News From Nigeria

In his article titled ‘In Losing Power, Goodluck Jonathan Finally Finds Himself’, chairman of the publication board, Thisday Newspapers & previous Special Adviser on Communications to late President Yar’Adua, Segun Adeniyi subbed OBj and lauded Jonathan for putting Nigeria first. ...

In a meeting with foreign news media CNN yesterday night, Nigeria’s leader elect Gen. Buhari guaranteed to “plug” corruption and pulverize Boko Haram in 2 months. He told CNN’s Amanpour from Abuja the previous evening “We know how they started and where they ...

The previous VP met with the president-choose yesterday in Abuja to praise him on winning the presidential race. He imparted the photographs on his Facebook page. Another pic when you proceed.

The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for conceding defeat at last Saturday’s presidential poll. The Chairman of PDP in the state, Senator Emma Nwaka, who addressed journalists on Wednesday in Umuahia on ...

Now that the change in the political leadership we desire in Nigeria has become a reality, what is our immediate need? Stable, relatively cheap electricity is our major need. The multiplier effect of uninterrupted electricity cannot be over-emphasised. Our moribund ...

It is no longer news that an Army of Imo State contractors under the aegis of unpaid Imo contractors are being owed over N180bn since 2011. The contracts range from road construction, buildings, supply and other civil engineering works. Unfortunately, ...

A former Niger-Delta militant, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, says with the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan, he and other militants may be forced to return to the creeks. Asari-Dokubo, who hails from the same state as Jonathan, said the voting pattern showed ...

Watching how the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, was relating with his colleagues, all professors and heads of universities in the country, at the presidential election collation centre, is a lesson in civility for us ...

Palestine has formally attained membership of the International Criminal Court, a move that could open the door to possible war crime indictments against Israeli officials despite uncertainty over its wider ramifications. The accession on Wednesday is another landmark in the Palestinian diplomatic ...

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