One appointment and one non-appointment stand out in the 31-strong new Federal Executive Council announced by General Abdulsalaami Abubakar on 22 August just before his threeday trip to...

Lekia Nkirine didn't stand a chance. He was shot in the chest at close range at six in the morning on election day when 50 thugs attacked the...

There has been consensus in the country on two things since the return to civil rule in 1999: the management of oil and gas, which dominates the export...

The outcome of the elections in 28 of Nigeria's 36 states on 18 March will have more effect on the daily lives of most voters than the disputed...

Calming Nigeria's murderous ethnic tensions and reducing its chronic corruption are the chief declared aims of President Olusegun Obasanjo, half way through his second and last term. There...