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Bloomberg: Investors want Jonathan to go

(Bloomberg) -- President Goodluck Jonathan left the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange after a…

Australians bid farewell to former PM Fraser

Hundreds of mourners gathered Friday at a state funeral for former conservative prime minister Malcolm…

US top diplomat to monitor Nigeria's elections

The top US diplomat for Africa will travel to Nigeria to observe presidential elections, the State Department…

Chad, Niger troops flush Boko Haram out of another Nigerian town

Chad and Niger troops have recaptured the northeastern Nigerian town of Gachagar from Boko Haram,…

Pilots who had crashed their planes

Investigators believe Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot of a German airliner deliberately crashed the plane into the…

Nigeria winds up presidential campaigns

Ola Awoniyi Campaigning wound to a close in Nigeria's presidential elections on Thursday, with the…

Jonathan, Buhari renew peace vows

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan and the main opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed a…

Nigeria's military detains 2 Al-Jazeera journalists

Nigeria's military has detained two Al-Jazeera television journalists in the country's northeast, where troops have…

Federal court shields Tinubu against army chief

The Federal High Court in Lagos today granted an interim injunction restraining Nigeria's Chief of…

Why I Dumped PDP: Ondo deputy governor

*Here is the short statement issued today by Alhaji Alli Olanusi, deputy governor of Ondo…