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Atiku, Wike attend PDP national caucus meeting in Abuja

Nigeria, April 18 -- Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, attended the meeting of the National Caucus of the People'... Read More


PDP extends Damagum's tenure as acting national chairperson

Nigeria, April 18 -- The National Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended the tenure of Umar Damagum as the acting National Chairperson of the party. The National Publicity Secretar... Read More


Why we can't decide Damagum's fate - PDP Governors

Nigeria, April 18 -- The Chairperson of the PDP Governors Forum, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, has said that only the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)... Read More


NEC: PDP governors in crucial meeting in Abuja

Nigeria, April 17 -- Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently in the meeting ahead of the National Executive Committee (NEC) slated for Thursday in Abuja. The governors are meeti... Read More


Akpabio asks Nigerian police to weed out corrupt officers

Nigeria, April 16 -- The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to identify and remove corrupt and bad officers in the force. Mr Akpabio ... Read More


Ex-governorship candidate demands probe of Lagos-Calabar highway contract award

Nigeria, April 13 -- A former governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC) in Lagos State, Funso Doherty, has demanded a thorough investigation into the award of the Lagos-Calabar co... Read More


Senate extends recess by one week

Nigeria, April 7 -- The Senate has postponed resumption of plenary to 23 April. The upper chamber embarked on Easter and Eid-el-Fitr holiday on 20 March after passing a bill to extend the implementat... Read More


Adopt Songs of Psalm as prayer points to end insecurity- Gospel artiste to Nigerians

Nigeria, April 5 -- A Nigerian gospel singer, John Kola-Idowu, has urged Nigerians to adopt the lyrics of the Yoruba version of Songs of Psalms as prayer points to end kidnapping, banditry, terrorism ... Read More


Nigeria's deputy senate president emerges acting speaker of ECOWAS Parliament

Nigeria, April 5 -- The ECOWAS Parliament on Thursday nominated Barau Jibrin, the Nigerian deputy senate president as acting speaker of the sub-regional parliament. Mr Jibrin emerged as speaker at th... Read More


SPECIAL REPORT: Excessive rainfall washing popular Nigerian rice variety off local menu

Nigeria, April 1 -- Mutiat Kilasho was 12 when she began to show interest in her father's rice farm. After three years of apprenticeship with him, she began cultivating a local variety of the crop na... Read More