Ex-Nigerian leader seeks return
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Nigeria's ex-military ruler Gen Babangida, a leading candidate in next year's polls, says he is proud of his time in office.
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The former interim leader has positioned himself as a replacement for Maliki, but he wasn't too popular the first time around
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Immediately after Pakistan's highest court ruled he could return, former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said he would go home soon to lead his party's campaign to oust the general who overthrew and exiled him eight years ago.
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Switzerland says it will hand back to Nigeria $500m allegedly embezzled by the late military ruler Sani Abacha.
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Former Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif said Thursday he would return home from exile on Sept. 10 to challenge President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's plans to extend his rule.
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Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua scraps state owned oil company, in a bid to restructure the oil sector.
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Adams Oshiomhole, the president of Nigeria&#39;s main union body, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), is missing. He was picked up by secret police at the airport of the capital, Abuja, early on Saturday.
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The leader of a militia based in Nigeria&#39;s main oil region says he is to meet the president following his threat to attack foreign oil workers.
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Adams Oshiomhole, the head of Nigeria's main union body, is said to have been freed after his arrest on Saturday.
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Sevilla striker Fredi Kanoute wants to come back to England and Newcastle, Portsmouth and Bolton are interested.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair for private talks focused on bilateral and regional issues including the crisis in Sudan, Blair's office said.
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Switzerland is to hand back to Nigeria SFr622 million ($500 million) belonging to the former ruler, Sani Abacha, and his family.
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Pakistan&#39;s former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, has demanded the right to return from exile, one day after her husband was freed on bail after eight years in prison.
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The front-runner in next month's presidential elections in Nigeria has been flown to Germany for medical treatment, his spokesman said Wednesday.
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Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto makes an emotional return after eight years of self-imposed exile.
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A Nigerian ex-state governor pleads not guilty to 103 counts of corruption and money-laundering.
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Nigeria will not pour more cash into power, having spent $10 billion in the last seven years with little to show for it, until it has a clear idea of how to revamp the sector, President Umaru Yar'Adua said on Monday.