20110419
africanews

As the collation of last Saturday's presidential election continue in Abuja, riots in some part of Northern Nigeria erupting, as a result of presidential election result which shows that the incumbent president is about to win the election. Thousands of angry youth in Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi , Gombe and Adamawa states are attacking places of prominent people and set them ablaze.

20110419
reuters

Nigerians have voted for Goodluck to lead the West African nation for the next four years. The incumbent president from the People's Democratic Party polled a simple majority of votes and surpassing the required 25 percent of vote in two third of the states in the country in the April 16 presidential elections.

20110419
Independent (Lagos)

Once again, the North is back on the boil. Young men on Monday went bananas and turned on the political elite in the region whom they suspected of complicity in the victory of Goodluck Jonathan over Muhammadu Buhari in the run for the Villa.

20110419
reuters

KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Medics in northern Nigeria on Tuesday treated hundreds of victims of rioting against President Goodluck Jonathan's election victory, some of them children with gunshot and machete wounds.

20110419
reuters

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Post-election rioting in northern Nigeria has killed at least 33 people in major cities alone, according to a tally from witnesses and rescue workers, but the overall death toll is believed to be much higher.

20110419
allAfrica.com

Kano — Incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan was declared the winner of Nigeria's election on Monday as tensions began rising across the vast northern half of the country, which had strongly backed opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari in Saturday's poll.

20110418
reuters

KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Soldiers patrolled the streets in Nigeria's mostly Muslim north on Tuesday and aid workers began to assess the toll from deadly rioting against President Goodluck Jonathan's election victory.

20110418
This Day

Lagos — Dr. Goodluck Jonathan is the president-elect only awaiting official confirmation from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Monday, going by the results that were announced Sunday by the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

20110418
Leadership (Abuja)

Katsina — Violence erupted yesterday in three states in the north, namely, Adamawa, Gombe and Katsina with youths taking to the streets in protest, after presidential election results were declared in favour of President Goodluck Jonathan of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party

20110418
reuters

KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Security forces deployed on the streets of Nigeria's northern cities on Monday to try to contain protests by youths angered at results showing President Goodluck Jonathan won this weekend's presidential election.

20110416
reuters

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo says that he fears for his country. He should. Political, ethnic, and religious violence have been on the upswing. The end of a long-standing, informal presidential power-sharing arrangement between the north and south within the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) -- known as "zoning" -- encourages appeals to ethnicity and religion in places as diverse as Yorubaland and the country's so-called middle belt. What is more, too many Nigerian politicians display a winner-take-all frame of mind, leading them to behave as though elections are a matter of life and death.

20110416
this day

Lagos — As Nigerians file out Saturday across the country to elect a new president from a field of 17 candidates, all signals point to President Goodluck Jonathan of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as likely to coast home to victory.

20110417
vanguard

Across the country, yesterday’s presidential election was generally peaceful. There were also reports of low and high turnout of voters.
In Abuja, there was massive turn out of voters just as civil society organizations (CSOs) under the aegis of Situation Room raised the alarm over the alleged arrest and intimidation of its observers.

20110416
reuters

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerians voted in masses on Saturday in what they hope will be their first credible presidential election for decades and could set an example across Africa.

20110416
reuters

DAURA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's ruling party is desperate for votes and there are already signs of attempts to manipulate Saturday's presidential election in some areas, main opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari told Reuters.

20110416
reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - A senior politician in Nigeria's ruling party appeared in a British court on Saturday accused of corruption charges after being extradited from the United Arab Emirates, police said.

20110415
Daily Independent (Lagos)

At last, the day is here. Today, Nigerians go to the poll to pick their 15th Head of State but fourth democratically elected President.

20110410
Daily Independent (Lagos)

Bloody violent attacks, tight security and average turn out were major characteristics of Saturday's parliamentary poll which took place in designated areas nationwide in a rescheduled exercise that still experienced chaotic beginning in many areas.

20110411
reuters

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's ruling party lost more ground on Monday in results emerging from an election that will loosen its grip on parliament in Africa's most populous nation.

20110410
Leadership (Abuja)

Despite the heavy presence of security operatives in the major streets of Borno State, a bomb blast rocked a polling unit at Unguwar Doki of Maiduguri metropolis and injured more than 10 people yesterday. Soldiers and policemen were seen cordoning off the area, just as the bomb disposal unit of the Nigeria Police Force was busy combing the vicinity in search of other explosive devices that might still be hidden in the area.