President Goodluck Jonathan Ignorance Of Wife’s Whereabouts

President Goodluck Jonathan  Ignorance Of Wife’s Whereabouts
    Jonathan at about 1:45pm Saturday said he was still expecting his wife, Dame Patience, at his community in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, to participate in the electoral process.

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Three fear Dead As Soldiers Chase Ballot Box Snatchers In Imo

Three fear Dead As Soldiers Chase Ballot Box Snatchers In Imo

No fewer than three persons were feared dead and scores wounded in a ghastly motor accident in Imo State Saturday as elections were going on across the state.

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Explosion injures several in Rivers , The security operatives says the explosion is linked to politics

The security operatives says the explosion, which took place in a popular location, is linked to politics.

 Explosion, sporadic shooting in Buguma, other towns in Rivers

At least two persons were feared killed in Buguma town, headquarters of Asari Toru local government area of Rivers State when armed youths blew up a public building.

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Explosion, sporadic shooting in Buguma, other towns in Rivers

Explosion, sporadic shooting in Buguma, other towns in Rivers

At least two persons were feared killed in Buguma town, headquarters of Asari Toru local government area of Rivers State when armed youths blew up a public building.

Sources said the building in Kalabari National College was set ablaze because the gunmen, who entered the town on Friday night, thought that sensitive election materials were being kept there.

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APC cries out over violence, voting disruptions in Lagos, Rivers, Ondo

APC cries out over violence, voting disruptions in Lagos, Rivers, Ondo

APC Today alerted the security agencies to cases of violence and disruption of voting in several areas of Lagos, Rivers and Ondo states, urging them to swing into action to ameliorate the situation.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said in many parts of Lagos, thugs are on rampage, shooting sporadically to scare away voters and carting away voting materials.

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Power, money, rivalry, ethnicity use in Rivers State election

Power, money, rivalry, ethnicity use in Rivers election

Port Harcourt (Nigeria) (AFP) - Dakuku Peterside and Nyesom Wike, the two main candidates running for governor of Nigeria's Rivers state, signed a peace accord this week in the local capital Port Harcourt.

That an agreement was needed in the first place is a measure of the high stakes in Saturday's election in the oil-rich southern delta region.

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