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LABOUR-NIGERIA: Millions Threaten to Strike
Millions of workers in Nigeria have threatened to go on strike next week over non-payment of a new minimum wage which they say they have not received since January.//CORRECTED REPEAT//DRUGS: U.S. May Soon Resume Aid To Nigeria
U.S. government may soon resume aid to Nigeria, despite the latter's poor performance in combating drug trafficking.DRUGS: U.S. May Soon Resume Aid To Nigeria
U.S. government may soon resume aid to Nigeria, five years after it suspended funding following the West African country's failure to combat drug trafficking.POLITICS-NIGERIA: Gen Obasanjo’s Party Ahead Of Its Two Rivals
Results of Nigeria's legislative elections, held over the weekend show the People's Democratic Party (PDP) of former military ruler, Olusegun Obasanjo, ahead of its two rivals.POLITICS-NIGERIA: Election Guidelines Announced
Nigeria's Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the guidelines for the country's legislative and presidential elections which would be held on Feb 20 and Feb 27 respectively.ECONOMY-NIGERIA: Naira Plunges, As New Exchange Rate Introduced
Barely two weeks after Nigeria's military ruler, Gen Abdulsalaam Abubakar, announced the 1999 budget, the value of the local currency, naira, fell by 5.4 percent.MUSIC-NIGERIA: Repossessing The Late Fela Kuti’s Property
The property on which the late King of Afrobeat, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, used to perform his music has been repossessed by its owners following a 16-year court battle in the Nigerican commercial city of Lagos.POLITICS: Violence Threatens Nigeria’s Return To Civilian Rule
The fighting between militant Ijaw youths and security forces in the oil-rich Niger Delta is threatening to derail Nigeria's plan to return to civilian rule.HEALTH-NIGERIA: Hope For Malnourished Children
Nigeria's government and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) have embarked on a programme to save millions of malnourished children in the West African country.ECONOMY-NIGERIA: Petrol Hike Endears Few to Abubakar
The popularity of Nigerian leader General Abdulsalami Abubakar took a nose-dive recently following a petrol price increase, which has labour leaders and students threatening to take to the streets.ENERGY-NIGERIA: Shocking Fuel Price Hike Enrages Unions, Traders
The decision by Nigeria's military government to more than double the price of fuel has enraged the country's vocal trade unions and business community.POLITICS-NIGERIA: Three Parties Move To The Next Round of Polls
Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stepped into a field of political landmines with its announcement of the three registered parties to contest in the 1999 polls.POLITICS: Two Party System Of Government Evolving In Nigeria
Final results of last week's local council elections in Nigeria show that a two-party system of government is evolving in Africa's most populous nation.NIGERIA: General Obasanjo’s Party Wins Local Government Polls
Lagos - Former head of state General Olusegun Obasanjo's party has taken a commanding lead in Nigeria's local government elections, boosting his chances in the 1999 Presidential polls.ECONOMY: Nigerians Enraged Over Proposed Fuel Price Hike
The proposed fuel price hike in Nigeria has come under fire by Nigerians who say the rise will cripple the economy and hit the poor more.POLITICS-NIGERIA: Wole Soyinka Returns From Exile
Nobel prize-winning writer, Wole Soyinka, has returned home, four years after leaving Nigeria.RIGHTS: Probing The Death Of A Nigerian Immigrant In Belgium
Nigeria's military government has bowed to the growing pressure at home to probe the death of a Nigerian asylum seeker who was murdered in Belgium last month.MUSIC-NIGERIA: Afrobeat King’s Legacy Lives On
Nigeria pays homage Saturday (Oct 17) to the King of Afrobeat Fela Anikulapo-Kuti - who would have turned 60 that day but for his untimely death from an AIDS-releated disease more than a year ago.RIGHTS: Hundreds Protest The Murder Of A Nigerian Girl in Belgium
Hundreds of Nigerians Friday demonstrated in front of the Belgian embassy in Lagos, protesting the death of a Nigerian asylum seeker in Brussels last month.HEALTH-NIGERIA: AIDS Campaign Takes Off
About 50 Nigerians, who carry the virus that causes AIDS, have formed a support group to enlighten Nigerians about the danger of the killer disease.POLITICS: Nigeria’s Ethnic Divide
A group of political leaders from the south of the country have threatened to boycott Nigeria's local government elections unless the government of Gen. Abdulsalaam Abubakar reforms the army and scraps a set of draconian laws used to silence political opponents.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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