The discovery that the names and logos of two of the eight political parties participating in tomorrow’s gubernatorial election in Niger State are missing from the ballot papers is threatening the smooth conduct of the poll. The state resident electoral … read more
Nigeria’s main opposition party on Saturday called for a forensic analysis of the ballots cast in about a third of the states in last weekend’s presidential poll, alleging they were inflated in favour of the incumbent. The Congress for Progressive … read more
Authorities in Nigeria have beefed up security nationwide ahead of the gubernatorial polls to be held on Tuesday in a bid to prevent the recurrence of violent riots that led over 200 people dead following the recent presidential elections. “We … read more
At least 8 persons including a wanted notorious chieftain of the Boko Haram sect have been arrested by the police in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna State over last Friday’s bomb explosion that rocked the state. State commissioner of police John Haruna … read more
Three bomb blasts have hit a northeastern Nigerian city as many were feared dead, a Xinhua witness said on Monday. The blast occurred late Sunday ahead of Nigeria’s state governorship election slated on Tuesday. Xinhua reporter in Maiduguri, the state … read more
Suspects detained in post-election violence have rioted at an overcrowded jail in northern Nigeria and more than a dozen of them escaped, a prisons official said on Saturday. Andrew Barka, controller of prisons in Adamawa state, said 18 of the … read more
Politicians and military leaders – not militants – are responsible for the majority of oil thefts in Nigeria’s crude-rich southern delta, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable quoting a Nigerian official and released by WikiLeaks. A member of a government … read more
A man has been arrested by CPC members in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State for allegedly printing voter’s cards with Direct Data Capturing machine. The House of Representatives candidate of the CPC, Barrister Mouktar Nasale, told our correspondent … read more
The refusal of Tunde Bakare, the vice presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), to sign a postdated letter of resignation, has been largely blamed for the collapse of the alliance talks between the CPC and the Action … read more
Officials tasked the four young college graduates with monitoring election stations during Nigeria’s presidential vote. Then when the poll results unleashed sectarian violence, an angry mob killed them by locking them inside their youth hostel and setting it ablaze. Dozens … read more