Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will next month announce his intention to run in the 2011 general elections, ending speculations on whether or not he will run. The local media reported Wednesday that the President’s decision to run followed the report … read more
Officials with Nigeria’s security services say they’ve intercepted 52 Kalashnikov rifles and more than 1,700 rounds of ammunition rounds heading for an area that has been the scene of religious violence. The Borno state director of the Nigeria State Security … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday swore in Precious Kassy Garba as the nation’s first female chief economic adviser, with a charge to develop blue prints that will help in turning around the economic fortunes of the country. Mrs. Garba, an economist, … read more
New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tue sday urged the Nigerian government to rein in the pervasive problem of police corruption in Africa’s most populous nation, saying “it’s time the Nigerian government at all levels took the devastating … read more
AN instant rebuttal came from the Presidency last night to a foreign media report that President Goodluck Jonathan had dumped his ambition to remain in Aso Rock for a second term. Presidential spokesman, Ima Niboro, in a statement immediately the … read more
THE United Kingdom has set some steps which it said Nigeria needed to follow if it must have credible elections in 2011, even as the United States government said it was impressed by the actions which the Securities and Exchange … read more
Abuja: Nigeria and the United States will soon sign an agreement to enable the oil rich African country have access to technical assistance needed to step up the crusade against the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The leader of the US delegation, James … read more
A cholera outbreak in Nigeria has killed 87 people during the past month while 1,315 others have been infected, official figures showed Monday. The outbreak in the northern states of Bauchi and Borno was believed to be because of poor … read more
Two suspects from China and Taiwan were charged on Monday with bringing 450.4 kilogrammes of cocaine into Nigeria, the second-largest such haul on record in the country, court documents showed. Wang Richard of China and Fong Chiu Sen from Taiwan, … read more
Nigeria and Libya are to mend their diplomatic relations, which were strained in March following comments by Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi suggesting that Nigeria should split along rel igious and ethnic lines as a solution to its recurring ethno-religious crisis. … read more