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After a parliamentary vote delayed by administrative chaos and a presidential election that triggered deadly rioting, Nigerians head to the polls today...

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said it was too early to declare whether or not he will contest an election due by next...

Nigeria's parliament approved a constitutional amendment on transferring presidential powers, aimed at avoiding a repeat of a crisis when the late President...

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan asked parliament to cut planned spending in the 2010 budget and revise its key assumptions to reflect a...

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has nominated Kaduna state governor Namadi Sambo to be vice president of Africa's most populous nation, a presidency...

Militants in the Niger Delta have threatened a fresh wave of potentially crippling attacks on Nigeria's oil industry, giving the African country's...

Nigeria's new leader Goodluck Jonathan vowed electoral reform and fighting graft would be top priorities as he steers the nation to its...

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua died late on Wednesday, aged 58, after a long battle with kidney and heart ailments, paving the way...

Former militants fed up with a Nigerian government amnesty programme are regrouping and are behind a renewed wave of kidnappings, robberies and...

Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the country's elections chief to step down immediately, following concern that polls next year would not...

Nigeria's acting president signed into law an oil industry bill that gives domestic firms priority in the award of oil blocks and...

Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan wants a sovereign wealth fund for sub-Saharan Africa's biggest energy producer established within months, the country's new...

Acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan did not rule out contesting elections due next year, but said in an interview aired yesterday that...

Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan assured the international community that Africa's most populous country would hold free and fair elections next year. Jonathan...

Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan travels to Washington this weekend to meet US President Barack Obama on his first foreign trip as...

Nigeria's acting president will swear in 38 ministers to his new cabinet and assign them portfolios today presidency spokesperson said, a move...

Nigeria's Senate confirmed 38 new ministers proposed by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, including the country's former junior oil minister and a senior...

Nigeria's Senate began to screen Acting President Goodluck Jonathan's nominees for his new cabinet, whose rapid formation would ease political uncertainty in...

Nigeria's Senate yesterday approved a constitutional amendment to allow politicians who are accused of fraud, but not convicted, to run for federal...

Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan will meet former rebel leaders from the oil-producing Niger Delta tomorrow, hoping to get a federal amnesty...