34 pm

Attack frees Nigeria police inmates, leaves 2 dead

Attack frees Nigeria police inmates, leaves 2 dead

Yinka Ibukun · November 26, 2012 4:47 pm

Suicide blasts at Nigeria military base kill 11

Suicide blasts at Nigeria military base kill 11

Yinka Ibukun, Godwin Attah · November 25, 2012 5:00 am

Nigeria uncovers cocaine-stuffed roasted chicken

Nigeria uncovers cocaine-stuffed roasted chicken

Yinka Ibukun · September 3, 2012 9:55 pm

Nigeria: Mosque attack follows church shootings

Nigeria: Mosque attack follows church shootings

Yinka Ibukun · August 8, 2012 5:31 pm

Sect attack claim complicates Nigeria crisis

Sect attack claim complicates Nigeria crisis

Yinka Ibukun · July 13, 2012 10:52 pm