On April 9, Nigerians head to the polls to vote in the presidential and gubernatorial elections. Since 1999, when the country returned to civilian rule, each election has been marred by violence, bribery, and allegations of fraud. Adding to the … read more
IN LESS than a month Nigeria will hold elections that may be the most unpredictable since military rule ended in 1999. Voting for president, parliament and state governors will take place on three successive Saturdays, starting on April 2. Personality … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan’s three main rivals in next April’s presidential poll said Thursday said they would boycott a planned television debate with him this weekend after he had spurned an earlier one with them about a week ago. Jonathan on … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan said Thursday his regime’s planned multi-billion dollar gas project will create over 500,000 jobs and eventually end gas flaring, or burning off, in the major oil-producing nation. Jonathan said the implementation of the plan “will result in … read more
The recent public presentation of the book, ‘The Ogbunigwe Fame’ by Felix Oragwu brought up memories of the technological innovations that kept the Biafran dream alive from 1967 to 1970. During the vicious civil war, Biafra was blockaded and starved … read more
Labour will meet with President Goodluck Jonathan on March 31 to push for his assent to the Minimum Wage Bill passed by the National Assembly (NASS) earlier this month. Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Abdulwaheed Omar, threatened on Thursday that … read more
The number of non-EU students visiting the UK for studies is to be cut by 25 per cent, a government minister has said. The Europe correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that British Home Secretary Theresa May … read more
The news last week that Katsina State governor, Ibrahim Shema and his entourage, were involved in a fatal accident probably didn’t come to many as a surprise. Several of the Governor’s aides, including his police aide-de-camp, Aminu Ibrahim, perished in … read more
FULL DISCLOSURE: As someone who has been active in both advising on and overseeing elections in Africa and Nigeria, I have worked for several pro-democracy candidates in Nigeria, including President Goodluck Jonathan. With revolution unfolding in Egypt, civil war erupting … read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission is to use the 1993-method of accreditation for elections where all voters will be verified first, openly counted, before balloting from a queue. The commission, however, ruled out the possibility of checking finger prints as … read more