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This week Nigeria officially started talks with the Islamic sect popularly known as Boko Haram in an attempt to remedy the security crisis that has crippled the country for the past two years. This...
A Southern African Development Community (or SADC) Regional Infrastructure Master Plan has been finalised and will be presented to the subregion’s heads of State for official sanction at an...
On 2 April 2011, 73 million Nigeria gathered in polling stations across the country to cast their vote for the parliamentary elections. The accreditation process was supposed to end by 12:00...
A white paper released by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) in 2002 defines electoral conflict and violence as “any random or organised act or threat to intimidate,...
"The man on the street (in the north) is more in support of General Buhari than any other person," said Shehu Sani, a pro-democracy activist based in the northern city of Kaduna.
Nigeria's opposition charged on Friday that rigging had already begun on the eve of a keenly-watched presidential election, but the authorities denied a report of doctored ballots. The...
Nigeria's electoral agency on Wednesday unveiled a 19-strong list
of candidates who will contest the presidency in the country's most
broadly based election ever.