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NMA is positioned to work with partners in the Development by IPHF Nigeria on Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:58 am Abuja, Nigeria 10th June 2008 NMA is positioned to work with partners in the Development Sector in...Irregularities and Violence Mar Nigerian Elections
UPDATE:The stakes are high: this election could see Nigeria's first fully democratic transition of power." Police inspector general Sunday Ehindero told state television that a preliminary tally showed 21 dead,...Nigerians welcome Vogts resignation
"Vogts resigned from his post less than three weeks after the team crashed out in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations.A statement issued by his lawyers said that the German coach took the action because "the measures and the behaviour of the Nigerian Football...Former Governor To Appear In Court For Curruption Allegations In Nigeria
"The Economic and Fina-ncial Crimes Commis-sion (EFCC) yesterday filed a 142- count charge against former Edo State governor, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, before a Federal High Court in Kaduna. This is coming on the heels of a warrant of arrest against the former governor by a...Obasanjo’s daughter in N3.5bn scam
The mind-boggling contract scam involving Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, daughter of former president Olusegun Obasanjo, has taken another dimension with the allegation that she received a Toyota Land Cruiser as bribe to help secure contracts in the power sector. This is...Glasgow wins race for 2014 Games
"Glasgow has been chosen to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. There were celebrations in the Scottish city as the decision of the 71 voting nations was announced in Sri Lanka, with Glasgow winning by 47 votes to 24. The city had been competing against Nigerian capital Abuja...
Nigerian school without power receives 300 laptops
"A Nigerian school has received a gift of 300 laptops -- one per pupil -- but has no electricity to power them up, the official News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported Friday.
Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien, coordinator of the... Court Reinstalls Peter Obi as Governor of Anambra State, Nigeria
Abuja - The Supreme Court has ordered Andy Uba of PDP to vacate office immediately and Peter Obi of APGA to resume office as the governor of Anambra State, South – East Nigeria, this took place about 15 minutes... New Nigerian president calls for end to violence
ABUJA, Nigeria - President Umaru Yar'Adua used his inaugural address Tuesday to appeal
for an immediate end to the violence that has slashed crude production
in Nigeria's oil heartland, and the largest militant group said it
would consider the overture.The prospect of... Nigeria Election Fallout - Where is Our Money? Senate Tackles INEC
SENATOR James Kolawole's demand on Prof. Maurice Iwu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was reflective of the general mood of the Senate last Tuesday. "We have seen that N15 billion was given to the INEC chairman a week to the election, what... Nigeria: Northern elite draft Sultan to placate Atiku, Buhari
NORTHERN political elite
are piling pressure on the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammed Saad
Abubakar (III), to get the Presidential candidates of the Action
Congress (AC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the All Nigeria... London Club refunds $747m to Nigeria
Nigeria has been refunded about $747.82 million by the London Club, being collaterals on the par bonds debt it paid back last December.Finance Minister, Nenadi Usman, made the discloure on Thursday in Abuja when she spoke with journalists on external debt and related... Soyinka urges new Nigeria polls
Nigeria's Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has joined those calling for the presidential election to be cancelled.
Mr Soyinka said the West should deny entry visas to
election commissioner Maurice Iwu for his "complicity... Nigeria VP loses official mansion
Nigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has been asked to leave his official residence ahead of planned renovations. Mr Abubakar will not return to the residence after the repairs as it is to be occupied by Nigeria's chief justice. Mr Abubakar has fallen out with President...Nigerian Opposition Seeks Power in Numbers
As the ruling party seeks to legitimize the results of the election, opposition leaders are consolidating to express their discontent, with the threat of public demonstrations looming. "The runner-up in Nigeria's presidential elections convened a meeting with other opposition...
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