President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday pledged that his administration would do all it could to ensure that Nigerians in diaspora are able to vote in future elections, a news release issued by the Presidency said. According to the presidency, Jonathan, who was speaking at a meeting with representatives of Nigerians resident in France and the United Kingdom, said the Federal Government would initiate talks on the issue with the Independent National Electoral Commission and other relevant bodies.

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In August 2004, Chinonye Omeje was stirring a pot of stew outside the family’s hut in their Nigerian village. The pretty, slender 14-year-old suffered an epileptic seizure and fell face-first into the fire, the pot dumping its scalding contents onto her head. Her injuries were grievous: Much of her face was melted away, along with an ear. Her right hand was disfigured, and there were deep scars on her neck and chest.

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40 yr old Nigerian cab driver, Domingo Ezirike, was shot and killed on Oct 22, at approximately 3.35am (early hours) by 20-year-old Rashad Terrell Slye after the two had a dispute over 75 cent cab fare. Mr Ezirike is survived by a wife and three little girls

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One pastor Frederick Igboka, 36, on Tuesday appeared before an Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada for allegedly defrauding one Chioma Nmaduewesi of N225,000.

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Emerging Nigerian rap artist Dampte officially unveils his brand new single "Are You Ready", crafted by platinum producer Goldhands. The dance music inspired song is a smash hit in the clubs across Europe, especially in the United Kingdom, where Dampte currently resides.

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Nigeria's voters pressed their ink-soaked fingers to ballots Saturday, braving bomb attacks and communal violence to vote in the first round of crucial April elections in the oil-rich nation.

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Villagers angered by the blockage of the footpath they normally use as a thoroughfare, by airport authorities installing perimeter fencing around Nigeria's northern Kaduna Airport, Sunday impounded a plane owned by domestic IRS Airline and held the passengers inside hostage in protest. According to local media reports Monday, the villagers, from Ifira community, decided to impound the plane with its passengers until the police came to disperse them. The aircraft was not damaged and none of the passengers was hurt, the report said, quoting an official of the umbrella Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), Alhaji Muhammed Tukur.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will not display the ballot papers for the April polls before the day of election due to the sensitive nature of the documents, an official of the commission told Daily Trust yesterday. He said the commission will not make the ballot papers and the election results sheets public until election day in order to ensure credible elections.

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Nigeria's former anti-corruption Czar Nuhu Ribadu has emerged as the flag-bearer of the country's main opposition party Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in April's presidential election. Ribadu emerged by acclamation after two other aspirants, former governor of northern Sokoto state Attahiru Bafarawa and businessman Malam Saad Malami, withdrew from the race at the last minute.

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University of Abuja professor Kabiru Mato says both President Goodluck Jonathan and former VP Atiku Abubakar have certain advantages

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A B.C. mother is waging a legal battle to keep her three daughters in Canada to protect them from the controversial tradition of female genital circumcision in their native Nigeria.

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Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Ololade Balogun, better known by his stage name "Ayinde Barrister," was undoubtedly a genius Yoruba traditional singer. He was also one of Nigeria's best known musicians.

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A former military dictator of Nigeria says he may leave the ruling party and run for president after he was passed over as the party's candidate from the Muslim north.

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John Godson has become the first black member of Poland's lower house of parliament (Sejm) in what is being seen as a large step forward in the nation's race relations.

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Two Nigerian nationals who are being deported for misusing their student visas escaped early Thursday morning.

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The UK's border police were patting themselves on the back today after seizing over half a million quid in cash from the hand luggage of two Nigerian men at Heathrow Airport.

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A Ghana-born doctor has been elected the first black mayor in Slovenia – and probably the first in old Yugoslavia. Peter Bossman, a candidate of the centre-left Social Democrats (SD), narrowly won a municipal election in the Slovenian coastal town of Piran.

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Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka launched a newly formed Nigerian political party Saturday, using the power of rhetoric to challenge apathetic voters in the oil-rich nation to overcome a government he called cynical and brutal.

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Nigeria's chief election commissioner formally asked on Wednesday for a three-month delay to January's presidential elections, saying more time was needed to iron out problems with voter registration.

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TWO brothers have been charged with the murder of a 15-year-old schoolboy.

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