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.
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/ 25 December 2011
A bomb has exploded in a Catholic church on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria, with a shortage in ambulances hampering the evacuation process.
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.
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua arrived back in Abuja on Wednesday after three months in a Saudi Arabian hospital.
Nigerian Justice Minister Michael Aondoakaa on Friday froze a plan announced last week by the central bank to re-denominate the naira currency, saying the bank had violated the law. Aondoakaa said Central Bank Governor Chukwuma Soludo should first have sought President Umaru Yar’Adua’s written approval.