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27.08.2010 - Source:
BBC News 
"'Dozens die' in Nigeria poisoning"
Northern Nigeria, Zamfara state: Scores of people die of lead poisoning in gold-mining region [ID 145210]
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26.08.2010 - Source:
ReliefWeb 
"Nigeria warns of nationwide cholera risk as 352 die" , Author: Reuters - AlertNet
Death rate from cholera outbreak rises to 352 [ID 145178]
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24.08.2010 - Source:
ReliefWeb 
"Cholera death toll rises to 283" , Author: Agence France-Presse
Northern Nigeria: Death toll from cholera has risen to 283 from 231 within a week [ID 145065]
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24.08.2010 - Source:
Amnesty International 
"UN must not use flawed data on cause of oil spills"
Niger Delta: Amnesty International has challenged the credibility of data cited by a senior UN official investigating oil-impacted sites in Ogoniland [ID 145127]
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20.08.2010 - Source:
ReliefWeb 
"Nigeria battles cholera, measles outbreaks" , Author: Reuters - AlertNet
North-Eastern Nigeria: Cholera outbreak has killed 231 people this year and infected more than 4,500 others; country is also fighting measles outbreak [ID 144830]
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20.08.2010 - Source:
Integrated Regional Information Network 
"Police abuses rife despite anti-corruption efforts"
Police continue to extort money from citizens, commit arbitrary arrests, torture and extra-judicial killings [ID 144868]
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17.08.2010 - Source:
Human Rights Watch 
"Everyone's in on the Game"
Report on forms of police corruption (structure of police; human rights abuses associated with police extortion and bribery; impact on rule of law; violence by vigilante groups; accountability and internal measures against police corruption) [ID 144690]
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16.08.2010 - Source:
Guardian 
"Nigeria's former military leader launches challenge for presidency"
Former military leader Ibrahim Babangida announces plans to run for presidency, challenging incumbent Goodluck Jonathan's People's Democratic Party (PDP) nomination [ID 144616]
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13.08.2010 - Source:
Amnesty International 
"Urgent Action 178/10 [AFR 44/014/2010]"
Oliver Igwe, the 77-year-old father of human rights defender Leo Igwe, was attacked in his home by unidentified men, causing him to lose an eye; the police have refused to investigate the incident [ID 144625]
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12.08.2010 - Source:
ReliefWeb 
"Cholera outbreak kills 40 in northern Nigeria: official" , Author: Agence France-Presse
Northern Nigeria: 40 persons killed by cholera outbreak [ID 144546]
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11.08.2010 - Source:
Amnesty International 
"Human rights defender beaten unconscious at police check point [AFR 44/012/2010]"
Rivers state: Sebastian Kpalap, a human rights defender and his brother-in law, Sunday Pilla were brutally assaulted after refusing to pay a bribe to an officer at a police checkpoint [ID 144498]
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06.08.2010 - Source:
ReliefWeb 
"Three killed as mob storms police station" , Author: Agence France-Presse
Northern Nigeria: 3 people shot dead by authorities as mob demanding release of 5 detained people threatened to burn down police station [ID 144175]
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29.07.2010 - Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 
"Situation of Christians in urban centres and northern cities, and particularly of unaccompanied women and single mothers [NGA103521.FE]"
Query response on situation of Christians in urban centres and Northern cities, particularly of unaccompanied women and single mothers [ID 144816]
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29.07.2010 - Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 
"Domestic violence, recourse and protection available to victims of domestic violence [NGA103509.E]"
Query response on domestic violence, recourse and protection available to victims of domestic violence [ID 144819]
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27.07.2010 - Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 
"The procedure that a citizen of Nigeria must follow in order to change his or her name; the authorities responsible for this procedure; reasons for which an individual can change name; requirements to be met and documents to be submitted [NGA103522.FE]"
Query response on procedure that a citizen of Nigeria must follow in order to change his or her name; the authorities responsible for this procedure; reasons for which an individual can change name; requirements to be met and documents to be submitted [ID 144818]
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27.07.2010 - Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 
"Prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM), including ethnic groups in which FGM is prevalent; available state protection [NGA103520.E]"
Query response on the prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM), including ethnic groups in which FGM is prevalent; available state protection [ID 144821]
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27.07.2010 - Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 
"False documents available in Nigeria and from Nigeria [NGA103508.FE]"
Query response on false documents available in Nigeria and from Nigeria [ID 144822]
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19.07.2010 - Source:
Christian Solidarity Worldwide 
"Children amongst injured in village attack in Jos"
Jos: At least 8 Christians killed in Fulani attack, several houses burned down; 2 of the victims were children, several more people wounded, some of them also children [ID 143749]
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17.07.2010 - Source:
BBC News 
"Nigerian machete-wielding attackers kill 8 people"
At least 8 people are killed by unidentified attackers with machetes near Jos; some reports said the dead included the family of a Christian priest [ID 142767]
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17.07.2010 - Source:
BBC News 
"Rise in African children accused of witchcraft"
Increasing number of children accused of witchcraft in parts of Africa according to UNICEF; orphans, street children and albinos are most at risk [ID 142930]
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15.07.2010 - Source:
New York Times
"Attack on a Mosque Results in at Least 5 Deaths" , Author: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Taraba State: At least 5 killed in attack of youths on mosque [ID 142761]
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14.07.2010 - Source:
ReliefWeb 
"Clashes in eastern Nigeria kill at least 4-witnesses" , Author: Reuters - AlertNet
State of Taraba: At least 4 people have been killed after security forces opened fire to quell clashes between Christian and Muslim youths, witnesses said [ID 142572]
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13.07.2010 - Source:
Reporters Sans Frontières 
"Four journalists held hostage in Niger delta region"
Abia: Abduction of four journalists on heading back to Lagos from conference [ID 142494]
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09.07.2010 - Source:
UK Border Agency (Home Office) 
"Country of Origin Information Report; Nigeria"
Country report of July 2010 [ID 143157]
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07.07.2010 - Source:
ReliefWeb 
"Ex-Niger Delta militants protest in Nigeria" , Author: Agence France-Presse
About 1000 ex-militants who laid down their arms under a government amnesty last year protest against exclusion from post-amnesty retraining programme [ID 142138]
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