Category: Nigeria News

THE IRISH-BORN Catholic Archbishop of Benin City in Nigeria has resigned. In a statement yesterday Archbishop Richard Burke (61), who grew up in Fethard, Co Tipperary, said his resignation, which...

Abuja — Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday interrogated the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Haliru Mohammed Bello, over the 17.3...

ABUJA, Nigeria — A senior Nigerian legislator says lawmakers in the oil-rich nation will consider President Goodluck Jonathan's pick for the vice presidency this week. In this May 6, 2010...

LAGOS (Codewit News Agency) – Nigeria's main opposition party on Sunday urged newly-installed President Goodluck Jonathan to fight corruption, embark on electoral reform and set performance targets for his administration....

ABUJA, Nigeria – A Nigerian government spokesman says the radical Islamist sect whose violent attacks led to fighting that killed 700 people in northern Nigeria last year has been outlawed...

Following the death of Nigeria leader, Mr.Umaru Yar’Adua on Wednesday and the swearing in of acting president, Mr.Jonathan Goodluck as the President of Nigeria, Nigerians in various online forums have...

Indications emerged on Friday that President Goodluck Jonathan will most likely name his deputy on Tuesday. Our Correspondent  learnt authoritatively from the Presidency that the flurry of activities that would...

That Nigeria is gradually stabilizing since Goodluck Jonathan was made Acting President via a resolution by the National Assembly is not contestable. For many, the stability the country is enjoying...

Section 1 (1 and 2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, stipulates as follows: "This Constitution is supreme, and its provisions shall have binding force on...

Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan has been sworn in as head of state following the death of President Umaru Yar'Adua after a long illness. Mr Jonathan, in charge since February,...