Minister of Information and Communica-tions, Professor Dora Akunyili, has blamed those she called a cabal of aides around President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua for the tension generated by his return to the country. Akunyili said this small group of people mishandled … read more
Just as Ag President Goodluck Jonathan was stopped from seeing returnee President Umaru Yar’Adua, the President’s mother was also yesterday prevented from seeing her ailing son. Also, Yar’Adua’s siblings were blocked when they went to see their brother with their … read more
The era of a Yar’Adua-led government is set to suffer another blow as Acting President Goodluck Jonathan makes moves to take charge of the Presidency. Mr. Jonathan is expected to meet with key members of President Umaru Yar’Adua’s staff tomorrow, … read more
The United Nations AIDS programme has said that Nigeria records at least 1,000 new HIV infections every day. A United States-based Nigerian news agency, Empowered Newswire, in a report on Thursday, said that UNAIDS declared that three million people were … read more
Nigerian oil services firms are set to gain the most from plans to increase local participation in the industry but funding their growth could prove a challenge, executives and government officials said on Thursday. Wide-ranging reform plans for Africa’s biggest … read more
Umaru Yar’Adua, Nigeria’s ailing president, returned home on Wednesday after a mysterious three-month absence, marking the latest twist in the political saga over who leads Africa’s most populous country The unexpected homecoming came just two weeks after a handover of … read more
“Nigeria is a child. Gifted, enormously talented, prodigiously endowed and incredibly wayward,” – these are the words of Chinua Achebe, in his newly published The Education of A British-Protected Child: a collection of essays which was excerpted in the Guardian … read more
South governors, Saturday, warned their colleagues in the north and other leaders to desist from making “inflammatory” and “divisive” statements over the decision of the National Assembly to empower Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as acting president. The governors said such statements … read more
The return of Nigeria’s ailing president after a three-month medical absence sets the stage for a showdown over who will ultimately call the shots in Africa’s most-populous nation. President Umaru Yar’Adua, who had been receiving treatment in Saudi Arabia, returned … read more
The United States said on Wednesday reports suggested Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua may be too ill to resume office and said it hoped his return was not a bid by those around him to trigger renewed uncertainty. “We hope that … read more