Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 17:28
Nigeria is to hold its next presidential election on February 14, 2015, the electoral agency said Friday, with incumbent head of state Goodluck Jonathan expected to seek a second term.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 03:31
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Nigeria`s President Goodluck Jonathan has approved a bill banning gay marriage and same-sex partnerships that sparked international condemnation, his spokesman said on Monday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 16:03
The father of a state governor who defected from Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan`s ruling party escaped unhurt after gunmen attacked a mosque in his village, police said on Wednesday.
Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 07:24
The volume of oil theft in oil rich Nigeria`s Niger Delta region has reduced from 100,000 barrels to 40,00 barrels per day, the governor of oil rich Delta State said Thursday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 05:34
Nigeria`s President Goodluck Jonathan is challenging a prominent critic to prove allegations of corruption and that he is training a death squad to kill enemies.
Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 19:47
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has made a "speedy recovery" from illness in London and was well enough to attend an investor conference, the presidency said.
Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 00:30
Nigeria`s President Goodluck Jonathan received unplanned medical treatment in London on Thursday after he "became indisposed" and was forced to miss a scheduled meeting, his spokesman said.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 08:41
The request was made in two letters presented to the House of Representatives and the Senate in Nigeria`s capital, Abuja.
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 10:06
An Islamist insurgency in Nigeria`s northeast is challenging the country`s stability and every effort is being made to tackle the extremists with "due regard for fundamental human rights," Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 22:55
Nigeria`s three leading opposition parties got approval for their merger in a bid to challenge President Goodluck Jonathan`s ruling PDP in 2015.
Last Updated: Saturday, June 15, 2013, 00:27
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared state of emergency in three troubled northern states, where a radical Islamist outfit has been carrying out killings and battling with government forces.
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