20110221
reuters

LAGOS (Reuters) - The main opposition candidate in Nigeria's presidential election said he was optimistic it would be a more credible race than in the past but warned events in north Africa showed people would no longer accept a rigged vote.

20110221
reuters

OBIA, Nigeria (Reuters) - An explosion hit the offices of a Nigerian opposition party in the Niger Delta oil region on Monday just before the start of campaigning, in what appeared to be the latest act of thuggery ahead of April polls.

20110218
Xinhua
ABUJA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian Senate on Thursday passed the Anti-Terrorism Bill 2011 barely 24 hours it received President Goodluck Jonathan's letter of appeal on the issue.

20110217
Xinhua
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian troops operating in northeast Borno has confirmed the killing of two soldiers by hoodlums suspected to be Boko Haram sect members.

20110213
reuters

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Several people were feared to have been killed on Saturday in a stampede at an election campaign rally for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in the oil city of Port Harcourt, witnesses said.

20110213
reuters

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 11 people were trampled to death on Saturday in a stampede at an election campaign rally for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt.

20110213
presstv
A stampede at a campaign rally for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in the Niger Delta region has killed 11 people and injured 29 others, police say.

20110208
africanews

It was a display of the rich cultural heritage of the Otuoke community in the oil rich Bayelsa State of Nigeria when the highest chieftaincy title to be given to a woman was bestowed on Dame Patience Jonathan, wife of President Goodluck Jonathan at a ceremony attended by dignitaries from many parts of the country.

20110207
reuters

LAFIA, Nigeria (Reuters) - To the sound of pounding reggae music in a small, dusty town in Nigeria's "Middle Belt", President Goodluck Jonathan began campaigning for an election in which he hopes to upset the natural order of politics in Africa's most populous state.

20110205
This Day

The Nigerian government refused to discuss a prisoner transfer agreement with Britain in 2009, insisting that the Crown Prosecution Service dropped corruption charges against former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, WikiLeaks documents disclosed Friday.

20110205
reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court refused to reconsider a lawsuit that accused Royal Dutch Shell Plc of helping Nigerian authorities violently suppress protests against oil exploration in the 1990s.

20110203
Xinhua
LAGOS Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian troops operating in southeast Abia State said it has recorded 95 percent success in checking the spate of kidnapping and other criminal activities in the state.

20110203
Xinhua
ABUJA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian federal government has vowed to restore peace and tranquility in troubled northern Plateau and Borno States.

20110203
Xinhua
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- A group which identified itself as ''Jama atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda a Waati Wal Jihad'' has claimed responsibility for last Friday's assassination of a top politician and six others in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State.

20110130
xinhua

JOS, Nigeria Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 students of University of Jos in Nigeria's central north Plateau State have been hospitalized, after sustaining gunshot wounds during a clash with members of Special Task Force (STF) at the university students ' hostel

20110128
reuters

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A main governorship candidate for April elections in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno was shot dead on Friday after leaving a mosque in the city of Maiduguri, party officials and witnesses said on Friday.

20110128
Xinhua
JOS, Nigeria, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Two soldiers have been reportedly killed during an attack at a village in central north Plateau state.

20110125
Xinhua
JOS, Nigeria, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- At least six persons were killed while several others were seriously injured following attacks in villages near the central Nigerian city of Jos.

20110122
Vanguard

NINE days after he lost to President Goodluck Jonathan at last Thursday's Presidential Primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday attributed his failure to become the party's flagbearer to what he described as the absence of a level playing ground.

20110122
Daily Independent (Lagos)

Lagos — A bill meant to ensure enthronement of internal democracy within the various registered political parties is in the offing, Sunday Independent can confirm.