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MASSOB demonstrates over continued detention of UwazuruikeMembers of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) yesterday took over the streets of Onitsha and its environs in protest.

At least nine people have drowned and 15 were missing after a small boat capsized off Cameroon's coast while on its way to neighbouring Nigeria.

BBC NewsThe Violence in Nigeria: What's Behind the Conflict?TIMEThe "middle belt" is a melting pot where the major ethnic groups of Nigeria - Hausa-Fulani Muslims and Yoruba and Igbo Christians - usually coexist.

Lagos - In any case why is Nigeria's ruling class, the various segments of which in the ruling-class political parties has turned the ideology of "less government" into a religion, belly-aching about the absence of government occasioned by President Yar'Adua vacation.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange All- Share Index rose for a second day, increasing 0.7 percent to 23,199.88 in the third hour of trading in the commercial capital, Lagos.

Lagos - NIGERIA'S agriculture sector witnessed improved growth in 2009 as $378 million, about N56.7 billion was realized from its export during the period under review.

LAGOS -- Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan is due to meet with security chiefs to discuss the recent clashes involving Muslim herders and Christian villagers.

Ohakim, Idris, others, hail Anambra election, congratulate ObiThe Imo governor, who spoke at the conference of Igbo Leaders in Owerri, commended Governor Obi and other contestants in the election for what he called.

Telegraph.co.uk500 horrific deaths: the cost of Nigeria's latest religious upheavalThe Daily MaverickNigeria has a long history of ethnic tensions, including the Igbo's traumatic bid for Biafran independence, nearly half a century ago.

LAGOS - Troops had been seen in Nigeria's northern city of Jos after at least 500 were killed in a communal violence in the western African country, local residents witnessed on Monday.

Nigeria: Contending With Foreign Language in HomesThe major languages spoken in Nigeria are Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Fulfulde, Kanuri and Ibibio. Though most ethnic groups prefer to communicate in their own.

Lagos - A technical team will soon be set up between the Ministry of Power and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to manage the N500 billion set aside to boost development in the power sector, Minister of Power, Dr. Lanre Babalola, has said.

Lagos - The Manufacturing Association of Nigeria [MAN] has raised an alarm that a frightening trend in the de-industrialisation of Nigeria is in process at an alarming pace and the Nigerian government and people need to do something urgently to arrest the ugly and socially debilitating situation.

Lagos - There is no sphere in Nigeria that clearly evidences the growing loss of relevance of Northern Nigeria, as much as the banking sector.

Herdsmen raid Jos village, kill hundredsIgbos are now safe in Nigeria since the repraissal attack on the Hausas in Onitsha in 2006. These People need to be taught that they do not have the.

Igbos must chart a new course - OhakimGovernor of Imo State, Dr Ikedi Ohakim, has declared that the Igbo nation must take stock and change strategy after 40 years of the Civil War,.

LAGOS - The leadership debacle created by President Umaru Yar'Adua's debilitating absence from Nigeria is far from over despite his return 11 days ago from a lengthy treatment abroad for an acute heart ailment.

Expose kidnappers, Ohakim challenges youthsOhakim told Imo youths to pick the gauntlet and fight against the spate of kidnappings in the state as it is against the culture of Igbo people.

Lagos - Last December's attempted bombing in the United States is still occupying the front burner as the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has ordered Agents of Foreign Airlines (AFAs) to ensure that all intending international charter passengers complete departure and arrival clearance formalities prior to departure and arrival.

Lagos - The Nigeria Bar Association, Awka Branch has expressed satisfaction over the February 6th Anambra election describing it as "free and fair" contending that the result as announced is a true reflection of the will of the people expressed through their votes.