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September 2005
- Nigerian president to be probed
- 5th other top story (3/9/2005, 06:00 – 08:10)
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October 2005
- Nigerian drug mules 'on the rise'
- 2nd other top story (3/10/2005, 00:30 – 00:50)
- 3rd other top story (3/10/2005, 00:50 – 07:40)
- 2nd other top story (3/10/2005, 07:40 – 07:55)
- 1st other top story (3/10/2005, 07:55 – 10:30)
- 2nd other top story (3/10/2005, 10:30 – 11:05)
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- Nigerian e-mail frauds targeted
- 1st other top story (15/10/2005, 01:25 – 10:05)
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- Nigerian passenger plane missing
- Right subheadline (23/10/2005, 04:15 – 07:35)
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- Nigerian airliner 'has crashed'
- Right subheadline (23/10/2005, 07:35 – 10:05)
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- Nigeria passenger plane crashes
- Right subheadline (23/10/2005, 10:05 – 12:10)
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- Many survive Nigeria plane crash
- Right subheadline (23/10/2005, 12:10 – 13:10)
- Left subheadline (23/10/2005, 13:10 – 15:10)
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- Confusion surrounds Nigeria crash
- Left subheadline (23/10/2005, 15:10 – 15:15)
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- Confusion over Nigeria crash
- Left subheadline (23/10/2005, 15:15 – 15:35)
- Right subheadline (23/10/2005, 15:35 – 19:10)
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- All feared dead in Nigeria crash
- Right subheadline (23/10/2005, 19:10 – 19:35)
- 2nd other top story (23/10/2005, 19:35 – 22:35)
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- All killed in Nigeria plane crash
- 2nd other top story (23/10/2005, 22:35 – 24/10/2005, 01:50)
- 4th other top story (24/10/2005, 01:50 – 03:00)
- 5th other top story (24/10/2005, 03:00 – 04:15)
- 6th other top story (24/10/2005, 04:15 – 05:05)
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January 2006
- Nigeria foreign hostages 'freed'
- 3rd other top story (30/1/2006, 09:15 – 09:25)
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- Nigeria militants free hostages
- 3rd other top story (30/1/2006, 09:25 – 11:00)
- 2nd other top story (30/1/2006, 11:00 – 11:15)
- 4th other top story (30/1/2006, 11:15 – 12:15)
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February 2006
- Nigeria plans bird flu farm cull
- 1st other top story (9/2/2006, 13:25 – 13:40)
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- Nigeria plans huge bird flu cull
- 1st other top story (9/2/2006, 13:40 – 15:55)
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- UN urges Nigeria bird flu action
- 5th other top story (11/2/2006, 02:30 – 03:40)
- 3rd other top story (11/2/2006, 03:40 – 08:00)
- 5th other top story (11/2/2006, 08:00 – 08:05)
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- Oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria
- 2nd other top story (18/2/2006, 11:15 – 14:20)
- 3rd other top story (18/2/2006, 14:20 – 15:35)
- 4th other top story (18/2/2006, 15:35 – 18:05)
- 3rd other top story (18/2/2006, 18:05 – 18:20)
- 2nd other top story (18/2/2006, 18:20 – 23:35)
- 3rd other top story (18/2/2006, 23:35 – 19/2/2006, 00:25)
- 4th other top story (19/2/2006, 00:25 – 03:25)
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- Nigeria cartoon protests kill 16
- 2nd other top story (19/2/2006, 03:25 – 08:55)
- 1st other top story (19/2/2006, 08:55 – 11:40)
- 3rd other top story (19/2/2006, 11:40 – 11:50)
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- Nigeria set for oil hostage talks
- 1st other top story (19/2/2006, 22:50 – 23:30)
- 2nd other top story (19/2/2006, 23:30 – 20/2/2006, 00:10)
- 3rd other top story (20/2/2006, 00:10 – 00:50)
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- Riots in Nigeria leave many dead
- 3rd other top story (23/2/2006, 01:15 – 04:15)
- 4th other top story (23/2/2006, 04:15 – 04:45)
