Post-election riots in northern Nigeria have killed at least 50 people in major cities alone, according to a tally from witnesses and rescue workers, but the overall death toll is believed to be much higher. Hundreds have been injured and … read more
Nigeria’s ongoing election cycle has gotten mixed reviews from a panel of experts and Nigerian officials in Washington. Concerns were raised about widespread violence and the fairness of the vote counting. While most experts and officials at the Atlantic Council … read more
The final votes are still being tallied but already it would appear that Nigeria has held the most credible presidential election in its history. The contrast between the debacle of 2007 and the relatively orderly process which unfolded in 2011 … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan has won a presidential election in a vote that has sparked rioting in the country’s northern states that backed his leading opponent. With results from all of Nigeria’s 36 states, electoral commission president Attahiru Jega announced that … read more
Nigeria’s presidential vote appears to have allowed Africa’s most populous country to turn a page on years of badly flawed polls, but deepening regional divisions pose a new risk, analysts said Sunday. Saturday’s election, while well short of perfect, was … read more
Nigeria is a country which still looks to a fair and credible election as a clean break with the past. After Laurent Gbagbo’s defiance of the popular will in the Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, still had something … read more
The mood of optimism fostered by federal elections turned gloomy and apprehensive yesterday as rioters went on a rampage in parts of the north, leaving many dead. Most of the dead were the innocent and poor, the usual victims of … read more
At least 30 people were seriously injured in a violent clash between the supporters of two political parties in northeast Nigeria’s Zamfara state. State commissioner of police Mohammed Jinjiri Abubakar disclosed this to Xinhua in Gusau, the state capital on … read more
An errant policeman on Sunday shot dead a boy in Nigeria’s northern Katsina state, triggering a riot in which at least 24 cars were burnt and many other properties damaged, the local media reported. The police corporal, identified as Tanko … read more
Security forces have been deployed on the streets of northern cities in Nigeria as angry youths gathered in protest at results showing that President Goodluck Jonathan won a presidential election. Security forces have been deployed on the streets of northern … read more