Nigeria muddled through a historic election yesterday despite all the logistical problems and voters� nightmares that attended the Presidential and National Assembly elections. Some of the problems in respect of logistics were said to be as a result of the … read more
WHAT looked like explosives from dynamites and gunshots were used by suspected militants to scare away potential voters in the Marine Base Area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday. Other irregularities, which characterised the voting, included hijacking, late arrival of … read more
No fewer than 51 persons, including four officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and a fake mobile policeman, were yesterday arrested by soldiers from the 2nd Mechanised Division, Odogbo, even as the polls witnessed a poor turn-out of … read more
Monitors on Sunday slammed Nigeria’s election as a failure, but the government said criticism of the poll was intended to make way for a coup. The vote on Saturday in Africa’s most populous nation was marred by violence, fraud and … read more
One of the three leading contenders in the race for Nigeria’s presidency called Sunday for the election to be re-run after widespread chaos with ballot papers and charges of voter fraud. “I have already rejected the elections,” Vice President Atiku … read more
A group that referred to itself simply as �Freedom Fighters from all Ijaw Territories � has claimed that it carried out the weekend attack on the Bayelsa State Government House in Yenagoa. In a statement distributed online to media representatives … read more
THE Nigerian Chapter of Amnesty International yesterday provided an insight into the level of destruction that trailed the April 14 governorship and State Houses of Assembly Elections. According to the rights body, more than 260 persons were killed in several … read more
The Lagos State Police Command on Friday said it would restrict movement in the state from 9am-8pm on Saturday (today). The state command said in a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Olubode Ojajuni (SP), that the restriction of movement was … read more
Officials are scrambling to get ballot papers to 120,000 polling stations in time, as Nigerians prepare to vote in landmark presidential elections. The voting papers did not arrive from South Africa until Friday evening. Correspondents said it was hard to … read more
A truck bomb aimed at electoral commission headquarters ran into obstructions and failed to explode hours before the start of Nigeria’s presidential vote, the national police chief said Saturday. Police Inspector General Sunday Ehindero said that the attacker pointed the … read more