20101001
africanews

Young entrepreneurs in the Nigerian commercial capital of Lagos were full of smiles as they recorded huge profits during the country's 50th independence anniversary celebrations, describing this year's golden jubilee as the best ever for business.

20101001
africanews

The death toll from Friday's bomb blasts in the Nigerian capital, Abuja has reportedly risen to twelve in the incident that left around twenty others injured on the occasion of Nigeria's 50th anniversary celebrations.

20100927
africanews

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Nigeria's parliament should adopt a new law governing the African nation's oil industry within "a few, short weeks," said Nigeria's oil minister at a Houston energy conference on Monday.

20100926
Vanguard

Lagos — DEPUTY Senate Leader and member National Assembly Joint Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba SAN, yesterday, said that fresh amendment of the 1999 Constitution and Electoral Act 2010 would be tight but stressed that the exercise would be carried out because of the exigencies of the moment.

20100925
reuters

Some two million people in northern Nigeria have been displaced after river authorities opened floodgates at two dams, officials said on Saturday. Water from the Challawa and Tiga dams has affected about 5,000 nearby villages, covering swathes of farmland and sending residents seeking shelter on higher ground.

20100925
RFI

Some two million people in northern Nigeria have been displaced after river authorities opened floodgates at two dams, officials said on Saturday. Water from the Challawa and Tiga dams has affected about 5,000 nearby villages, covering swathes of farmland and sending residents seeking shelter on higher ground.

20100925
africanews

More than two million people have been displaced after authorities had to open flood gates on two rivers, a government official said on Friday. The flooding was caused after authorities opened flood gates of the Challawa and Tiga dams in neighbouring Kano state to avoid overflowing following heavy rains.

20100922
africanews

PARIS (Reuters) - Three French men working for marine services supplier Bourbon were kidnapped off the coast of Nigeria, the company said on Wednesday, just a week after the abduction of five French nationals in Niger.

20100922
africanews

All the major political parties in oil-rich Nigeria have agreed to shift the upcoming general elections from January to April 2011. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) proposed for an extended time in order to conduct credible and a 'Grade A' polls that would satisfy all stakeholders and observers.

20100921
This Day

Abuja/Lagos — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and opposition political parties yesterday described the push by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for more time for both the registration of voters and 2011 general election as a welcome development.

20100921
RFI

Nigerian officials report that more than 18,000 people have been affected by lead poisoning following massive lead contamination because of illicit gold mining.Up to 200 children have also died in the most affected villages around the gold mining areas of Bukkuyum and Anka in the northern Zamfara state.

20100921
RFI

Nigeria's electoral commission called on Tuesday to postpone presidential elections in the country from January to April in order to be better prepared for the vote. The commission said that the process will take at least two additional months after the 22 January 2011 date which was set last week.

20100920
This Day

Abuja — A major constitutional crisis is in the offing as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it may ask for an extension of time for the registration of voters and the general election.

20100920
reuters

LAGOS, Sept 20 (Reuters Life!) - It may share many of its words and basic grammar with English, but a perplexed look descends across the face of most newcomers to Nigeria the first time they are addressed in Pidgin.

20100920
reuters

LAGOS, Sept 17 (Reuters Life!) - Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch have some new friends.

20100920
reuters

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian state governor Abubakar Bukola Saraki entered the presidential election race on Monday, the fourth candidate from the ruling party in the predominantly Muslim north to take on southern incumbent Goodluck Jonathan.

20100919
africanews

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's national security adviser has resigned to run against President Goodluck Jonathan in the ruling party primaries next month, raising the stakes ahead of presidential elections in January.

20100919
africanews

Nigeria's national security adviser Aliyu Gusau has resigned to run against President Goodluck Jonathan in the ruling party primaries next month, raising the stakes ahead of presidential elections in January.

20100918
reuters

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan showed the power of incumbency on Saturday, mustering the support of more than two thirds of powerful state governors for the launch of his re-election campaign.

20100917
all africa

Iloirn — Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki - will today declare his intention to run for the presidency in the 2011 general elections.