The leadership of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Sunday held exploratory talks in Lagos ahead of the all-important presidential election on Saturday, THISDAY can report. The two parties had entered into an agreement to … read more
Election officials in Nigeria counted ballots from polls in what they hope will be the nation’s first credible vote in nearly two decades. Results starting to trickle in from Africa’s most populous nation, while in remote areas such as the … read more
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, at the weekend conceded that the electoral body bungled the printing of ballot papers for the presidential election billed for next Saturday, but said the process was later resolved. Mr Jega … read more
A band of government cronies and old contractors were behind the failed delivery of electoral materials, NEXT can exclusively reveal. The bidding process for the ballot papers, which was shrouded in secrecy, has been linked with Nigerians who have associates … read more
Seven persons were injured in the bomb blast that occurred at a polling station in Maiduguri, capital of northern Borno state, Saturday during the parliamentary poll, the private African Independent Television (AIT) confirmed. The station said the seven included a … read more
At the center of grass roots efforts to keep Nigeria’s notorious election process clean is a small, indistinguishable man armed with a cell phone. Voters on Saturday are scheduled to vote for the national assembly after the date was pushed … read more
An explosion has hit the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission Office in Suleja, Niger State, killing at least 11 people. About 30 people, many of them Youth Corps members, who had gone to the INEC office to check … read more
For the third time, Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Thursday postponed the National Assembly (parliamentary) election in some constituencies in the country, but the election will still hold in most of the other constituencies. INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega told … read more
Gunmen shot dead four people in northeastern Nigeria, including a ruling party official, as they prepared to distribute election materials on Friday hours ahead of parliamentary elections, police said. The attack happened at a police station in Shani in Borno … read more
An explosive device went off as two men sought to move it to another location in a northern Nigerian city, killing one of them and wounding the other in an incident ahead of elections, police said Friday. The men were … read more