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African Examiner (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.)
Owned by RD Frontline LLC, Baltimore, Maryland. http://www.africanexaminer.com/
AllAfrica.com - Nigeria News
Wide variety of current news sources. Company formed from the former Africa News of Durham, NC. http://allafrica.com/nigeria/
BBC Africa News
The British Broadcasting Corp often has Nigerian news. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/
Business Day
Site for the daily print business newspaper. Includes information technology news. http://www.businessdayonline.com/
Business Hallmark Newspaper
Published by Patroni Limited, Lagos. Daily online edition of a weekly print business newspaper. Covers Nigeria, Africa. Commerce, capital markets, info tech, oil & gas, transport, etc. http://www.bizhallmark.com
BusinessNews
Online newspaper featuring Nigerian business. News releases, "reviews and opinion on Nigeria, finance, real estate, technology, transportation, insurance, energy Industry and more." http://businessnews.com.ng/
Business World
http://www.businessworldng.com/
Daily Sun (Lagos)
Site for the print newspaper targeted at young adults. Published by The Sun Publishing Ltd. "The Sun Publishing Limited was incorporated on March 29, 2001 to undertake the business of printing and publishing. The company’s The Sun title joined the swelling ranks of the ever-vibrant Nigerian press on Saturday, January 18, 2003 as a weekly and June 16, 2003 as a daily. http://www.sunnewsonline.com/
Daily Trust (Kaduna) and Weekly Trust
Web edition of the print newspaper. AllAfrica.com republished a Daily Champion (Lagos) January 16, 2008 article stating that one of the publisher's Directors had been arrested on charges of terrorism. Published by Media Trust Nigeria Ltd. Began publication January 2001. [KF] http://www.dailytrust.com/
Financial Standard (Lagos) and Facebook site
Site for the print weekly business newspaper. Published by Millennium Harvest Limited. http://www.financialstandardnews.com/ and http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=57595550877
Gamji.com
Current news from the Daily Trust newspaper and political commentary. Links to news from other Nigerian newspapers; articles appear in frames. Links to the Hausa news from the BBC, Voice of America, Deutsche Welle. Maintained by Ismail Iro (Ph.D.), Hallmark Developement, Corp., Bowie, Maryland. [KF] http://www.gamji.com
Global NewsBank
Subscription only. Some universities subscribe. Not the latest news but good for researching news from a week ago back to 1985. Selected reports from the BBC Monitoring Service (English translations of news), Agence France Presse, IPS, PANA, radio and/or TV stations http://infoweb.newsbank.com/
Google News - Nigeria
Automatically retrieved news (from AllAfrica, BBC, African, U.S., and other news sources). http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=nigeria&btnG=Search+News
The Guardian
Electronic edition of the well-known independent Lagos newspaper. http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/
Leadership Nigeria (Abuja)
National newspaper, supports good governance. Published by Leadership Newspapers Group Limited. http://www.leadership.ng/nga/
Al-Mizan (Zaria, Nigeria)
In Hausa. Online version of the print newspaper from Zaria, published since 1991. http://almizan.faithweb.com/
Nation (Lagos)
Daily newspaper. Current news, business, sports, arts, health, education, cartoons. http://www.thenationonlineng.net/
National Mirror (Lagos, Akure and Abuja)
Web site for the daily print newspaper. "National Mirror was acquired in 2008 by the billionaire lawyer and business man, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim (OFR).......He then acquired six states-of-the-art printing machines. The intention is to site the machines in each six geo political zones in the country." http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/
Newswatch (Lagos)
Current and past articles from the print weekly news magazine. Published by Newswatch Communications Limited. http://www.newswatchngr.com/
Next
Has ceased publication. Current news (and readers comments), opinion articles, cartoon of the day, arts & culture, business TV news, entertainment. Founded by Pulitzer Prize winning writer, Dele Olojede. [KF]
Nigeria World
Has pop-up ads. Current news from Nigerian newspapers gathered from other Nigeria-related web sites (mainly from odili.net). Political commentary, letters from Nigerians world-wide. Maintained by Chuck Odili, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. http://www.nigeriaworld.com/
Nigerian Observer (Benin City)
May show ads. Published by the Edo State Government. Site for the print daily newspaper. Owner: Nigerian Observer Newspapers. Published by the Bendel Newspapers Company Limited, Benin city, Edo state, Nigeria. See also Sunday Observer. http://nigerianobservernews.com/index.html
Nigerian Tribune (Ibadan)
Site for the print daily newspaper. Published by African Newspapers of Nigeria PLC. http://www.tribune.com.ng/
PM News (Lagos)
Published since 1994, by Independent Communications Network Ltd. See also The News. http://pmnewsnigeria.com/
Premium Times (Abuja)
Online media organisation. Current news, politics, business, arts, entertainment, opinion pieces, religion, sports, video reports. Seeks to "strenghten Nigeria's democracy" The Managing Editor, Musikilu Mojeed, was a Stanford University Knight Fellow 2012/2013. Published by Premium Times Services Limited. [KF] http://premiumtimesng.com/
Punch (Lagos)
Web edition of the Nigerian print newspaper. Political, business, stock market, cartoons, sports news. On-line polls. Promotes democracy and free enterprise. Published by Punch (Nigeria) Ltd. http://www.punchng.com/
Sahara Reporters
Current news, commentary. "an online community of international reporters and social advocates dedicated to bringing you commentaries, features, news reports from a Nigerian-African perspective." http://www.saharareporters.com/

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Sun News Online - Daily Sun (Ikeja)
Published by the Sun Publishing Ltd. Based in Ikeja, Lagos State. http://www.sunnewsonline.com
Sunday Trust
See also the Daily Trust and Weekly Trust. [KF] http://sundaytrust.com.ng/
Tell (Lagos)
Site for the print weekly news magazine. http://www.tellng.com/
This Day (Lagos)
Online edition of the print newspaper. Selected articles, e-business news, etc. http://www.thisdayonline.com/
Tide
Online edition of the print newspaper. Published by Rivers State Newspaper Corporation. News, especially on the Niger Delta, business, the environment. http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/
Topix.net - Nigeria News
News aggregated from different sources (Nigerian newspapers, Nigeria web sites, North American and European newspapers, etc.). (RSS feed: http://rss.topix.net/rss/world/nigeria.xml) http://www.topix.net/world/nigeria
Tribune. See Nigerian Tribune
turenchi - Nigerian News Aggregator
Aggregates Nigerian news, sports, from Reuters, Vanguard, Guardian (Lagos), Daily Trust, This Day, BBC and other sources. http://www.turenchi.com/
Vanguard
Electronic edition of the independent daily Lagos newspaper established in 1984. http://www.vanguardngr.com/
Weekly Trust (Kaduna)
"The Weekly Trust and Daily Trust are... published by Media Trust Nigeria, Limited, an Abuja-based integrated marketing and communications outfit." The Weekly Trust began publication March 1998. [KF] http://weeklytrust.com.ng/
Yahoo - Nigeria News
http://news.yahoo.com/topics/nigeria



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