Article: Lagos police fire into the air as seven die in ethnic strife; NIGERIA: Violence erupts in commercial capital.(News)

Article: Nationwide strike shuts down most of Nigeria's ...
AP Worldstream;  October 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... 2004 Dateline: LAGOS, Nigeria With world oil prices surging ... new highs, union leaders in Nigeria imposed a four-day strike ... shutting down huge swathes of the commercial capital but having no immediate effect ... Lakemfa, a spokesman for Nigeria Labor Congress, the nation ...

Article: Deadly H5N1 bird flu virus found in Nigeria's ...
Xinhua News Agency;  April 6, 2006 ;     395 words ...Deadly H5N1 bird flu virus found in Nigeria's commercial capital LAGOS, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has spread to Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, also the most populous city on the ...

Article: Ethnic violence jars Nigeria's commercial ...
AP Online;  July 10, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... to be pitting Yoruba against Nigeria's northern Hausa Muslims ... rioted in the streets in parts of Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos. That violence had ... That antagonism was born after Nigeria's 1960 independence from Britain ...

Article: Police dismantle barricades in Nigeria's commercial ...
Xinhua News Agency;  July 3, 2003 ;     429 words ... ... dismantle barricades in Nigeria's commercial capital LAGOS, July 3 (Xinhua ... erected on the roads all over Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos. The action followed ... back to work after the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC ...

Article: 5 feared dead in hoodlum clash in Nigeria's ...
Xinhua News Agency;  May 21, 2003 ;     497 words ...5 feared dead in hoodlum clash in Nigeria's commercial capital LAGOS, May 21 (Xinhua) -- At least five ... others severely wounded in a bloody clash in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, a police official said Wednesday ...

Article: Traffic accident kills 3 in Nigeria's commercial ...
Xinhua News Agency;  July 11, 2006 ;     368 words ...Traffic accident kills 3 in Nigeria's commercial capital LAGOS, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Three people including ... the lagoon in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, local police said here on Tuesday. The accident ...

Article: Traffic accident kills 10 in Nigeria's commercial ...
Xinhua News Agency;  August 22, 2005 ;     348 words ...Traffic accident kills 10 in Nigeria's commercial capital LAGOS, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- At least ten people died in the suburb of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital on Monday when they were hit by a tipper ...