The virus has claimed its first victim in Nigeria, prompting officials to deploy health workers to all entry points and seek out suspected cases.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed to harness the potential of the oil-rich country, which remains dogged by poverty, graft and violence.
Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says the World Bank appointment is not being decided on merit and that the US nominee will win.
Nigeria is probing a wave of Christmas Day bombings that killed at least 40, including one blast that ripped through a crowd of worshippers.
Nigeria’s Parliament is pushing ahead with a Bill that would harshly crack down on gay rights despite moves from abroad to counter such legislation.
Côte d’Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo has agreed to negotiate a resolution to the crisis gripping the nation, mediators said on Tuesday.
West African leaders decided to meet for emergency talks on the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire as strongman Laurent Gbagbo resists calls to step aside.
Nigerian intelligence authorities said they are holding nine people believed to have links with an ex-militant leader already arrested.
Nigerian police said on Sunday car bombers had intended to "commit mass murder" and distributed photos and other details of the two suspects.
Nigerian authorities hunted oil militants on Saturday who claimed responsibility for two car bombs that killed at least 12 people.
Nigerian acting President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday dissolved the Cabinet, asserting his power a little over a month after taking over.
Nigeria’s president returned on Wednesday after a stay in hospital fueling concern about fresh turmoil but his deputy said all was "on course".
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/ 10 February 2010
Nigeria’s Vice-President, Goodluck Jonathan, took office as acting head of state on Tuesday from ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua.
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/ 9 February 2010
Nigeria’s Parliament on Tuesday voted to suspend ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua and hand power to his deputy until he is well enough to resume.
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/ 14 January 2010
Lawyers have petitioned a Nigerian court to install President Umaru Yar’Adua’s deputy as acting president until the leader returns from hospital.
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/ 30 November 2006
Whether one sees Abuja, Nigeria’s 30-year-old federal capital, as an urban paradise or a place where survival is a constant struggle depends largely on one’s income bracket. Set on the dry plateau in the centre of this West African country, Abuja is the Nigerian authorities’ attempt to build a world-class city from scratch, an urban centre far removed from the deafening, refuse-strewn chaos of the commercial capital, Lagos.
Nigeria captured former Liberian leader and warlord Charles Taylor on Wednesday and deported him towards Monrovia, where United Nations peacekeepers were waiting to arrest him on charges of crimes against humanity. West Africa’s most notorious fugitive was flown out of the northern city of Maiduguri on board a Nigerian presidential jet.