President Goodluck Jonathan will breach the power rotation arrangement of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contest for the office of President in 2011, his Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters Dr. Cairo Ojougboh said yesterday. The PDP power rotation … read more
Electricity workers under the aegis of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have threatened to shut down the entire electricity generation and distribution network in the country in a nationwide strike that may halt the economy with effect from next … read more
Nigeria has set early June for the start of vocational training for more than 20,000 ex-militants who laid down their arms, under a government amnesty, a presidential aide said Wednesday. “The target is 20,192 ex-militants and the call to camp … read more
A militant kingpin and bomb specialist who identified himself as the “Udumegun of Niger-Delta” today detonated a bomb at the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC) office in Warri, Delta state, causing fresh panic in the oil state. The scene of explosion … read more
Senate President David Mark Tuesday slammed what he called the government’s poor handling of the health of president Umaru Yar’Adua who died last week of a protracted heart ailment. “The nation was not adequately informed about his health status. This … read more
Nigeria have picked England-based stars Mikel John Obi and veteran Nwankwo Kanu in a 30-man preliminary squad for next month’s World Cup in South Africa. Mikel is nursing a knee injury that needed surgery recently while speculations have surrounded Kanu’s … read more
Nigeria’s new President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday vowed that his administration would put in place an electoral body that will organise elections acceptable to the international community. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, has a history of flawed and violent polls. … read more
Militants in the Niger Delta have threatened a fresh wave of potentially crippling attacks on Nigeria’s oil industry, giving the African country’s newly-installed president weeks to address their demands. Goodluck Jonathan, a native of the delta, was sworn in last … read more
The son of the late Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha was to appear in a Geneva court Monday to appeal a sentence he surrender 350 million dollars pillaged from his country, Swiss newspapers reported. A Geneva magistrate convicted Abba Abacha, 41, … read more
Hundreds of travellers were, on Sunday, left stranded at the international wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, because of power failure at the facility. An employee of the airport, who asked not to be named, said the three-hour … read more