Widespread election violence erupts in Nigeria

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Source: CNN

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- Roughly 17,000 people fled their homes in eight northern Nigerian states as violence erupted after presidential elections in Africa's most populous nation, the Nigerian Red Cross said Tuesday.

The agency reported deaths but could not give an exact number. It was treating 360 people who suffered injuries, said spokesman Andronicus Adeyemo.

Incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, who was declared the winner Monday, appealed for unity as the breadth of the unrest sounded alarms for the government.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/19/nigeria.election/index.html

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1. Which means more oil speculation.

My own saying: "Every time someone in Nigeria sneezes....."