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The Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group (ISDMG), Centre for Transparency Advocacy, a civil society coalition, on Saturday, 23rd November, 2013…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has advocated for technology transfer in tackling water sector challenges in Nigeria as this will…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday November 27, 2013 arraigned one Richard Onomeh Akaighe, before Justice Abubakar of…

Nigeria’s 2015 presidential elections could descend into chaos if alleged irregularities and bungling in a key local vote are repeated nationally, politicians and activists are warning. Nearly two weeks after voters went to the polls to elect a new…

In its bid to open up the hinterlands for investment, tourism and other socio-economic activities, Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake…

In Nigeria’s northern city if Kano, enforcers of Sharia law patrol the streets looking for evidence of un-Islamic behaviour — homosexuality, western haircuts, revealing clothing or even ‘romancing’. Duration: 02:47

Gunmen in central Nigeria’s Plateau state killed 37 people in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday, the military said, in the latest unrest to hit the area gripped by a decade-long sectarian conflict. Duration: 00:57

Nigeria is to revert to paper banknotes, the country’s central bank has announced, in a policy switch bucking a growing trend around the world for tougher polymer-based currency. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) signed a deal in 2006 with Australia…

Gunmen in central Nigeria’s Plateau state killed 37 people in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday, the military said, the latest unrest to hit the area gripped by a decade-long sectarian conflict. “At about 2:00 am (0100 GMT) unknown gunmen carried out an attack…

A group of Nigerian state governors who defected from the ruling party on Tuesday joined a new opposition mega-party, officials said, in the latest political blow to President Goodluck Jonathan. Jonathan’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has controlled…