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Government calls on citizens to exercise caution in face of extremist attack
A spokesman for the Nigerian government, Mike Omeri, on Wednesday expressed sorrow over a deadly blast in northeast Nigeria the night before.
The bomb blast at an illegal World Cup viewing site in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe state,...
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Shell agrees US$15.5m settlement in lawsuit over execution of activist, lawyer and son reax
AP Television
New York City - June 8, 2009
1. Mid shot Judith Chomsky, lawyer for the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), being interviewed
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Judith Chomsky, lawyer for CCR, worked on Royal Dutch Shell case:...
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France economy and finance minister hosts African summit
French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici opened a summit on economic growth in Africa on Wednesday morning.
Moscovici praised the continent's dynamism and said France needs to increase its business ties with African countries.
"The...
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World Bank chief wraps up four-nation African tour
Soweto
1. Various of World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz visiting Mandela Museum
2. Wolfowitz admiring a portrait of former South African President Nelson Mandela
Johannesburg
3. Wolfowitz meeting Mandela at his residence
4. Various...
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UPITN 2 4 78 US PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER VISITS ARMY BARRACKS IN LAGOS, NIGERIA
US President Jimmy Carter visits army barracks in Lagos, Nigeria acompanied by President General Olusegun Obasanjo. and lays wreath at a memorial
1. gv Carter's car arriving to barracks, troops and band lined up in foreground, Carter out...
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Oil thefts threaten Nigeria's environment, economy
Diebu, Bayelsa State - 18 May 2013
1. Pan of an abandoned illegal oil refinery
2. Close up ground soaked with crude oil
3. Mid of oil drums used in locally refining crude oil
4. Wide of unidentified men at a local refinery, which...
Bloomberg
Ebola Needs Quarantine, Sanitation, Travel Ban: Weissmann
Oct. 24 -- NYU Langone Medical Center Professor Dr. Gerald Weissmann explains the historical medical precedents being applied to treatment of the Ebola virus and discusses worries about a mutation of the virus and what he thinks would...
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Election to be postponed amid violence; protes
Civil rights groups staged a small protest in Nigeria's capital, Abuja on Saturday against the proposed postponement of presidential and legislative elections on 14 February.
Nigeria's electoral commission is to postpone the vote for six...
Bloomberg
How Can Technology Help Track Ebola?
Oct. 1 -- The Naked Future Author Patrick Tucker discusses tracking Ebola using technology. He speaks on Bloomberg West. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Health screenings at airport as Nigeria faces small but growing number of Ebola cases
Airport officials in Nigeria continued to subject travellers arriving in Lagos to a screening process for the Ebola virus on Wednesday.
Health officials used laser thermometers to screen passengers arriving at the Murtala Muhammed...
Bloomberg
Finding Techs Next Generation of Coders in Africa
Nov. 4 -- Adam Frankel, former senior presidential speechwriter, and vice president of external affairs at the Andela Institute, discusses the business climate in Africa and the institutes mission of training the continents youth how to...
Bloomberg
Oil in New Era as OPEC Refuses to Yield to U.S. Shale
Nov. 28 -- OPECs decision to cede no ground to rival producers underscored the price war in the crude market and the challenge to U.S. shale drillers. Bloomberg Intelligence's Philipp Chladek has more on ""Countdown."" (Source: Bloomberg)
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Nigeria fans react to blast as both they and Argentina progress EXPLETIVE
Nigerian fans leaving the Estadio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre reacted with shock and disappointment to news that an explosion rocked a shopping mall in the Nigerian city of Abuja, killing 21 people.
Islamic extremists are being blamed for...
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Preview of 50th anniversary celebrations of Organisation of African Unity
1. Various exteriors of the African Union headquarters
2. Various of Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian President and member of the Africa Progress Panel
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Olusegun Obasanjo, Former Nigerian President and member of...
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Lagos state governor expresses his fears if Ebola virus is not contained soon
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola said on Monday there weren't enough experienced virologists and Ebola specialists in west Africa to contain the outbreak of the deadly disease.
Fashola also stressed the virus should be contained...
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Armed police in vehicles at scene of clashes over Islamist leader's death
August 1, 2009
1. Trucks full of Nigerian soldiers driving past, AUDIO: sirens
July 31, 2009
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Christopher Dega, Borno Police Commissioner:
"Through sustained efforts we have been able to return calmness to the...
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Prominent Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina reveals he is gay
A leading Kenyan author has declared that he is gay - making him one of the most high-profile Africans to do so.
Binyavanga Wainaina came out this week in an article called "I Am a Homosexual, Mum", to coincide with his 43rd birthday on...
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Unions announce suspension of fuel strike amid escalating unrest
Lagos
1. Various of protesters marching through streets
2. Wide of soldier on guard in street
3. Soldiers with protesters
Abuja
4. Wide of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union of Nigeria (TUC) leaders at news conference
5....
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JERUSALEM/UK: NIGERIAN EXILES REACT TO DEATH OF SANI ABACHA
English/Nat
Nigerian exiles and humanitarian organisations have expressed hope for the country following the death of strongman and former military leader Sani Abacha.
Abacha, who came to power in a 1993 coup, faced worldwide...
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Reportes: Jovenes secuestradas en Nigeria son obligadas a casarse con extremistas islamicos
Cientos de personas se manifestaron en la capital de Nigeria el miercoles para exigirle al gobierno que aumente sus esfuerzos para rescatar a unas 200 jovenes que han sido secuestradas.
Decenas de jovenes secuestradas de una escuela en...
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Abandoned ships a rusting hazard in Nigeria waters
AP Television
Lagos, Nigeria - 15 March, 2012
1. Various of boats left to rust along the shoreline as waves crash against the hulks
Lagos, Nigeria - 1 April, 2012
2. Various of discarded ships rusting on the beach, some with salvagers...
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Visiting members of the U.S. Congress tell Nigerians that Washington plans to take action in combating the militant group Boko Haram, but won't specify details. (June 15)
A US Congressman said on Sunday that Washington plans to take action in combating the militant group Boko Haram, but wouldn't specify details.
"Pending approval of the government of Nigeria and our government, we plan to take action,"...
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Scene of raid after British, Italian hostages killed in Nigeria; Home town mourns Italian
Sokoto, Nigeria
1. Close up, hole left by a high-calibre bullet on a glass window of the house where the hostages were kept
2. Wide of man in one of the empty rooms where the hostages were kept
3. Various shots of bullet-riddled walls...
Sky News
Defence Chief says it is Too Dangerous to Rescue Missing Girls
Defence Chief says it is Too Dangerous to Rescue Missing Girls