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Government, labour in deadlock over fuel subsidy removal
Jan. 5 | NAL Staff writer In what has now become a cat and mouse chase between Nigeria’s federal government and coalition of workers unions, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has directed its members to embark on a nationwide strike starting from Monday, January...
Breaking News: Jonathan declares state of emergency in the north-east
Dec. 31 | President of Christians Association of Nigeria Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor (L) speaks with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (C) in the state house, in Abuja. Photo Credit: Getty Image By NAL Staff writer Following increased bombing activities by Nigeria’s...
Updated – List of Nigeria’s executive ministers and their portfolios
Jul. 13 | NAMES PORTFOLIO ONLINE Emeka Wogu (Abia) Minister for Labour Zainab Maina (Adamawa) Minister for Women Affairs Ita Okon Bassey Ewa (Akwa Ibom) Minister of Science and Technology www.fmst.gov.ng Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi (Anambra) Minister...
Abuja Terror Attack: Nigerians don’t trust Jonathan to act decisively
Jun. 20 | By Nigerians Abroad staff writer Overwhelming reactions from Nigerians in different regions of the world continue to trail last week suicide bomb attack — the first in Nigeria’s history — that shook the Nigerian Police Force Headquarters...
Arms seized in Nigeria were for Gambia says Iran ambassador
Feb. 8 | Tehran’s ambassador to Nigeria said Tuesday that arms seized in October at a port in Lagos were destined for the Gambia and followed an agreement between Iran and the small West African nation. The controversial arms shipment sent from Iran has...
Wikileaks: Late President Yar’Adua had kidney transplant in 2002
Jan. 23 | Late Nigeria President Yar'Adua (R) and his successor Goodluck Jonathan (L). Late Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua had a kidney transplant in 2002 while still a state governor in Africa’s most populous nation, but avoided having another...
Dissidents in parts of Northern Nigeria protest Jonathan candidature
Jan. 17 | State delegates of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party cast their votes during the presidential primaries of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja . Photo credit: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s primary victory has...
South African court denies Okah bail
Jan. 7 | A South African court on Friday rejected a bail appeal for the suspected ex-militant leader accused of ordering deadly twin car bombings on Nigeria’s Independence Day last year. Prosecutors say Henry Okah is the leader of the Movement for the...
High turn out recorded in Delta governorship poll
Jan. 6 | Nigerians voted on Thursday in a key state governor’s ballot seen as a test ahead of April’s nationwide elections, with massive security deployed amid fears of further violence. Police reported no violent incidents in connection with the...
