| 5,675,098 |
5.51667 |
5.75 |
Nigeria |
|
Twenty foreigners - 1 American, 3 Britons, 16 Frenchmen - held by tribesmen who took over an oil platform off the Nigerian coast near the town of Warri |
| 5,675,105 |
4.77742 |
7.0134 |
Nigeria |
|
Police and security officials allegedly raided the offices of the Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law based in Port Harcourt, seizing documents and detaining the organization's secretary |
| 5,675,109 |
5.51667 |
5.75 |
Nigeria |
|
One woman was shot and killed and several were injured during youth protests related to Nigeria's municipal elections |
| 5,675,113 |
4.77742 |
7.0134 |
Nigeria |
|
Three people died in violence related to Nigeria's municipal elections in Rivers State |
| 5,675,116 |
6.14543 |
6.78845 |
Nigeria |
|
Police shoot tear gas into a group of 2000 rioters who claimed election officials of vote fraud. |
| 5,675,119 |
7.46667 |
4.56667 |
Nigeria |
|
Rioting students calling for the release of Moshood Abiola, jailed opposition leader, storm a polling station at a university. |
| 5,675,123 |
5.38615 |
5.32084 |
Nigeria |
|
Attackers injure six staff members of the Royal/Dutch Shell corporation and hold 127 for ransom. " |
| 5,675,128 |
6.45306 |
3.39583 |
Nigeria |
|
A group of armed robbers kill two members of ""Operation Sweep"" combined anti-crime task force of the navy police and soldiers." |
| 5,675,134 |
5.51667 |
5.75 |
Nigeria |
|
Angered that their tribes must relocate their local government headquarters the Ijaw and Itserki take nearly 100 Royal Dutch/Shell workers hostage. |
| 5,675,138 |
5.38615 |
5.32084 |
Nigeria |
|
Attackers seriously hurt three more workers. |
