The Rivers State Police Command on Sunday stepped up security in the state capital to prevent the breakdown of law and order. The security alert followed last Saturday�s destruction of three police stations and the killing of seven policemen by … read more
A group of militants operating under the name Coalition for Militant Action (COMA) has claimed killing four soldiers of the Joint Task Force in Degema, Rivers State in retaliation of the killings in Cawthorn channel of Niger Delta youths. This … read more
Presidential candidate of All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) Gen Muhammadu Buhari, has slammed the Electoral Commission (INEC) saying it has reneged on its allegiance to the Constitution and by extension to the people. He accused the electoral body of pandering … read more
Vice-President Atiku Abubakar goes to the Supreme Court shortly in what is seen as his last chance to take part in Saturday’s presidential poll. He is challenging his disqualification over corruption allegations, which he says are politically motivated. The strongest … read more
Voter fury over election abuses in Nigeria’s southern Delta state risks aggravating chronic violence that has badly disrupted oil production, residents and opposition leaders said on Monday. People in most parts of the dilapidated oil city of Warri were unable … read more
A ruling by Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Monday raised uncertainty over controversial state elections last weekend and opened the way for a late presidential bid by Vice President Atiku Abubakar. As protests mounted over widespread abuses in the governorship elections, … read more
The governorship and State House of Assembly elections were held across the country yesterday amid pockets of skirmishes which culminated in the death of no fewer than 41 persons. About 250 people were also arrested over alleged electoral malpractices in … read more
The Chairman of Ind-ependent National Electoral Comm-ission, INEC, Ma-urice Iwu has expressed satisfaction with the governorship and state assembly elections held yesterday across the country. Also President Olus-egun Obasanjo and Alhaji Umaru Yar�Adua, who is also governor of Katsina also … read more
State elections in Nigeria have been marred by late opening of polling stations, missing ballot papers and in some areas violence and intimidation. Voting had been extended because of the late opening but it has now ended and ballots are … read more
Nigerians chose state leaders Saturday in elections meant to help ensure democratic rule, but ballot-stuffing and other irregularities were on open display in the oil-producing south, where violence left more than a dozen people dead. The election for state lawmakers … read more