December 3

• Nigeria: APGA Crisis Will Fizzle Away - Umeh [interview]

  Chief Victor Umeh, the National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in this interview, opens up on the crisis in his party. Excerpts: Read more »

• Nigeria: Yakowa Urges Christians to Pray for Peace

  Gov. Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State on Sunday reiterated call on Christians and adherents of other religions to continue to pray for peace in the state and the country as a whole. Read more »

• Nigeria: Eko 2012 - Edo Female Team Trash Kaduna 7 - 0

  Lagos Team Edo trounced their Kaduna counterparts 7-0 in the female football event of the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Lagos.The lopsided encounter which took... Read more »

• Nigeria: Atiku's University Gets N17 Million Grant From Google

  FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar privately owned University, the America University of Nigeria, AUN, Yola has been described by Google as one of world's leading centers of... Read more »

• Nigeria: Success in Business - Developing Entrepreneurial Spirit in Nigeria Part I

  A recent collection of essays on entrepreneurial innovation in developing economies, titled 'Lessons from the Poor', mentions an aspect of Nigerian clothing design. Examining the... Read more »

• Nigeria: Outrage Over Suit Against Ohanaeze Ndigbo

  Members of Igbo World Assembly (IWA) have condemned in strong terms the law suit instituted by two ex-officials of Ohanaeze Ndigbo against Ohanaeze Ndigbo, saying their action was... Read more »

• Nigeria: Soldiers Kill Four Robbery Suspects in Bauchi

  Tension heightened, yesterday, in Azare Local Government Area of Bauchi State, barely two days after a prominent traditional ruler was killed in council, as suspected armed... Read more »

December 2

• Nigeria: Gunmen 'Burn Churches, Border Posts in Borno State

  Suspected members of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram set fire to churches and border posts in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday, residents said, but it was not immediately... Read more »

• Nigeria: Primate Says 'It Is Ridiculous' to Tax Churches

  The Primate of All Nigeria Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, on Saturday dismissed calls in some quarters for Churches in the country to be mandated to pay tax to... Read more »

• Nigeria: My Wife Is a Prostitute - Businessman

  A 35 year-old woman urged Grade 'B' Customary Court, Orile-Agege to dissolve her 15-year-old marriage on the grounds of her husband's frequent flogging and threat to life. Read more »

• Nigeria: 50 Percent Workforce Cut Controversy

  Last Wednesday, at the Second Annual Capital Market Committee Retreat, in Warri, Delta State, the Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, stirred the hornet's nest when... Read more »

• Nigeria: The Many Colours of Ajodun Ido

  As the People of Ado Ekiti, the headquarters of Ido-Osi Local Government area of Ekiti State, converged in the ancient town to celebrate this year's annual festival otherwise known... Read more »

• Nigeria: Eko 2012 - Country Not Serious About Sports Development - Osaile

  Popular boxing promoter and sports critic, Martins Osaele declared that the federal government of Nigeria is not serious in its avowed interest in the development of sports.... Read more »

• Nigeria: Poverty - Free Education for Jonathan At Unijankara - (I) [opinion]

  If you reduce poverty and the person is still poor, you have achieved nothing. I don't believe in poverty reduction concept. It is more positive to talk about wealth creation",... Read more »

• Nigeria: HIV Is No Death Sentence - Aregbesola's Wife

  The wife of the governor of the State of Osun, Mrs Sherifat Aregbesola, wants recognition of the rights of people living with HIV. The victims, according to her, should not be... Read more »

• Nigeria: Do State Govts Need Commissioners?

  Section 147(1) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria provides for the appointment of Federal Ministers while Section 192(1) does same for the appointment of State Commissioners. The... Read more »

• Nigeria: Discordant Tunes Greet Eko 2012

  It was a case of different strokes for different folks as two leaders of delegations differed in their assessment of the 18th National Sports Festival, Eko 2012, five days after... Read more »

• Nigeria: Sports Is Suffering Spiritual Attacks - Bazighe

  Former African champion and national javelin record holder, Pius Bazighe took the dwindling fortunes of Nigerian sports to another dimension, when he declared that spiritual forces... Read more »

• Nigeria: Tourism - Giving It an Attractive Image

  I must confess that I was highly surprised to learn from a colleague that one-way airfare from Lagos to Abuja is thirty thousand naira (N30,00). It seemed outrageous to me. Read more »

• Nigeria: Sexual Harassment of Female Students Worries Ogun Govt

  Ogun State government has expressed worry over the spate of sexual abuse and harassment of female students in the public primary and secondary schools in the state. Read more »

• Nigeria: Sanya Osha and His Underground of Summer Bees [book review]

  Sanya Osha's new novel, An Underground Colony of Summer Bees begins with Jerome Akpata moving from Johannesburg to Durban. "He had become tired of having to live looking constantly... Read more »

• Nigeria: NPL 2012 Congress to Hold in Kano

  Nigeria Premier League (NPL) has announced Thursday, December 6, 2012, as the date for its 2012 Annual Congress. Read more »

• Nigeria: Lagos Hosts Digital Dialogue Conference

  Digital Dialogue Nigeria 2012, a Forum aimed at kickstarting the information and education aspects of digital broadcast migration in Nigeria, holds in Lagos between 5 and 6... Read more »

• Nigeria: Trouble in Ugborodo - How to Avert More Killings - Emami

  Some stakeholders share their perspectives in this concluding part of our report on the crisis in Ughorodo, a community in Delta State, which allegedly claimed three lives. Read more »

• Nigeria: Insecurity - Niger Delta Summit Holds January

  The Niger Delta regional summit organized by the Cross River State Government, in collaboration with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to address security challenges in... Read more »