Tag: post-election violence
ActionAid Nigeria calls for post election peace
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has called for post-election peace in the country while urging Nigerians to accept the results of the…
Post-election violence: Britain calls for calm in Zimbabwe
UK has called on Zimbabwe’s political leaders to ensure calm and restraint after three opposition protesters were killed in post-election…
Voter Apathy And The Bogey Of Electoral Violence
By Akido Agenro As Nigeria approaches the general elections beginning on 14 February, 2015, there is palpable fear of post-election…
Jonathan approves compensation to poll violence victims
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the release of N5.7 billion to nine states for direct disbursement to those who…
Ex-Ivorian leader docked for crimes against his people
THE HAGUE (AFP)- Ivorian ex-president Laurent Gbagbo bears responsibility for some of the worst crimes committed during a bloody post-election…
NYSC, Lagos Govt Abort Corps Members’
A peaceful march by corps members to mourn the killing of their colleagues during the post election violence in the…
NYSC Is Still Relevant —Stakeholders
Stakeholders in Sokoto State have criticised recent calls for the scrapping of the NYSC scheme, saying it has a major…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Post-Poll Violence: Coalition Seeks Trial Of Perpetrators
A coalition of pressure groups, the United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy (UNDEDSS), on Wednesday called for the prosecution…
Mimiko Receives Evacuated Corps Members
At least 200 National Youth Service Corps members who are Ondo State indigenes evacuated from Bauchi State following post-election violence…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
More Bombs Found in Kaduna
The Police in Kaduna have announced the discovery of more bombs, capable of causing great damage, in the city recovering…
Post-Election Riots: Kumuyi Cancels Easter Retreat
Pastor William Kumuyi, General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry has cancelled the annual Easter Retreat of the church over post-election…
Military Commander Tells Corps Members Not To Travel By Road
The Commanding Officer of Januga Barracks in Kano State, North West Nigeria, has warned corps members hiding in the barracks…
Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo Recruits Soldiers For War
Strongman Laurent Gbagbo’s fiery youth leader on Saturday urged those willing to die for the Ivory Coast to enlist in…