December 1

• Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Local Leader

  Unknown gunmen Friday night killed a member of the Katagum Emirate Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Abbas Majidadin Katagum, in Azare Headquarters of Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi... Read more »

• Nigeria: NLC Gives Jang 10 Days to Resolve Council Workers' Crisis

  The national leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has given the Governor of Plateau State, Jonah David Jang a 10-day ultimatum to resolve the local government workers'... Read more »

• Nigeria: Jonathan Condoles Buhari Over Daughter's Death

  President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has commiserated with former Head of State, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) on the death of his eldest daughter, Zulaihatu Thurdday. Read more »

• Nigeria: Bianca Gets Lion's Share As Court Reads Ojukwu's Will

  Exactly one year and four days after his demise, the Will and Last Testament of the late former Biafran warlord and Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was Friday read at... Read more »

• Nigeria/Mali: Stade Mamadou Konate to Host Eaglets, Mali

  In line with the rule guiding association football, the Golden Eaglets on Friday had a first feel of the synthentic pitch of Stade Mamadou Konate in the Kouluba district of Bamako. Read more »

• Nigeria: National Construction Industry Bill [column]

  Without indigenous ownership, our construction industry will remain undeveloped. Read more »

November 30

• Nigeria: Manufacturers of Eva Soap Raise the Alarm Over Counterfeiting

  The management of Ekulo Group of Companies, manufacturers of Eva range of soaps, has cried out that importers of fake and substandard soaps into the market are sabotaging their... Read more »

• Nigeria: Reducing the Scourge of Poverty, Creating New Economic Spaces (1)

  Many say poverty is a curse, if this is the case then quite a number of Nigerians are living under a great burden. Read more »

• Nigeria: Osun - Raising the Bar in Infrastructural Development

  Two years into the administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola in Osun State, Yinka Kolawole writes that the governor is building linkage with the people through infrastructural... Read more »

• Nigeria: Onyali-Omagbemi Tasks 'Team Anambra' Athletes On Excellence

  Anambra State Sports Ambassador, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, has advised Team Anambra to strive for excellence, in spite of difficulties they encounter at the ongoing National Sports... Read more »

• Nigeria: Jonathan, IBB, Govs, Others Absent From Yar'Adua's Memorial Lecture

  President Goodluck Jonathan, former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida and the Governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shehu Shema, were among eminent Nigerians that were... Read more »

• Nigeria/Zambia: SA 2013 - Zambia Plots 20,000 Supporters Against Eagles

  The Zambia Football Federation is to purchase 20,000 tickets for the match against the Super Eagles of Nigeria at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nation's (AFCON) in South Africa. Read more »

• Nigeria: Education Is a Must for North, Says Sultan

  In a pointed rejection of one of the doctrines espoused by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammed Sa'ad Abubakar III, on Thursday said the degree of... Read more »

• Nigeria: AFN Appoints Monitoring Team for Festival

  The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has set up a team to monitor budding athletes that can be nurtured to stardom as the track & field events of the 18th National Sports... Read more »

• Nigeria: Let the Festival Begin

  It may not have created the sort of spell-binding attention the Olympics had caused across the world, but the 18th National Sports Festival which opened last Tuesday at the Teslim... Read more »

• Nigeria: PDP Flays ACN Over Comments On Tukur

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) attack on its National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, was "an exercise full of mischief and an... Read more »

• Nigeria: 2.1 Million Children Orphaned By Aids in 2011

  Taraba State AIDS Control Agency (TACA) has disclosed that 2,193,745 children were orphaned across the country by the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) scourge in 2011. Read more »

• Nigeria: Boat Mishap - Council to Enforce Life-Jacket Use

  Following the recent boat mishap in Lagos waters which claimed some lives, one of the affected councils in Lagos State has reiterated its readiness to enforce the use of... Read more »

• Nigeria: Sure-P Expends N70 Billion in Four Months

  The Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) has expended N70 billion within the space of four month of its inception. Read more »

• Nigeria: Senators Hail Completion of Tracon Project

  The Senate Committee on Aviation, which toured airport facilities and projects last in a verification exercise, has expressed satisfaction with the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria... Read more »

• Nigeria: Master Mariners Oppose Calls for Scrapping of MAN, Oron

  Master mariners in the country have opposed calls for the scrapping of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, Akwa Ibom State. Read more »

• Nigeria: Nation Records Boost in Forex Inflow

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that a total forex inflow of $35.44 billion was realised by the country as at June this year, compared to $28.85billion as at the... Read more »

• Nigeria: Ernst & Young Honours Dangote, Ibru, Others

  President, Dangote Group, Mr. Aliko Dangote, Mr. Goddie Ibru, and others have been honoured with the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for West Africa held in Lagos. Read more »

• Nigeria: Customs Chief Hands Over 306 NIPP Containers

  The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over a total of 306 containers of National Independent Power Project (NIPP) equipment recovered from the seaports in Lagos to the... Read more »

• Nigeria: NIMET Warns Pilots Over Poor Visibility During Harmattan

  Pilots in Nigeria will begin to experience poor visibility due to dusty weather occasioned by the Harmattan, warned the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) which called for... Read more »