A Nigerian militant group warned on Wednesday of further unrest in the oil-producing Niger Delta, saying that Vice President Goodluck Jonathan’s assumption of power as acting president was illegal. The JRC is a coalition of ex-militants and community leaders in … read more
Nigerians have called on Acting President Goodluck Jonat han to ensure the unity, progress and development of the nation, even as many continue to fault the process that brought him to his new position. Shortly after the two chambers of … read more
On Tuesday Nigeria’s National Assembly made Vice President Goodluck Jonathan the country’s acting president, in the absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua, who left the country for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia in November. Mr. Jonathan addressed the Nigerian people after … read more
An estimated 1,000 people were killed as Nigerian government forces fought Boko Haram in Borno, Yobe, Kano and Bauchi states in July and August 2009. But the footage obtained by Al Jazeera shows that many of the deaths occurred once … read more
The United States of America has said it would back the transmission of political power so long as it conforms to the rule of law and Nigeria’s Constitution. Fielding questions from State House Correspondents, the United States Assistant Secretary of … read more
Nigeria’s parliament empowered vice-president Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday to run Africa’s most populous nation in place of an ill and absent president. The politicians are striving for a political end to a crisis that ground the government to a virtual … read more
A Nigerian militant group, the Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), said Sunday it had “successfully disabled” a major oil pipeline operated by Shell in Nigeria’s oil producing Niger Delta region. The group said in an online statement that the trunk line … read more
Fresh attacks on oil pipelines and a spate of new kidnappings have heightened fears that a peace deal in southern Nigeria’s oil war has lost momentum because of President Umaru Yar’Adua’s health problems. Yar’Adua proposed an unconditional amnesty for militants … read more
The aged mother of ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has been moved to Saudi Arabia to be at his bedside further heightening anxiety in his Katsina home state that his health may not be getting better. Other members of his … read more
Nigeria’s National Assembly meets Tuesday in a session that will consider a request by state governors to make the vice president the country’s acting leader because of the prolonged medical absence of the president. Lawmakers will discuss the health of … read more