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Nigeria: INEC Declares Taraba State Governorship Election Inconclusive
Vanguard, 13 April 2015
The Taraba state returning officer for governorship election Prof. Muhamdu Kyari has declare the governorship election in Taraba as inconclusive. Read more »
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Nigeria: More Than Dozen Killed in Poll Violence
Vanguard, 12 April 2015
Violence and voter apathy characterised the gubernatorial and National Assembly elections held across the country yesterday. Read more »
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Nigeria: Election Commission to Probe Polls Violence
This Day, 12 April 2015
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday said that is investigating the violence that took place in some states in the saturday Governorship and State… Read more »
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Nigeria: 6 Killed in Rivers As Violence Mars Governorship Poll
Premium Times, 12 April 2015
At least six persons were killed in Rivers State Saturday, as the state's gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections turned violent amid cases of ballot box snatching and other… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigerians Choose State Governors Amid Tension in South
Al Jazeera, 11 April 2015
Nigerians have returned to the polls, amid pockets of violence, to elect state governors and assemblies in elections, in which the opposition hopes to make gains following its… Read more »
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Nigeria: Allegations of Voter Intimidation in Rivers State As Nigeria Votes in Local Elections
RFI, 11 April 2015
Nigerian voters go to polls on Saturday to elect state governors and local assemblies, weeks after the All Progressives Congress (APC) party scored the first ever opposition win in… Read more »
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Nigeria: Power, Money, Rivalry, Ethnicity - a Heady Mix in Rivers
Vanguard, 11 April 2015
Dakuku Peterside and Nyesom Wike, the two main candidates running for governor of Nigeria's Rivers state, signed a peace accord this week in the local capital Port Harcourt. Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigerians Vote in Elections for Governors and State Assemblies
DW, 11 April 2015
Nigerians are voting to elect state governors and local assemblies in the final state of national elections. The vote comes two weeks after a historic opposition win at… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria's Democracy Fast Maturing - Obasanjo
Guardian, 11 April 2015
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday said that Nigeria's democratic process was fast maturing. Read more »
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Nigeria: I Will Concede Defeat If I Lose Election, Says Ribadu
Vanguard, 11 April 2015
The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Adamawa, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, said on Saturday that he would concede defeat if the election was against him. Read more »