Governors of the 36 states of the federation Sunday night met with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja to register their concern over the financial implications of the Minimum Wage Bill recently passed by the National … read more
Two jumbo jets are ready to start airlifting Nigerian nationals from Libya and are awaiting permission to fly into the strife-torn north African country, Nigeria’s foreign ministry said Friday. “Nigeria has arranged two jumbo jets to commence the evacuation of … read more
Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Adetokunbo Kayode has said the crisis in Jos was not as a result of any external force or influence, but a challenge bringing brothers together again and stop bloodshed. He told journalists on Friday at the … read more
Nigerian militant leaders declared Friday that the country’s most prominent rebel group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, no longer exists and was not capable of unleashing any further violence on the oil and gas industry. Eleven former … read more
The Federal Government Thursday bared the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), ministers and service chiefs from using vehicles with tinted glasses Only the president, vice-president, senate president, deputy senate president, Speaker of the House of Representatives, deputy speaker and governors … read more
Suspected Islamists have killed two policemen in attacks in northern Nigeria in the past four days, police officers said Thursday, the latest in a spate of such incidents that have left dozens dead. The attackers shot one policeman at his … read more
South African police have raided the prison cell of a man accused of orchestrating deadly bombings in Nigeria after authorities there said he had threatened new attacks, media said Thursday. Police seized cell phones, chargers, a map and papers with … read more
Nigeria condemned the Libyan authorities for the use of “unrestrained force” against protesters, and demanded an immediate end to the violence, local media said Thursday. Nigeria also joined governments around the world on Wednesday in sending planes and ships to … read more
An Iranian arms shipment seized in Nigeria last year, which Tehran says was part of a legitimate trade deal with Gambia, was illegally exported regardless of its destination, Nigeria’s foreign minister said. Nigeria reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council … read more
Any military intervention in Ivory Coast would need to be U.N.-led and would be more likely to involve an aerial and naval blockade than deploying troops to its cities, Nigeria’s foreign minister said on Thursday. West African regional bloc ECOWAS, … read more