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Nigeria: ICG Warns Against Volatile, Vicious Electoral Contest
This Day, 23 November 2014
Predicts post-election violence, disputed results. Security operatives raid APC data centre in Lagos Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Sliding to Violent Polls, Warn Analysts
Guardian, 21 November 2014
NIGERIA is sliding dangerously towards violence before, during and after the February 2015 elections, the International Crisis Group (ICG) has warned. Read more »
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Nigeria: 2015 Polls - International Report Warns of Impending Violence in Nigeria
Leadership, 22 November 2014
Preparations for the 2015 general elections are taking place in an increasingly volatile environment, an indication that the country is sliding dangerously towards violence before,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Faces Volatile Polls
Crisis Group, 21 November 2014
Nigeria's presidential, parliamentary and state gubernatorial and assembly elections, scheduled for February 2015, will be more contentious than usual. Read more »
Nigeria Faces Volatile, Vicious Election
Tensions within and between political parties, competing claims to the presidency between northern and Niger Delta politicians and along religious lines, the Boko Haram insurgency and increasing communal violence in several northern states, along with inadequate preparations by the electoral commission and apparent bias by security agencies, suggest the country is heading toward a very volatile and vicious electoral contest, warns the International Crisis Group.
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21 November 2014
Nigeria's Dangerous 2015 Elections: Limiting the Violence
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- International Crisis Group
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Nigeria's presidential, parliamentary and state gubernatorial and assembly elections, scheduled for February 2015, will be more contentious than ... see more »
InFocus
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The All Progressives Congress has commenced a nationwide campaign called Salvation Rally to mobilise Nigerians to vote against the ruling party in the 2015 general election. Read more »
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The ruling Peoples Democratic Party is seeing an increase in internal squabbles and a lack of support for President Goodluck Jonathan from former backers in the run-up to the 2015 ... Read more »
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As next year's general elections approach, several aspirants have indicated interest in clinching the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress. Read more »
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The contest amongst leaders to represent their parties in the 2015 General Elections is heating up, with candidates such as the Governor of Lagos State Babatunde Fashola, ... Read more »
