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Weekly Press Review : From Monday 6th to Friday 10th March, 2023
Police in Nigeria say at least 25 people have been killed in an attack by Islamist militants in north-eastern Borno state. The attack took place in the fishing town of Dikwa which is near a stronghold of Boko Haram insurgents. The UN says extremist
Insurgents wrapped fishermen in their nets, tortured them and then shot them, killing them instantly
At least 48 fishermen were shot dead in an attack by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents on Wednesday, March 8.
INEC hopes election postponement and extended naira cash deadline will entice more people to vote in gubernatorial elections
Two major factors since Nigeria’s general elections on February 25 have given political parties hope that many more voters will turn out for the coming gubernatorial elections.
Weekly Press Review : From Monday 27th February to Friday 3rd March, 2023
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has called on Nigerians to play active role in tackling insurgency in the country. Yahaya made the call during a 3-Day Seminar on the Rehabilitation of Repentant Insurgents in the North East with
Controversies and disputes do not stop ruling party’s Bola Tinubu from winning presidential vote
Opposition parties say presidential election was a sham and have called on Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, to step down.
Political parties say general elections not free and fair and accuse INEC officials of rigging the vote in favour of the All Progressives Congress
The Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) say Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has failed to conduct free and fair elections and they have accused it of rigging the votes
All Progressives Congress, the ruling party, in the lead as first election result from Ekiti State is announced
Even though it is early days, the first of the 36 states to announce the results of Saturday’s general elections, Ekiti State, has placed the All Progressives Congress (APC), the ruling party, in the lead.
Traders lose everything in massive inferno that engulfed Maiduguri’s Monday Market
Devastated traders try desperately to retrieve valuable wares worth hundreds of millions but end up getting severely burnt and not being able to retrieve anything because of the furious flames. […]
Political thugs force INEC to extend voting to Sunday at 141 polling units in Bayelsa State and at several others in Cross River State
It was not plain sailing at all polling booths across Nigeria as political thugs forced elections to be extended to Sunday in at least two states and suspended elections in […]
Despite attacks, thefts and some delayed starts, general elections mostly calm and peaceful
Nigeria’s general elections proceed peacefully, despite attack in Gwoza, Borno State, where five people were wounded, and the theft of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machines in some voting areas. Nigeria’s […]
