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Nigeria votes in crunch presidential election

Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, votes for a new president on Saturday, in the most closely fought election since independence,…

List: Nigeria presidents and military rulers since independence

Nigeria elects a new president on Saturday. Here is a list of former heads of state and military rulers since…

Thugs hijack INEC materials as IYC attacks Chairman, others

Akuku Toru Rivers state party thugs hijacked materials and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) personnel meant for Akuku Toru local…

Gunmen shoot at Opeifa’s house, injures one

Gunmen believed to be thugs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have attacked Lagos state Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa,…

Army, JTF threaten to arrest, kill APC council chairman in Rivers

Information that broke out at about 11:00 pm on Friday has it that the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Andoni Local…

Nigeria must set ‘high standard’ for elections – Ban Ki-Moon

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called for transparent and peaceful elections in Nigeria on the eve of the…

Police promise adequate security during election – INEC

The Police on Friday said that adequate security personnel would be deployed to the 1,886 polling units in the FCT…
2023 election: I have a lot of fears, says Atahiru Jega

Michika, Madagali people to vote in designated centres – INEC

Internally Displaced Persons from Michika and Madagali Local Government Areas of Adamawa would cast their votes in designated centres in…
2023 election: I have a lot of fears, says Atahiru Jega

INEC postpones elections in 11 Federal Constituencies

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the postponement of election in seven out of eleven federal constituencies in…

Many back to vote in Zamfara

Many indigenes of Zamfara living outside the State have arrive home to vote in Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.…

Togo takes cue from Nigeria, postpones election

Togo’s presidential election has been postponed by 10 days to April 25, the communications minister announced on Friday, after calls…

Poll: Tight Security At Enugu INEC Office

Cyriacus Izuekwe/Enugu Ahead of presidential and national assembly elections on Saturday, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have tightened security…

Fire razes down shops in Umuahia

An early morning fire on Friday destroyed five shops and goods worth millions of naira in Umuahia, the NAN reports.…

Nigerian troops liberate Gwoza, HQ of Boko Haram Caliphate

Nigerian troops on Friday morning liberated Gwoza, a fairly big town in Borno state and the last stronghold of Boko…

Israeli company supplying Army vehicles for operation – Oshiomhole

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Authorities of the 4 Brigade of the Nigerian Army has allegedly secured donation of 13 Hilux van by…

In Epe, INEC is ready for election

Henry Okpkigbe, INEC Electoral Officer in Epe Local Government, on Friday said that the commission had engaged about 25 canoes…

INEC staff helps police arrest, detain APC agent

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Hon. Emmanuel Deeyah, a former member of Federal House of Representatives and All Progressives Congress (APC) and…

No ransom paid for release of Emir – Police

The police in Zamfara have denied any payment to the gunmen that abducted the Emir of Bukkuyum, Alhaji Muhammad Usman,…

Nigeria gets N1.2bn from UN for general elections

The UN Secretary-General High Level Representative to Nigeria, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, said the United Nations (UN) had provided 60…

Lagos State Will Decide Presidential Election – Poll

Lagos state, Nigeria’s most economically important state could determine who emerges winner of the 2015 presidential election. In a poll…

Pipeline security contract will benefit communities – Kuku

The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr Kingsley Kuku, has said that the award of pipeline security…

OPC, ex-militants wearing police uniforms to unleash terror on APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm that ethnic militias and ex-militants are now wearing fake police and…

Catholic Church, others deploy 750 observers in Lagos

The Justice, Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos and other civil society organisations have deployed…

Displaced persons by Boko Haram hope to vote

A woman in a pale and patterned hijab, stares blankly from a bed in a makeshift clinic at a camp…

Amaechi defies assassins, campaigns on last night for Buhari

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Governor of Rivers State and Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, did…

Plateau State Ready For Election

Simon Ateba/Jos Thousands of people in Jos, the capital of the central Nigerian state of Plateau, stormed banks on Friday…

Afenifere warns against electoral violence, fraud

Eromosele Ebhomele The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has called for a violent free election in Nigeria, asking Yoruba people to…

APC blows whistle: OPC, ex-militants being dressed in police uniform

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm that ethnic militias and ex-militants are now wearing fake police and…

2015 Polls: Oritsejafor Tasks Christians, Muslims

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the President Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said that 2015 general elections which kicks…

APC’s INEC agent nabbed in Rivers

The All Progressives Congress has reported the arrest of its agent in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State. In a…