NIGERIA

Following the call for a nationwide strike and mass rallies to protest a controversial government decision to end fuel subsidies, the northern Nigeria's Kaduna State government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in an attempt to prevent further break down of violence.

The leader of Boko Haram, Nigeria's increasingly deadly Islamic rebel group, said that the recent attacks on Christians was revenge for years of Muslim persecution.

A mosque and an Islamic school were set on fire in Benin City, Nigeria this week. Christians and Muslims -- traditionally at odds in Nigeria -- are increasingly antagonistic and these retaliatory attacks are a bad sign of what could be to come.

Oil rose to around $113 a barrel on Tuesday as tension over Iran's nuclear program and unrest in Nigeria outweighed persistent concerns about the strength of Europe's economy.

A day of protests in Nigeria is coming to a close, but the nationwide unrest is far from over as protestors assume the Occupy moniker in an effort to re-instate a fuel subsidy and to show their distaste for President Goodluck Jonathan's government.

Nigeria is in the midst of a general strike and nationwide protests against the government, which removed a fuel subsidy at the start of the year. Is there a movement and is it growing in strength?

About 18 couples from Nigeria, Russia and China tied the knots in a freezing cold of minus 20 degrees during a group wedding ceremony at the Chinese city of Harbin Friday.

Violence once again rises in troubled Nigeria, where an Islamic insurgency called Boko Haram has turned its ire upon Christian civilians.

Gunmen opened fire on a church service in Nigeria Thursday, killing six people and wounding 10, the church's pastor said, the latest in a string of attacks that has raised fears of sectarian conflict in Africa's most populous nation.

Essentially meaning greater force, the Dutch oil company is attempting to insulate itself from possible liabilities following a pipeline leak, the second in more than three weeks in the country, by declaring it beyond the company's control.

Tis the season for protests, and Nigeria is not excluded.

Royal Dutch Shell officials announced they are working to patch a second oil leak in Nigeria, which they attribute to sabotage.

Nigerians are furious over the government's removal of a fuel subsidy, which instantly sent the price of oil rising to new levels. Thousands of people protested across the country.

The government also warned the public not to hoard fuel or buy on the black market.

Nigeria has announced it is ending the subsidy on domestic fuel prices; a decision certain to increase prices of petroleum products.

Heavily armed troops and tanks patrolled the streets of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria Sunday, witnesses said, after the president declared a state of emergency in parts of the north affected by an Islamist insurgency.

The president, a Christian, has vowed to “crush” Boko Haram.

Has a Christian-Muslim war in Nigeria begun? Christian leaders are up in arms over Boko Haram while President Goodluck Jonathan frantically tries to cool boiling blood.

Nearly 100,000 people have fled their homes in one northern Nigerian state, while violence between Muslims and Christians and the government continues.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and the Sultan of Sokoto, the spiritual leader of the country's 70 million Muslims, met two days after Boko Haram's Christmas day attacks.

Company officials claimed victory over the spill on Christmas day, citing the company's robust response brought a swift end to the spill first reported two weeks ago.