2004 Feb 6: Nigeria
ordered an investigation into
allegations that a Halliburton Co.
subsidiary paid $180 million in
bribes to land a natural gas
project (1995-2002), while US
Vice President Dick Cheney was
head of Halliburton.

2009 Feb 6: Government
reported that 84 infants and
children have died after
swallowing My Pikin Baby
Teething Mixture, teething syrup
laced with diethylene glycol. A
failed bid to smuggle a bus filled
with rice into Nigeria from Niger
left seven people dead including
two customs officers set ablaze
with petrol.
My Pikin Baby Teething Mixture,
teething syrup laced with diethylene
glycol.


2014 Feb 6: Department of
State Services (DSS) said that it
was holding Mujahid Asari-
Dokubo, leader of the outlawed
Niger Delta Volunteer Force, in
the latest crackdown on potential
trouble before elections next year.

2014 Feb 6: DSS said that it was
holding Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, leader
of the outlawed Niger Delta Volunteer
Force, for constituting security threat.