Lagos News
Hundreds dead in new Nigeria clashes
Hundreds of people are believed to have died in clashes near Jos in Nigeria
Lagos News
Nigerian cabinet to decide on Yar’Adua illness
The Nigerian cabinet has been given until 5 February to decide if President Umaru Yar
Lagos News
Campaigning has begun for upcoming local elections in Lagos state. On 11 October eligible voters will be called to choose their representatives in 20 local government councils and a further 37 local c...
Lagos News
Former aviation ministers arrested.
Two former aviation ministers, Femi Fani-Kayode and Babalola Borishade, have been arrested as art of an investigation into the presumed misappropriation of a N19.5 billion fund set up by former presid...
Lagos News
Strike and national holiday for Yar'Adua inauguration.
Trade unions in Nigeria have called a two-day strike ahead of the inauguration of the new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, on 29 May. The industrial action is in protest over the outcome of the April local...
Lagos News
Nigerians have gone to the polls to elect their new president and federal parliament amid reports of confusion and widespread violence and a failed attack on the electoral commission headquarters.
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Lagos News
Nigeria poised for presidential poll.
Polling in the 21 April presidential and national assembly elections is to begin at 10.00 local time rather than at 08.00 as originally stated due to the late arrival of the ballot papers, the head of...
Lagos News
Nigerian opposition parties to run in presidential election.
Opposition parties have announced that they will be competing in the presidential and parliamentary elections on 21 April and that they will be running individually. The decision puts paid to calls fo...
