High global oil prices and improved output have enabled Nigeria to restore its windfall oil savings to $6.9 billion from close to zero at the start of the year, the finance ministry said on Monday. Africa’s top oil exporter and … read more
The Action Congress of Nigeria ( ACN) and other opposition parties in Rivers State have criticised the conduct of Saturday’s National Assembly elections in the state, calling for the cancellation of the poll. The results of the election released by … read more
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) may not enjoy the clear dominance of the National Assembly that has been its lot since 1999, going by the results so far announced for Saturday’s election. The strong showing of such opposition parties as … read more
One of Nigeria’s most powerful politicians lost his seat in the National Assembly as opposition candidates made gains against the entrenched ruling party in the oil-rich nation’s first round of election, preliminary election results released Sunday showed. Newspapers gleefully boasted … read more
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