News From Nigeria

This photograph making rounds on twitter shows Minister of Petroleum assets, Dieziani Alison-Madueke paying an obligingness visit to previous head of state Gen Abdulsalam Abubakar at his home toward the beginning of today.

That President Goodluck Jonathan lost the March 28 presidential race is no more news. In spite of the fact that he has been in the seat for around six years, he has not been driving the nation alone. By excellence ...

Liverpool visit Arsenal for a potentially definitive Premier League encounter on Saturday , as the runners and riders in the race for Champions League qualification embark upon the season’s final lap, AFPreports. Having had their 13-game unbeaten run ended by ...

The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State on Thursday alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the state, Mr. Nyesom Wike, planned to have some of the state’s oil wells ceded to Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Abia states ...

Punch Report; The race to get political appointments in the forthcoming Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress government has begun, Saturday PUNCH learnt on Friday. It was learnt in Abuja that although consultations for cabinet and National Assembly positions are still ...

President Goodluck Jonathan and his family members have started moving their personal belongings out of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, few days after the President lost his re-election bid, ooduarere can authoritatively report. Some buses loaded with travel bags were sighted moving out ...

The All Progressives Congress has urged Nigerians to come together, aside from the fault lines separating them, for a national rebirth, in the spirit of Easter, being celebrated in the nation and round the world. In its Easter message, found in a release on Saturday ...

Kano Resident Electoral Commissioner, Alhaji Abdullahi Mukaila who alongside his wife and two daughters died in a strange fire (though police have since said there is no foul play) in their house early today have now been buried. The funeral prayer ...

INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega says he will be leaving office in June not long from now when his tenure as Chairman of the appointive body closes. In a meeting with BBC Hausa, Professor Jega said regardless of the fact ...

Let me first use this opportunity to congratulate the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari. Congratulations on your hard won victory which is a testimony to your resilience. You give a new meaning to the lyrics of a song by the late ...