- 5th other top story (23/2/2006, 04:45 – 06:00)
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March 2006
- Nigeria to give up Charles Taylor
- Right subheadline (25/3/2006, 15:25 – 21:20)
- 1st other top story (25/3/2006, 21:20 – 22:25)
- 2nd other top story (25/3/2006, 22:25 – 23:00)
- 3rd other top story (25/3/2006, 23:00 – 23:35)
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- Taylor missing from Nigeria home
- 1st other top story (28/3/2006, 13:05 – 14:05)
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- Taylor missing from Nigerian home
- Right subheadline (28/3/2006, 14:05 – 17:10)
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- Ex-President disappears in Nigeria
- 3rd other top story (28/3/2006, 17:10 – 20:40)
- 2nd other top story (28/3/2006, 20:40 – 21:15)
- 3rd other top story (28/3/2006, 21:15 – 29/3/2006, 01:20)
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- Charles Taylor caught in Nigeria
- 1st other top story (29/3/2006, 10:40 – 11:55)
- 2nd other top story (29/3/2006, 11:55 – 12:20)
- 3rd other top story (29/3/2006, 12:20 – 12:30)
- 4th other top story (29/3/2006, 12:30 – 15:35)
- 5th other top story (29/3/2006, 15:35 – 16:00)
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- Nigeria returns ex-Liberia leader
- 6th other top story (29/3/2006, 16:00 – 16:35)
- 1st other top story (29/3/2006, 16:35 – 17:30)
- 2nd other top story (29/3/2006, 17:30 – 18:05)
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April 2006
- Nigeria head offers Delta boost
- 3rd other top story (19/4/2006, 03:50 – 06:05)
- 5th other top story (19/4/2006, 06:05 – 10:15)
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May 2006
- 'Dozens die' in Nigeria oil blast
- 1st other top story (12/5/2006, 15:40 – 16:05)
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- Scores die in Nigeria oil blast
- 1st other top story (12/5/2006, 16:05 – 16:25)
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- Scores die in Nigeria fuel blast
- 1st other top story (12/5/2006, 16:25 – 16:30)
- Left subheadline (12/5/2006, 16:30 – 17:50)
- Right subheadline (12/5/2006, 17:50 – 13/5/2006, 02:45)
- 3rd other top story (13/5/2006, 02:45 – 03:25)
- 4th other top story (13/5/2006, 03:25 – 03:50)
- 5th other top story (13/5/2006, 03:50 – 04:35)
- 4th other top story (13/5/2006, 04:35 – 05:35)
- 6th other top story (13/5/2006, 05:35 – 07:55)
- 6th other top story (13/5/2006, 09:50 – 10:55)
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- Probe ordered after Nigeria blast
- 5th other top story (13/5/2006, 13:25 – 14:05)
- 4th other top story (13/5/2006, 14:25 – 15:00)
- 3rd other top story (13/5/2006, 16:50 – 18:00)
- 4th other top story (13/5/2006, 18:00 – 18:10)
- 5th other top story (13/5/2006, 18:10 – 19:25)
- 6th other top story (13/5/2006, 19:25 – 20:05)
- 7th other top story (13/5/2006, 20:05 – 20:35)
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June 2006
- Oilmen kidnapped from Nigeria rig
- Right subheadline (2/6/2006, 11:55 – 16:30)
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- Oilmen kidnapped in Nigeria
- 2nd other top story (2/6/2006, 16:30 – 18:15)
- 3rd other top story (2/6/2006, 18:15 – 20:20)
- 4th other top story (2/6/2006, 20:20 – 22:55)
- 5th other top story (2/6/2006, 22:55 – 3/6/2006, 05:25)
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- Nigeria head joins kidnap efforts
- 2nd other top story (3/6/2006, 08:50 – 09:40)
- 3rd other top story (3/6/2006, 09:40 – 13:15)
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- Talks to free Nigeria oil workers
- 3rd other top story (3/6/2006, 13:15 – 15:40)
- 4th other top story (3/6/2006, 15:40 – 16:25)
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- Captured Nigeria oil workers free
- 1st other top story (4/6/2006, 07:05 – 07:45)
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- Captured Nigeria oilmen 'freed'
- 1st other top story (4/6/2006, 07:45 – 08:00)
- Right subheadline (4/6/2006, 08:00 – 08:20)
