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Disgruntled voters and opposition parties call for new gubernatorial elections in the northeast
The gubernatorial elections in Nigeria have come and gone but not everyone is happy with the results – in the six northeastern states voters and opposition parties alike are calling for new elections to be held.
Scorching heat and scarce water leave Borno State residents parched
World Water Day, observed globally on March 22, did not mean much to the residents of Maiduguri – particularly internally displaced persons (IDPs) – who say the scorching heat and scarcity of water are leaving them parched.
Residents fear reprisal strike after troops kill at least 60 insurgents in Mafa attack
More than 60 insurgents were killed in the early hours of Sunday, March 19, in an attack on a military base in Mafa town where officials were collating the results of the gubernatorial elections which were held on Saturday.
Nigeria is all set for the gubernatorial elections on Saturday
Independent National Electoral Commission (INC) officials, political party representatives and security operatives have spent most of Friday, March 17, adding the final touches at polling units across the country,
Starvation is driving thousands of surrendered insurgents to return to the fighters in the forest
Very little food and clean drinking water, too few shelters and poor living conditions are driving thousands of repentant insurgents in the Dikwa Local Government Area to return to their old ways of life, rejoining fighters in the forest
Monguno-Maiduguri highway is a ‘death trap’
After another killing last week on the Monguno-Maiduguri highway, traders, drivers and passengers say they are terrified of using the road because they fear it will be their turn next to get attacked and they will end up dead.
Lack of support, few resources and cultural beliefs the main reasons for the low number of women candidates in elections
ElectHER, a non-governmental organisation that champions the inclusion of women in politics, has said it is disappointed by the number of women who ran for parliamentary seats in the recent general elections, saying the number was lower than in previ
To commemorate International Women’s Day, Borno State government distributes relief materials to more than 400 vulnerable women
Women say pasta-making and grinding machines will help to make them self-reliant because now they have the means to start their own businesses
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.
