ALL 117 people died on board an airliner when it crashed shortly after take-off in Nigeria, it emerged yesterday.

All 117 people died on board an airliner when it crashed shortly after take off, it emerged today.

The US Consulate in Lagos reopened today after a phoned-in terrorist threat prompted it to close down last week.

The US and Britain have temporarily closed their consulates in Lagos citing an unspecified security threat.

TENS of millions of Nigerian workers began a four-day nationwide strike over rising fuel prices as labour leaders launched their latest challenge to President Olusegun Obasanjo’s economic reforms.

NIGERIA’S president declared a state of emergency yesterday in the state of Plateau, sacking the governor and dissolving the state legislature following Muslim and Christian fighting that has killed hundreds.

Nigeria’s civilian president declared sweeping state of emergency powers today in violence-torn central Plateau state, replacing the elected governor with a former military general and dissolving the state legislature.

Police have arrested dozens of protesters, including Nobel laureate author Wole Soyinka, after firing tear gas during an anti-government protest today in Nigeria’s commercial capital.

ATTEMPTS to mediate a bloody conflict in Nigeria, where attacks by a predominantly Christian tribe on a Muslim village killed at least 500 remained bogged down yesterday.

Attempts to mediate a bloody conflict in Nigeria, where attacks by a predominantly Christian tribe on a Muslim village killed at least 500, were bogged down today.

Nigerian army officers have been interrogated amid rumours of a plot to overthrow President Olusegun Obasanjo’s civilian government.

About 100 people were killed and 1,000 wounded in five days of street battles in the southern Nigerian port of Warri, the Red Cross said today.

Heads of state of leading developing countries gathered in Switzerland today for a series of meetings on the sidelines of the summit of Group of Eight leading world powers.

PROMISING to tackle his country’s poverty and corruption, President Olusegun Obasanjo took the oath of office for a second term as Nigeria’s leader yesterday — a landmark for civilian-run democracy in Africa’s most populous nation.

THE leaders of South Africa, Nigeria and Malawi held talks with Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe yesterday, launching a new regional push to resolve the political and economic crisis engulfing the country.

Nigeria's opposition has warned that a "massive revolt" will take place unless newly re-elected President Olusegun Obasanjo resigns and lets authorities launch a new round of corruption-free voting.

Nigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged opposition parties to "accept defeat gracefully" and drop threats of massive protests over balloting they say was rigged, following his landslide re-election.

PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo has won Nigeria’s presidential election, according to official results released yesterday.

International observers said today that stolen ballot boxes and fudged tallies could compromise Nigerians’ confidence in presidential elections held over the weekend.

International observers said today that stolen ballot boxes and fudged tallies could compromise Nigerians’ confidence in presidential elections held over the weekend.

NIGERIA’S police chief, worried that violence could disrupt today’s presidential election, yesterday warned “thugs” that his 250,000 officers would show no mercy to anyone who disrupted voting.

SEVERAL people died in election violence in Nigeria’s oil-rich delta as President Olusegun Obasanjo’s party stretched its lead in results of parliamentary polls.

Militants vowed to prevent voting today in a broad swathe of Nigeria’s oil delta during elections that pose a test for civilian rule in Africa’s most populous nation.

The newly-crowned Miss Switzerland is to boycott the Miss World contest in Nigeria in protest at the death sentence given to a woman for having sex outside of marriage.

THE Nigerian government yesterday remained silent over an Islamic court ruling a single mother should be stoned to death, despite growing international pressure to overturn the sentence.

The Nigerian government today remained silent over an Islamic court ruling that a single mother should be stoned to death, despite growing international pressure to overturn the sentence.

Nigeria's oil reserves have hit 30 billion barrels and further increases in production are expected, President Olusegun Obasanjo's adviser on petroleum Rilwanu Lukman said.

An accident at a munitions depot caused a series of large explosions sending red fireballs into the sky over Nigeria’s commercial capital.

Men in military uniform raided four villages in eastern Nigeria, razing homes and gunning down scores of civilians, news reports said today.