April 30

• Lagos Assembly Passes Vote of Confidence On Ikuforiji

  Vanguard

  Members of Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, passed a vote of confidence on the leadership of the House led by Speaker, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, saying it had performed... Read more »

• Atiku Decries Widespread Poverty - Says Westerners Must Not Regard All Nigerians As Crooks

  Vanguard

  Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has bemoaned the high level of poverty in the country just as he has regretted that the end of military rule did not end the culture of... Read more »

• We'll Return Fire for Fire, Ekiti PDP Warns ACN

  Vanguard

  PEOPLE S Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State, yesterday vowed to return fire-for-fire with the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, if attacked. Read more »

• Jonathan - FG Is Committed to Strengthening Democracy

  This Day

  President Goodluck Jonathan has assured of Nigeria's commitment to the entrenchment of democratic values in all nations. Read more »

• With 'Friends of Zimbabwe,' Who Needs Enemies? [column]

  The Herald

  WESTERN countries, among them Australia, Canada, the EU, France, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, have unilaterally declared themselves "Friends of Zimbabwe".... Read more »

• Atiku Decries Militarization of Democracy in Nigeria

  Premium Times

  A former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has said that despite the end of military rule in the country more than a decade ago, and the advent of constitutional... Read more »

• Govt's SMEs Policy Hailed

  The Herald

  Small and medium business owners in Gokwe have hailed President Mugabe for promoting the spirit of self-reliance among the majority of Zimbabweans. Read more »

• House Constitution Review Committee Embarks On Retreat

  This Day

  The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on the Review of the Constitution is set to embark on a retreat for its members in preparation for the next stages of the process of... Read more »

• APGA - Warring Factions Battle INEC Over Fake Officials

  This Day

  Parties in the on-going leadership crisis bedevilling the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), have taken the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to task over a... Read more »

• Liberating and Coordinating Diversity [opinion]

  This Day

  Babatunde Fashola writes that a truly fiscal and political federalism makes governance in a country like Nigeria an easy task Read more »

• Jonathan, Lamido Committee Lauded for Efforts to Resolve Adamawa Crisis

  This Day

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended the efforts of President Goodluck Jonathan and the Sule Lamido-led adhoc committee, among others, to resolve the crisis in the... Read more »

• 2014 - We Have Been Ordered to Reply ACN Fire-for-Fire, Says Ekiti PDP Boss

  This Day

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• Bayelsa's Unsuitable Government House

  This Day

  Isn't it strange and curious that right in the heart of Yenegoa, the Bayelsa State capital, is a Government House Complex initiated by the duo of former governors Diepreye... Read more »

• Akpabio's Senatorial Ambition Faulted

  Vanguard

  A group, under the aegis of Ikot Ekpene Patriotic Front for Good Governance, IEPFGG, has described Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State's recent declaration for the Akwa... Read more »

• I've No Godfather, Says Fayemi

  This Day

  Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has stated that all the transformational agenda being pursued by his administration are dictated by the will of the people of the state. Read more »

• We Have Not Rejected APC Merger Bid, Says INEC

  This Day

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Monday said it has not rejected the bid by the coalescing political parties to form the All Progressives Congress (APC). Read more »

• Gulf of Guinea Ministers Meet Next May

  ANGOP

  The seventh ordinary session of the Cabinet Council of the Gulf of Guinea (CGG) is set for May 02-03, in Luanda, to debate the code of conduct with regard to the prevention against... Read more »

• EA Transformation Plan Needs Cautious Approach

  Daily News

  LEADERS of the East African Community (EAC) on Sunday held the 11th Extra-Ordinary Summit in Arusha, where they deliberated on various developments in the region including... Read more »

• Cabinda Governor Gets Traditional Blessing of Bakamas

  ANGOP

  The governor of the northern Cabinda province, Aldina Matilde da Lomba, received last weekend, in the Thizo sanctuary the traditional blessing of the Bakamas Tchizo. Read more »

• Tanonoka Joseph Whande - Zimbabwe Must Give Better Recognition to Those in the Diaspora [opinion]

  SW Radio

  South African banks have been releasing very interesting financial figures which indicate the financial advantages Zimbabwe the country is enjoying due to its citizens who are... Read more »

• Terrorism a Global Threat to Democracy--Jonathan

  Daily Trust

  President Goodluck Jonathan has described terrorism as a global challenge to democracy. Read more »

• Presidency On Update On Issues in the Public Arena [press release]

  SA Govt

  The Presidency wishes to provide the following updates: Read more »

• 2015 - Akpabio Is After My Life - Senator Etok

  Leadership

  Senator Alloyius Etok, who presently represents Akwa-Ibom North West zone in the National Assembly, has accused the state governor, Godswill Akpabi of planning to assassinate him... Read more »

• Africa News Round Up April, Monday 29, 2013

  Independent

  In Libya, Armed men in trucks with anti-aircraft guns mounted on them surrounded the Libyan Foreign Ministry in Tripoli early Sunday and refused to allow ministry staff to enter... Read more »

• Failed Talks and Spread of War Accelerating Sudan's "Somalization", Says Sudanese Think Tank [opinion]

  Sudan Tribune

  In a statement issued today, Sudan Democracy First Group (SDFG) expressed alarm at the collapse of the recent peace negotiations in Addis Ababa between the Government of Sudan (... Read more »