August 02

• Nigeria: Al-Mustapha Visits Izala Leader

  Former chief security officer to General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha had visited the national leader of Jama'atul Izalatil Bidi'a Wa'iqamatus Sunnah (JIBWS), Sheikh... Read more »

• Nigeria: Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire in N432 Billion Oil Deal

  Nigeria and Cote D'Ivoire are currently in a N432 billion oil-based trade relations, Ivorian Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan has said. Read more »

• Nigeria: Zakat Al-Fitr - Cleansing of Fast, Support for the Needy

  Zakat al-Fitr, which is also referred to as Sadaqat al-Fitr, has two purposes; purification of the fasting people and maintenance of the needy and poor. Read more »

• Nigeria: Declare Your Assets, Public Officers Told

  Director, Code of Conduct Bureau, Sokoto, Mustapha Muhammad, has called on public officers to declare their assets in accordance with the law. Mohammed who made the call in Sokoto,... Read more »

• Nigeria: Police Freed Suspected Killers of Women, Children - Witness

  A witnesses yesterday alleged that nine women and children as well as elderly men of Hausa origin were murdered in Bassa in two separate invasions of the settlement by those he... Read more »

• Nigeria: Inmates Accuse Lawyers of Boycotting Court Proceedings

  Inmates in the Gusau Medium Prison, Zamfara State, have called on the Chief Judge of the state, Mrs Kulu Isah Aliyum, to caution lawyers against what they described as boycott of... Read more »

• Nigeria: Akpabio Swears in New SSG

  Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has sworn-in the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG). Mr Udom Emmanuel replaced Mr Umana Okon Umana, who occupied the office... Read more »

• Nigeria: Forum On Biotech Technology Held in Benin

  Forum on agricultural biotechnology for the South-South zone of the country has held in Benin with the theme, "Modifying the quality of palm oil through biotechnology." Read more »

• Nigeria: Flood - Kogi Denies Preparing for Only 50,000 Victims

  The Kogi State Emergency Management Agency said yesterday that it is making adequate arrangements for all those that would be displaced if the 2013 flood prediction by the National... Read more »

• Nigeria: four in Five Babies Miss Breast Milk First Hour of Life

  Available statistics from the National Demographic Health Survey indicate only 13 in 100 mothers breastfeed their babies exclusively for the first few months of life. It also... Read more »

August 01

• Nigeria: APC Registration Will Make No Difference If... - Braithwaite

  Former presidential candidate of Nigeria Advance Party (NAP) Dr Tunji Braithwaite has said the registration of All Progressive Congress (APC) will make little or no difference if... Read more »

• Nigeria: INEC Deserves Commendation - Bashir Tofa

  The presidential candidate of the National Republican Convention (NRC) in the annulled June 12, 1993 election, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, said the Independent National Electoral... Read more »

• Nigeria: 52,000 Fish Farmers Trained in Delta

  At least 52,000 fish farmers have been trained in the management of aquaculture in Delta State. The Commissioner for Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Antonia Ifeanyi Ashiedu said 52 of... Read more »

• Nigeria: Abia to Empower Youths, Women

  Wife of the Abia State governor, Lady Mercy Odorchi Orji, yesterday expressed the commitment of the state government towards empowering youths and women in the state. Read more »

• Nigeria: Yoruba Youths Sympathise With Kano Blast Victims

  Youths under the auspices of Yoruba Community Youths in Kano State, yesterday paid a visit to scene of the Monday blasts and hospitals where they sympathised with victims and... Read more »

• Nigeria: Jigawa Varsity Takes Off With Three Faculties

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• Nigeria: 'APC Should Reflect Federal Character'

  Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria [HURIWA] has welcomed the registration of the three merging opposition political platforms that have metamorphosed into All Progressives... Read more »

• Nigeria: 'Give Us Jobs to Ameliorate Our Sufferings'

  Widows of the 64 policemen killed in Alakyo by suspected members of the Ombatse group in Nasarawa State on May 7 have called on the government to give them jobs in order to... Read more »

• Nigeria: Nasarawa Polytechnic, Nollywood Actors Collaborate On Peace

  Nasarawa State has been in the news for some months now specifically over the May 7, 2013 killing of scores of security operatives by the Ombatse cult members in Alakyo village in... Read more »

• Nigeria: NHIs to Spend N3 Billion On Kids, Pregnant Women

  The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has received about N3.1 billion from the office of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to resume provision of free care for pregnant... Read more »

• Nigeria: Grandmother, Others Paraded Over Sale of Eight-Month-Old Baby

  The Plateau State Police Command yesterday paraded four women in connection with the sale of an eight-month-old baby. Among them was the baby' grandmother, who was alleged to have... Read more »

• Nigeria: Osun Pays N600 Million to Demolition Victims

  The Osun State government said it has paid N600 million as compensation to victims of the recent demolition exercise in the state. Read more »

• Nigeria: Fifa Queries NFF Over LMC

  The world football governing body, FIFA, has asked the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to furnish it with details of the company registered to run football league in Nigeria for... Read more »

• Nigeria: APC - This Will Deepen Democracy - Nakande

  Former minister of state for information and communication, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki Nakande has commended INEC over its decision to register the APC saying the development would... Read more »

• Nigeria: Kogi Commissioner Warns Against Exam Malpractice

  The Kogi State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Yabagi Bologi, has warned students against examination malpractice, saying it does not do any good to the society. Read more »