June 18

• Nigeria: PDP Lifts Suspension On Wamakka

  National Chairman of PDP sunday announced the suspension of Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto state and also said that the party's NEC will hold thursday June 20 at noon. Read more »

• Nigeria: Kogi Procures Boats for Flood Emergency Purposes

  The Kogi State Government has procured 10 seaworthy boats for rescue operations to enhance its capacity to respond to emergency situations, in view of this year's flood prediction... Read more »

• Nigeria: Sambo Decries Neglect of Transport Sector As Fcta Launches New Taxi Scheme

  The Vice-President, Namadi Sambo, has singled out neglect of the transport sector as one of the major impediment of economic growth and development in the country, as he commended... Read more »

• Nigeria: First Lady's Rivers Visit Shuts Out GRA Residents

  Residents of the Old Government Reservation Area (GRA) in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, have cried out over the inconveniences they have been suffering since the First... Read more »

• Nigeria: IFC - Nigeria Needs U.S.$4.5 Billion to Fix Health Sector

  The International Finance Corporation (IFC) Monday said it would require a total of about $4.5 billion to make quality health services accessible to Nigerians. Read more »

• Nigeria: PHCN Explains Outage At Abuja Airport Earmarks N167m to Improve Power Supply to Kebbi

  The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) Monday explained the failure of electricity supply at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Sunday. Read more »

• Nigeria: Destruction in Uniuyo Shocks NUC Chief

  The acting Chairman, Inter-ministerial Committee on Campus Safety from the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Adebisi Balogun, was shocked Monday by the extent of damage... Read more »

• Nigeria: Huriwa Urges First Lady to Fight Rape

  A group, the Human Rights Writers' Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), Monday called on the First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, to step up the fight against the increasing rate of... Read more »

• Nigeria: Judiciary Workers to Face Sanctions for Corruption

  Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Mukhtar, has said that the ongoing sanitisation process in the judiciary will not be limited to judges alone but would be extended to... Read more »

• Nigeria: FG Urges More Private Investors' Intervention in Tertiary Education

  The federal government has called for partnership with the organised private sector on the establishment of high standard private tertiary institutions to address the current... Read more »

• Nigeria: Assault - Leadership Photojournalist Sues Undertaker for N50m

  The brutalised Leadership Newspapers' photojournalist, Benedict Uwalaka, has instituted a N50 million fundamental rights enforcement suit against an undertaker, TOS Funeral... Read more »

• Nigeria: RAMFC- New Revenue Formula Ready December

  The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) is to present its recommendations on a new revenue formula to President Goodluck Jonathan for approval in... Read more »

• Nigeria: Nigeria, 37 Others Bag UN Award for Meeting MDGs Hunger Target

  Contrary to the impression that there is so much hunger in the land, Nigeria and 37 other countries have received the commendation of the United Nations' Food and Agricultural... Read more »

• Nigeria: South-South, Middle Belt Elders Endorse Jonathan for Second Term President

  Leaders from the South-south and the Middle Belt, yesterday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to run for a second term in office. Read more »

• Nigeria: Arms Cache - Confusion Over Trial Date for Lebanese

  There is confusion over the actual date the trial of three Lebanese nationals - Abdallah Thaini, Mustapha Fawaz and Talal Roda - charged with criminal conspiracy and unlawful... Read more »

• Nigeria: Seven Students, Four Others Killed in Boko Haram Attacks On Damaturu

  The deadly Boko Haram sect, which many thought had been routed by the ongoing clampdown by the military, struck again in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, on Sunday night launching... Read more »

• Nigeria: Oronsaye Committee - NLC Warns Against Retrenchment

  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Monday vowed to resist any attempt by the federal government to sack workers during the implementation of the White Paper of the presidential... Read more »

• Nigeria: FAAN - Court Awards Maevis N5 Billion

  A Federal High Court in Lagos, Monday declared as invalid a contract which Societe International Telecommunication Aeronautiques (SITA) entered with the Federal Airports Authority... Read more »

• Nigeria: Nigeria Plans to Train Astronauts for Space Travel

  Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the federal government is to start the training of local astronauts for space travel by 2015. Read more »

• Nigeria: Akume Objects to Forgery Suit

  The Senate Minority Leader, Senator George Akume, has challenged the jurisdiction of a Federal High Court, in Abuja to hear and determine a case of alleged forgery instituted... Read more »

• Nigeria: Anambra Will Witness a Revolution, Says Obi

  Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State Monday said what would happen in the state by the end of the year would be revolutionary by all accounts and that all sectors would benefit. Read more »

• Nigeria: FG Pays N192.5 Billion Subsidy Claims to Marketers

  As part of the Federal Government's renewed commitment to ensure availability of petroleum products at subsidised prices, the Federal Ministry of Finance has stated that it had... Read more »

• Nigeria: ... How We Snookered Jang By Kwankwaso

  Kano State Governor, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso, Monday opened up on the intrigues which resulted in the emergence of two governors as chairmen of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF),... Read more »

• Nigeria: South-East, South-South Professionals Work Out Masterplan for Regional Development

  The South-east, South-south Professionals of Nigeria Monday in Enugu declared that it was currently working out a 10-year master-plan that would help in fast-tracking the economic... Read more »

• Africa: Rawlings, Shonekan, Mark, Tambuwal List Recipe for Democratic Growth in Africa

  Former President of Ghana, Jerry Rawlings; former Head of the Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan; Senate President David Mark and the Speaker of the House of... Read more »