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- Two captured Nigeria oilmen freed
- Right subheadline (4/6/2006, 08:20 – 08:35)
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- British oilmen freed in Nigeria
- Right subheadline (4/6/2006, 08:35 – 12:10)
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- Abducted oilmen freed in Nigeria
- Right subheadline (4/6/2006, 12:10 – 15:25)
- 1st other top story (4/6/2006, 15:25 – 18:35)
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August 2006
- UK bank details sold in Nigeria
- 4th other top story (14/8/2006, 12:25 – 14:00)
- 3rd other top story (14/8/2006, 14:00 – 14:25)
- Right subheadline (14/8/2006, 14:25 – 15/8/2006, 01:15)
- 2nd other top story (15/8/2006, 01:15 – 03:35)
- 3rd other top story (15/8/2006, 03:35 – 04:45)
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October 2006
- Many die in Nigeria dam collapse
- Right subheadline (1/10/2006, 04:45 – 08:15)
- 1st other top story (1/10/2006, 08:15 – 08:50)
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- Oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria
- 2nd other top story (4/10/2006, 01:20 – 02:45)
- Left subheadline (4/10/2006, 02:45 – 02:50)
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- Oil workers seized in Nigeria
- Left subheadline (4/10/2006, 02:50 – 06:50)
- Right subheadline (4/10/2006, 06:50 – 06:55)
- 3rd other top story (4/10/2006, 06:55 – 07:40)
- 2nd other top story (4/10/2006, 07:40 – 08:25)
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- Nigeria oil worker hostages freed
- Right subheadline (21/10/2006, 16:30 – 18:25)
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November 2006
- Nigeria scams 'cost UK billions'
- 3rd other top story (20/11/2006, 02:25 – 04:00)
- 4th other top story (20/11/2006, 04:00 – 04:40)
- 5th other top story (20/11/2006, 04:40 – 05:25)
- 6th other top story (20/11/2006, 05:25 – 07:30)
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- British hostage killed in Nigeria
- Left subheadline (22/11/2006, 19:55 – 23/11/2006, 05:30)
- 4th other top story (23/11/2006, 05:30 – 06:00)
- 5th other top story (23/11/2006, 06:00 – 06:25)
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- Hostage killed in Nigeria named
- 4th other top story (23/11/2006, 13:40 – 16:00)
- 3rd other top story (23/11/2006, 16:00 – 16:40)
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December 2006
- Deadly pipeline blast in Nigeria
- 2nd other top story (26/12/2006, 11:55 – 12:30)
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- Scores die in Nigeria pipe blast
- Left subheadline (26/12/2006, 18:55 – 23:10)
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- Nigeria mourns pipeline victims
- 2nd other top story (27/12/2006, 04:45 – 05:10)
- 3rd other top story (27/12/2006, 05:10 – 05:20)
- 5th other top story (27/12/2006, 05:20 – 06:10)
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March 2007
- UK oil worker seized in Nigeria
- 1st other top story (31/3/2007, 15:10 – 22:00)
- 2nd other top story (31/3/2007, 22:00 – 1/4/2007, 00:10)
- 3rd other top story (1/4/2007, 00:10 – 01:50)
- 4th other top story (1/4/2007, 01:50 – 02:10)
- 5th other top story (1/4/2007, 02:10 – 04:00)
- 6th other top story (1/4/2007, 04:00 – 08:25)
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April 2007
- Scots oil worker held in Nigeria
- 3rd other top story (1/4/2007, 10:50 – 14:10)
- 4th other top story (1/4/2007, 14:10 – 20:05)
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- Security tight for Nigeria polls
- 5th other top story (14/4/2007, 09:00 – 11:30)
- 4th other top story (14/4/2007, 11:30 – 11:50)
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- Voting extended in Nigeria polls
- 3rd other top story (14/4/2007, 17:40 – 22:20)
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- Confusion mars Nigeria election
- 3rd other top story (14/4/2007, 22:20 – 23:10)
- 4th other top story (14/4/2007, 23:10 – 23:30)
- 3rd other top story (14/4/2007, 23:30 – 15/4/2007, 00:50)
- 4th other top story (15/4/2007, 00:50 – 01:55)
