20100820
reuters

ABUJA (Reuters) - A cholera outbreak in northeastern Nigeria has killed 231 people this year across 11 states and infected more than 4,500 others, the country's chief epidemiologist said on Friday.

20100820
reuters

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed a new electoral act on Friday that prepares the way for staggered parliamentary, presidential and state governorship polls to be held next year.

20100817
reuters

LAGOS (Reuters) - Corruption in the Nigerian police force, from armed officers extorting money at checkpoints to top officials embezzling public funds, has led to the beating and even killing of innocent civilians, a rights group said.

20100817
reuters

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is yet to commit to whether or not he will contest elections due next January, his office said on Tuesday, after a presidency source said he was considering not standing.

20100816
reuters

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi said on Monday he would be satisfied with a headline inflation rate of 9.0-9.5 percent and that creating economic growth should be the priority.

20100816
reuters

LAGOS/ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's chances of winning vital support from the Muslim north for a 2011 election bid have suffered a setback after two rival northern candidates declared they would run against him.

20100816
africanews

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's central bank has received bids for four of the nine lenders rescued in a $4 billion bailout last year, Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi told CNBC Africa television on Monday.

20100816
africanews

Nigeria's former vice president Atiku Abubakar has announced he's running for president in the oil-rich nation.

20100816
reuters

ABUJA (Reuters) - Former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar on Sunday formally declared his intention to run in elections due next January, posing a challenge to President Goodluck Jonathan for the ruling party ticket.

20100816
reuters

LAGOS (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell said on Sunday that sabotage of its crude oil pipelines in Nigeria's southern Niger Delta had increased in recent weeks, but was silent on whether there had been any impact on output.

20100814
xinhuanet

LAGOS -- Nigeria's main opposition party, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said it was government in waiting in response to President Goodluck Jonathan's comment on opposition parties.

20100814
This Day

Abuja — President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday directed the Minister of Defence and Service Chiefs to ensure that necessary structures are put in place to enable the Armed Forces remain "resolutely focused" on their constitutional duty of defending Nigeria's territorial integrity and protecting its democratic institutions.

20100814
africanews

A total of 124 Nigerians have been deported from London following issues of indistinctness in their travel documents.

20100813
reuters

LAGOS (Reuters) - The death toll from the collapse of a multi-storey building in Nigeria's capital Abuja three days ago has climbed to 23 from an initial two, the Nigerian Red Cross said on Friday.

20100813
reuters

LAGOS (Reuters) - The former head of Nigeria's Intercontinental Bank was formally charged on Friday with mismanagement which led to the near collapse of the lender in the run-up to a $4 billion sector-wide bailout.

20100812
reuters

ABUJA (Reuters) - The chairman of Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) said on Thursday President Goodluck Jonathan had the right to contest elections due next January but stopped short of giving him outright backing.

20100813
africanews

President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria has been told by his party chairman that he has the right to contest the upcoming January primaries. Okwesilieze Nwodo of the ruling People's Democratic Party however stopped short of giving the president his full backing.

20100810
reuters

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's Senate approved three new cabinet nominees on Tuesday including two opposition politicians from the north, a region whose support President Goodluck Jonathan needs if he is to contest polls next year.

20100810
reuters

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a planned bond issue to fund an 88 billion naira budget for the electoral commission to overhaul voter lists and buy more ballot boxes ahead of January polls.

20100810
africanews

Former Nigeria President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied rumours of his death. According to rumours on Monday, Obasanjo was killed by an assassin's bullet shortly after one of his children got wedded last Saturday.