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President Goodluck Jonathan has announced his intentions to run for a second term to, once again, fight corruption and defeat Boko Haram.
Officials are awaiting news about the fate of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls after Nigeria claimed to have reached a deal with Boko Haram.
After Boko Haram posted a video offering to release kidnapped girls in exchange for prisoners, Nigeria says "the window of negotiation is still open".
Nigeria’s Cabinet has agreed to increase spending by 5% but reduce the deficit in next year’s budget to be sent to Parliament for approval in August.
Nigeria’s Cabinet has approved a final draft of an oil law that will be sent to President Goodluck Jonathan before going to Parliament in a few days.
Nigeria has cleared fuel import subsidies that were on hold while authorities verified they were for real deliveries.
Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan has cut petrol prices and mass protests were suspended in an effort to continue talks over suspended fuel subsidies.
President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency on Saturday in parts of Nigeria plagued by a violent Islamist insurgency.
President Goodluck Jonathan vowed on Saturday to "crush the terrorists" who set off a series of bombs across Nigeria on Christmas Day.
Boko Haram says it planted bombs that exploded on Christmas Day at churches in Nigeria, one of which killed at least 27 people just outside Abuja.
A bomb has exploded in a Catholic church on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria, with a shortage in ambulances hampering the evacuation process.
At least 18 people were killed by a car bomb that ripped through the United Nations’ building in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Friday.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday the final round of elections would go ahead next week despite rioting.
Côte d’Ivoire’s Laurent Gbagbo has agreed to further talks to end his country’s crisis, buying himself time after a demand that he step down.
An explosion at a market in Nigeria’s capital Abuja killed at least four people and injured more than a dozen more during New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Nigeria’s Acting President Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as head of state on Thursday following the death of President Umaru Yar’Adua.
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua death has paved the way for the most hotly contested succession since the country’s return to democracy.
Nigeria’s former military leader, Ibrahim Babangida, is planning a political comeback nearly 25 years after he first came to power.
Nigeria’s acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, installed a new Cabinet on Tuesday.
Nigeria’s powerful state governors pledged their support for Acting President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, saying he should continue to lead.
