Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Paul Boroh has warned beneficiaries of the scheme to steer clear of election violence in the forthcoming Rivers rerun polls. Boroh in a statement on Friday said any beneficiary found involving in any form of violence will be withdrawn from the programme. He advised the former militants to resist... Read More

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March 21, 2016

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Okupe advocates ‘death sentence, life imprisonment’ for perpetrators of election violence

Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to stop deploying youth corpers for electoral services. While condemning the spate of violence in last weekend’s Rivers rerun election, Okupe called on the stakeholders in the polls to take responsibility for the lives lost. “The... Read More

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April 11, 2015

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BREAKING: Shots fired as political thugs attack polling unit in Ondo

by Anike Jacobs Some political thugs have just attacked one of the wards in Ondo state. Eyewitnesses on the scene say they are shooting sporadically into the air. Voters on the queue getting ready for their accreditation fled for their dear lives as soon as the thugs arrived Unit 7, Ward 5, Oke-apa, in Ondo East... Read More

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April 8, 2015

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Opinion: Counting the lives lost in election violence

by Kayode Komolafe The costs of the elections are not anymore limited to time, energy and money. Now, the costs could also be measured in blood and tears. This is a dark side of the nation’s political reality. There is justifiable euphoria in the land. The obvious reason is that the prediction of doom about... Read More

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March 28, 2015

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#NigeriaDecides: 2 men die following election violence in Rivers (Viewer Discretion)

by Azubuike Azikiwe Two men were killed in different areas of Rivers state during the presidential and House of Assembly elections of Saturday, March 28. In the two seperate incidents of election violence, one man was murdered in Ogale, Eleme LGA of the state while another was killed in Tai LGA. The circumstances leading to... Read More

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March 19, 2015

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Opinion: President Jonathan offers blood money again

by Abimbola Adelakun The problem is, Nigeria has wronged most of us and if we all were to issue an invoice, the country will be bankrupt under the overwhelming weight of the receipts. After a year of seeming neglect of the victims of the botched Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment that claimed 15 lives and... Read More

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March 16, 2015

Opinion: #NigeriaDecides is an election, not war

by Yadoma Mandara A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it. An election is central to any democratic system, it allows ordinary citizens to choose who... Read More

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February 20, 2015

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There will be no Interim Government – Ex-President, Abdulsalami Abubakar declares

by Panshak Ibrahim Former Military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), has categorically stated that there will be no interim government. He spoke to journalists during a press conference on Thursday, after a meeting of the Peace Committee, made up of security Chiefs, party and religious leaders. Abubakar, who is the chairman of the... Read More

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February 20, 2015

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Opinion: There may be another country if things continue like this

by Nnaemeka Oruh …whoever claims to be fighting for the good of our nation would always stop and ask; “Will the current trend help my nation grow, or will it harm her more?” The tension is palpable. Naked fear walks through the land unchallenged, waylaying people at every turn. While a deadly group of religious... Read More

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February 19, 2015

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Some Abuja judges are being primed to game the election process…

by Olusegun Adeniyi While June 12 may mean different things to different people, what is not in doubt is that Nigerians paid an enormous price for the contrived and prolonged crisis that held back our country from peace and progress and for a long period divided our people. There is a joke I shared several... Read More

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February 13, 2015

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Opinion: Dear politicians, we are not burnt offerings

by Emmanuel Egobiambu The power is in our hands to resist all appearances of political incitement by unscrupulous elements who seek to score cheap political goals because it would amount to an own goal if we succumb to their machinations As political events heat up, it is expedient to note that the manner, in which... Read More

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December 29, 2014

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‘Nigerians are afraid’: APC rallies stakeholders against post election violence

by Kolapo Olapoju The All Progressives Congress on Sunday called for a sit-down between the party and the Peoples Democratic Party to discuss ways in which election and post-election violence could be averted in 2015. According to a statement released by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said it had taken steps,... Read More

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February 19, 2014

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Opinion: The vindication of Buhari by Guardian Newspaper

by Obla Okoi It is unfortunate that the Guardian newspaper that is supposedly the flagship of journalism allowed people like Dr. Reuben Abati to use it to attempt to paint General Buhari as a villian. It is clear that Dr. Abati merely used his column in the Guardian newspaper to ingratiate himself to President Jonathan... Read More

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December 5, 2012

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Abang Mercy: Ghana’s elections and another test for Africa

by Abang Mercy Kofi Annan, one of the most cerebral UN Secretary Generals ever to have graced the UN House in New York, once said that when elections are conducted in integrity, and without being disfigured by violence – that’s a true democracy. There is no gainsaying that flawed elections create unrest, as contenders stubbornly... Read More

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Boroh warns amnesty beneficiaries to shun election violence

Okupe advocates ‘death sentence, life imprisonment’ for perpetrators of election violence

BREAKING: Shots fired as political thugs attack polling unit in Ondo

Opinion: Counting the lives lost in election violence

#NigeriaDecides: 2 men die following election violence in Rivers (Viewer Discretion)

Opinion: President Jonathan offers blood money again

Opinion: #NigeriaDecides is an election, not war

There will be no Interim Government – Ex-President, Abdulsalami Abubakar declares

Opinion: There may be another country if things continue like this

Olusegun Adeniyi: Some Abuja judges are being primed to game the election process…

Opinion: Dear politicians, we are not burnt offerings

‘Nigerians are afraid’: APC rallies stakeholders against post election violence

Opinion: The vindication of Buhari by Guardian Newspaper

Abang Mercy: Ghana’s elections and another test for Africa

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