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Nigeria: 50 Killed in Presidential, NASS Polls, Says NHRC
Guardian, 31 March 2015
FROM the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) came yesterday a revelation that about 50 people were killed during and after last Saturday's presidential and National Assembly… Read more »
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Nigeria: Oyo Police Arrest 16 Hoodlums During Elections
Leadership, 31 March 2015
No fewer than 16 suspected political thugs were arrested in Ibadan, Oyo State, during the last Saturday's presidential and National Assembly elections. Read more »
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Nigeria: Nema Warns Against Post-Election Violence
Leadership, 31 March 2015
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned against pre and post-election violence, saying that it is detrimental to national development. Read more »
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Nigeria: Military Foils Attack in Gombe, Kills Three, Recovers Card Reader
Leadership, 31 March 2015
The army has foiled an attack by some members of the Boko Haram terrorist group in Gombe State, killing at least three of the sect members. Read more »
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Nigeria: Three INEC Staff Killed in Benue
Vanguard, 30 March 2015
MAKURDI--Three adhoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Benue State were reported to have died, in the course of election duties in the state. The… Read more »
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Nigeria: APC Youth Leader Feared Killed in Edo
Independent (Lagos), 30 March 2015
A Youth leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was on Saturday allegedly clubbed to death and his body set ablaze by suspected hoodlums in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area… Read more »
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Nigeria: Election Tragedies - Woman Kills Husband Over Party Affiliation As Fire Guts Two Kids
This Day, 30 March 2015
It was a harvest of tragedies in different parts of Lagos at the weekend, as a woman stabbed her husband to death over party affiliation, even as a mid-day fire burnt two kids to… Read more »
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Nigeria: Election - Police Begins Investigation Into Ihiala Violence, Confirm Two Cops Injured
Vanguard, 30 March 2015
The Police Command in Anambra says investigation has commenced into the crisis that erupted at Ihiala Local Government Council headquarters on Sunday.Mr Uche Ezeh, the Police… Read more »
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Nigeria: Woman Stabs Husband to Death Over PDP, APC Presidential Candidates
Vanguard, 30 March 2015
Lagos--Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old pregnant woman who allegedly stabbed her husband to death during a quarrel over who would emerge winner between the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Q&A - Monitoring Violence During Nigeria's Elections
SciDev.Net, 30 March 2015
"In every young democracy there is always a chance for violence whenever you have the potential for a change of power," says Jonathon Morgan, a technology lead at the crisis branch… Read more »
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Nigeria: MSF Prepares to Treat Victims of Possible Electoral Violence
MSF, 30 March 2015
Denis Mbae, has just come back from a year's mission with MSF in Nigeria. This Kenyan nurse's first assignment was during a cholera outbreak in Bauchi, northern Nigeria, in early… Read more »
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Nigeria: Election Violence - APC Wants Ekiti Deputy Governor Prosecuted
Daily Trust, 30 March 2015
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to charge the state's Deputy Governor, Dr. Kolapo Olusola, for… Read more »
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Nigeria: Soldiers Kill One, Injure Two in Kaduna - Witness
Premium Times, 30 March 2015
Some officers of Nigerian Army on Sunday reportedly shot and killed one person and injured two others in Zango, Tudun Wada area of Kaduna state, a resident said Monday. Read more »
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Nigeria: INEC Officials Kidnapped in Osun
Independent (Lagos), 30 March 2015
Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr. Adekunle Ogunmola, has confirmed that an Electoral Officer for Ife-Central Local Government Council, (names witheld) was… Read more »
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Nigeria: Four Electoral Officers Feared Kidnapped in Cross River
Guardian, 30 March 2015
There are fears that four returning and electoral officers may have been kidnapped yesterday in Abi/Yakurr Central Senatorial District of Cross River State. Read more »
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Nigeria: Explosion Rocks Anambra Polling Units
Vanguard, 28 March 2015
Explosion greeted a polling unit in Awka Anambra State IN the morning of election day when electorate in the area were preparing for accreditation. Read more »
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Nigeria: Country's Election Campaign Marred By Violence
RFI, 26 March 2015
Thursday is the final day of campaigning before presidential elections in Nigeria on Saturday. The National Human Rights Commission has recorded sixty deaths related to… Read more »
Sporadic Violence During Nigeria's Poll - Human Right Commission
The National Human Rights Commission has said that acts of violence resulting in fatalities had been reported in Akwa Ibom, Borno, Bauchi, Edo, Gombe, Lagos, Osun, Rivers and Yobe states.
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Results trickling in from polling units indicates that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress General Muhammadu Buhari is leading. Read more »
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Premium Times has released a video which claims to expose an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission colluding with supporters of the Peoples Democratic ... Read more »
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The results have been announced in several states, including Plateau, and the capital, Abuja. Read more »
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The nation goes to the polls to elect a new president and parliament in what seems to be the closest race since the end of military rule in Nigeria. Read more »