- 3rd other top story (15/4/2007, 01:55 – 02:35)
- 4th other top story (15/4/2007, 02:35 – 03:45)
- 5th other top story (15/4/2007, 03:45 – 06:05)
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- First results due in Nigeria poll
- 3rd other top story (15/4/2007, 14:35 – 18:10)
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- Nigeria parties demand poll delay
- 4th other top story (18/4/2007, 08:00 – 09:50)
- 5th other top story (18/4/2007, 09:50 – 10:50)
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- Nigeria ballots 'not in country'
- 3rd other top story (20/4/2007, 15:00 – 15:15)
- 4th other top story (20/4/2007, 15:15 – 16:15)
- 3rd other top story (20/4/2007, 16:15 – 16:20)
- 2nd other top story (20/4/2007, 16:20 – 17:40)
- 3rd other top story (20/4/2007, 17:40 – 20:25)
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- Nigeria ballot papers 'not sent'
- 3rd other top story (20/4/2007, 20:25 – 21:05)
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- Nigerian ballot papers 'not sent'
- 3rd other top story (20/4/2007, 21:05 – 21:35)
- 4th other top story (20/4/2007, 21:35 – 22:10)
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- Nigerians tense on eve of polls
- 4th other top story (20/4/2007, 22:10 – 23:45)
- 5th other top story (20/4/2007, 23:45 – 21/4/2007, 00:20)
- 4th other top story (21/4/2007, 00:20 – 01:30)
- 5th other top story (21/4/2007, 01:30 – 05:25)
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- Delays overshadow Nigerian poll
- Main headline (21/4/2007, 05:25 – 08:15)
- 2nd other top story (21/4/2007, 08:15 – 12:05)
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- Nigerian elections hit by delays
- 2nd other top story (21/4/2007, 12:05 – 12:50)
- 1st other top story (21/4/2007, 12:50 – 13:05)
- Left subheadline (21/4/2007, 13:05 – 13:15)
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- Slow start for Nigerian elections
- Left subheadline (21/4/2007, 13:15 – 14:55)
- 1st other top story (21/4/2007, 14:55 – 16:30)
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- Nigerian elections 'to end today'
- 1st other top story (21/4/2007, 16:30 – 17:05)
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- Nigerian elections stay open late
- 1st other top story (21/4/2007, 17:05 – 17:10)
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- Polls stay open late in Nigeria
- 1st other top story (21/4/2007, 17:10 – 22:20)
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- Violence mars Nigeria elections
- 1st other top story (21/4/2007, 22:20 – 23:10)
- Main headline (21/4/2007, 23:10 – 22/4/2007, 03:20)
- 1st other top story (22/4/2007, 03:20 – 10:35)
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- Call for Nigeria election re-run
- 4th other top story (22/4/2007, 12:10 – 12:45)
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- Nigerian candidates reject poll
- 4th other top story (23/4/2007, 01:00 – 02:40)
- 3rd other top story (23/4/2007, 02:40 – 06:00)
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- Yar'Adua declared Nigeria winner
- Right subheadline (23/4/2007, 14:40 – 14:45)
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- Yar'Adua named new Nigeria leader
- Right subheadline (23/4/2007, 14:45 – 15:00)
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- Yar'Adua named Nigeria leader
- 5th other top story (23/4/2007, 15:20 – 15:45)
- 6th other top story (23/4/2007, 15:45 – 18:25)
- 5th other top story (23/4/2007, 18:25 – 18:50)
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- Huge win for Nigeria's Yar'Adua
- 5th other top story (23/4/2007, 18:50 – 21:50)
- 6th other top story (23/4/2007, 21:50 – 24/4/2007, 01:10)
- 7th other top story (24/4/2007, 01:10 – 01:25)
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May 2007
- Briton 'seized from Nigeria rig'
- 2nd other top story (5/5/2007, 14:55 – 15:15)
- 3rd other top story (5/5/2007, 15:15 – 18:25)
- 4th other top story (5/5/2007, 18:25 – 23:30)
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