Informes

Nigerian authorities says more than a dozen people have been killed in a fight between supporters of the ruling Peoples' Democratic Party [PDP] and the opposition Action Congress [AC] during a political rally in the southern state of Akwa…

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Buhari campaign team says four supporters gunned down * Police commissioner denies any casualties * Bomb-making equipment found at house By Shuaibu Mohammed JOS, Nigeria, March 22 (Reuters) - The main opposition candidate in Nigeria's presidential election, former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, accused…

Abuja, 19 March 2011 - The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to the Federal Republic of Nigeria deployed today 52 Long Term Observers (LTO). The LTOs represent the second contingent of Observers, following the Core Team of…

INTRODUCTION On 2 April elections will begin in Nigeria.1 The Nigerian authorities and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must prevent a repeat of the political violence that characterised the 2007 and 2003 elections.2 The political environment is, however, very tense.…

March 18 2011 Amnesty International has urged the Nigerian authorities to act to stem a rising tide of political, ethnic and religious violence that risks threatening the stability of April elections. The short report entitled Loss of life, insecurity and impunity…

Press Release No:2011/377/AFR New $60 million credit will support major immunization effort during a critical year WASHINGTON, March 17, 2011 - The World Bank's Board approved today an additional credit of $60 million for Nigeria's Partnership for Polio Eradication project. These…

Scott Stearns | Dakar March 17, 2011 Nigeria's best-known militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, is claiming responsibility for attacking a facility run by the Italian oil firm Agip. In a written statement, the group…

EndImpunity for Electoral Offenses by Prosecuting Perpetrators (Abuja, March 13, 2011) - The National Assembly should pass legislation establishing a special Electoral Offences Commission to investigate and prosecute election-related abuses, including violence, Human Rights Watch and the Nigerian Bar Association said…

10 Mar 2011 19:32 BAUCHI, Nigeria, March 10 (Reuters) - Gunmen torched houses and burned at least three people to death in a dawn raid on a town in central Nigeria on Thursday. Read the full article on Reuters - AlertNet.