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Nigeria has seized the passport of ousted central bank governor Lamido Sanusi, an ally of the outspoken government critic said Friday, a day after he was removed from office in a move that sparked fears of economic turmoil. President Goodluck Jonathan…

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan suspended the central bank governor on Thursday for alleged financial recklessness, sidelining a prominent government critic as he readies for an expected re-election campaign. Lamido Sanusi, whose term was due…

At least 22 people were killed in a raid in restive central Nigeria on Thursday, locals said, in the second such attack in the area this week. Gunmen opened fire in the predominantly Muslim village of Mavo in the Wase local government area of Plateau…