SPORTS: Nigeria Prepares to Host All African Games

The rich Nigerian culture was on showcase this week as the country opened its new National Stadium in Abuja, the nation's capital, in preparatory for the 8th All African Games scheduled for Oct 4-18.

POLITICS-NIGERIA: Cautious Optimism As Nigerians Prepare For The Polls

-Sixty-two million eligible voters in Nigeria will this week be issued with voters' cards as the first in a series of elections this year gets underway this weekend.

ENERGY-NIGERIA: Darkness Returns as Niger Delta Ethnic Crisis Takes Its Toll

''Are we back in the old times when having electricity is like a miracle? At work, there is hardly electricity for two hours and when one gets home in the evening after the day's work, it is the same at home, no light,'' a sweaty Yinka Dada, complains as he moved out of his office to take fresh air under an almond tree in the premises of a government parastatal here.

IRAQ: Police Crackdown on Alleged Nigerian Mercenaries

Police have launched a crackdown on alleged Nigerian mercenaries apparently recruited by an Iraqi to fight on the side of Iraq in United States led coalition war.

ECONOMY-NIGERIA: Ethnic Clashes Result In Closure of Crude Oil Production

Nigeria's petroleum industry may not benefit from the bombardment of Iraq by the United Stated-led coalition after ethnic clashes last week forced multi-national companies to shut down of operations in Warri, one of the major oil-producing cities in the Niger Delta region.

POLITICS: An Attack on Iraq a Mistake – African Intellectuals

Belated though, African intellectuals have joined their colleagues around the world in calling on the United States not to risk destabilising the world by launching an attack on Iraq.

ENERGY-NIGERIA: Electricity Returns to Villages after 20 Years of Darkness

This small community of about 5,000 inhabitants was among the first villages to benefit from Nigeria's first rural electrification programme in 1970, but darkness returned to the village just two years after the inauguration of the project as thieves carted away the electrical equipment.

POLITICS: A Third Force Underway in Nigeria

Fragmented, poor and weak. This is how analysts describe Nigeria's 27 new political parties.

EDUCATION-NIGERIA: Another Wasted Year for University Students

Dupe Olutuye is worried that she may spend this year at home if the striking lecturers at Nigeria's 24 universities refused to return to work.

RIGHTS-NIGERIA: Death Toll from Blast Continues to Rise

The death toll from the weekend blast continues to rise, with 30 bodies recovered and more than 500 persons made homeless in Lagos, this week.

RIGHTS-NIGERIA: Rescue Workers Still Searching for Survivors

Rescue workers were on Monday still digging into the rubble of a four-storey building in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, where a weekend blast has left 22 people dead and hundreds injured.

COMMUNICATION-NIGERIA: Connecting Villages with the Rest of the World

''I am so happy that I can now call my relations in Lagos and Abuja (the capital of Nigeria) from Ogori.

POLITICS: Big Parties Pick Former Military Rulers to Run Nigeria

Former military rulers, who are blamed for much of Nigeria's woes, are back on the political stage - this time running as civilians in the April presidential election.

POLITICS-NIGERIA: Female Presidential Hopeful Throws Her Hat into the Ring

Nigeria's first female presidential aspirant, Sarah Jubril will challenge 29 men, including incumbent President Olusegun Obasanjo, in the April presidential poll.

FINANCE: Nigeria Meets Money Laundering Deadline

The government of Nigeria on Monday signed the Money Laundering Act to meet the Dec 16 deadline, set by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

FINANCE: Nigeria Meets Money Laundering Deadline

The government of Nigeria on Monday signed the Money Laundering Act to meet the Dec 16 deadline, set by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

DEVELOPMENT: Nigeria Woos Foreign Firms to Invest in Farming

The government of President Olusegun Obasanjo has promised tax relief and a 2.5-percent tariff reduction to local and foreign firms willing to engage in large-scale farming of maize, wheat and rice in Nigeria.

DEVELOPMENT: Nigeria Woos Foreign Firms to Invest in Farming

The government of President Olusegun Obasanjo has promised tax relief and a 2.5-percent tariff reduction to local and foreign firms willing to engage in large-scale farming of maize, wheat and rice in Nigeria.

HEALTH-NIGERIA: Stigmatisation, the Bane of HIV/AIDS Scourge

The rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria is a result of stigmatisation and discrimination against people who have tested positive, say experts.

HEALTH-NIGERIA: Stigmatisation, the Bane of HIV/AIDS Scourge

The rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria is a result of stigmatisation and discrimination against people who have tested positive, say experts.

RELIGION-NIGERIA: Mass Burial Planned as 7000 Displaced Families Need Food

More than 200 bodies were collected for mass burial Monday, as the Red Cross struggles with effects of the tragedy: 7,000 families made homeless by the violence between Christians and Muslims in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna.