Less than 48 hours to the Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Nigerian Navy on Thursday deployed warships and patrol crafts in the creeks of Niger Delta region. Our correspondent learnt that the deployment, handled by the NNS Delta, Warri … read more
United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr John Campbell, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to correct all shortcomings observed during the gubernatorial and house of assembly elections. A statement released in Abuja yesterday, quote Campbell as reiterating … read more
Intent: To forewarn of an increased likelihood of attacks in the Niger Delta Region. Justification: As an aftermath of the recent elections in Nigeria, the Ground Truth Network (GTN) is receiving numerous reports of expected increase in violence against the … read more
Nigeria’s opposition charged on Friday that rigging had already begun on the eve of a keenly-watched presidential election, but the authorities denied reports of doctored ballots. The opposition said troops in the northern city of Kaduna had intercepted a truck … read more
Gunmen attacked a boat carrying oil workers to an offshore rig in waters off Nigeria’s unruly southern oil region, wounding six passengers, officials said Friday. Security forces drove off the attackers, said a private security official, speaking on condition of … read more
Heavy gunfire and explosions broke out near the headquarters of the Bayelsa state government in Nigeria’s oil-producing delta on Friday, witnesses said It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the apparent attack on the eve of presidential elections … read more
Barely 48 hours to Sat-urday�s presidential election, Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the Pres-idential candidate of the Action Congress (AC), and his All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) counterpart, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, have disagreed on whether or not to participate in the … read more
OUTRAGE over last Saturday polls and growing disinterest in the coming elections continued to spread yesterday as extremely worried women took to the streets of Warri the Delta State capital city. Like in Imo and Ondo, 24 hours earlier, they … read more
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ruled out the possibility of postponing the coming presidential and National Assembly elections, describing calls to that effect as “unconstitutional at this juncture.” A coalition of opposition parties had risen from a meeting … read more
The Action Congress on Wednesday alleged that the violence and protests that have trailed last Saturday�s governorship and House of Assembly elections were part of a plot by President Olusegun Obasanjo to declare a state of emergency in the country … read more