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Niger Delta ex-militant leader Dokubo-Asari hails Gaddafi
Oct. 22 | A Nigerian ex-militant leader who claims to have lived in Libya and to have had links with Moamer Kadhafi (Gaddafi) called him a “martyr” on Friday and vowed that his killing would be avenged. “Kadhafi spilled his blood as a martyr...
Ex-militants ‘repatriated’ after brawl in Sri Lanka
Aug. 20 | Archive: Niger Delta militants protest AFP – Eight Nigerian ex-militants sent for a training programme in Sri Lanka have been brought back to face trial at home after they fought and destroyed property, an official said on Saturday. “They...
PDP, ACN supporters clashed in local council election in Port Harcourt
May. 21 | Heavy police shooting and destruction of property by political rivals marked a local government poll Saturday in Nigeria’s oil city of Port Harcourt, police and residents said. The shooting took place in densely populated central Rumuomasi district...
Group urges voters support for Amaechi’s re-election bid
Apr. 1 | Princewill Urges Voters to Convert Overwhelming Support to Physical Votes on Election Dates By Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, Yesterday the 30th of March 2011, the Princewill Political Associates (PPA) one of the leading political pressure groups in the...
Warri: Toku toku an Wodin na “food”
Feb. 24 | Bai Edwin Eriata Oribhabor I have always wanted to write something about the people of Warri with particular emphasis on their “habit” and style of toku toku. By the people of Warri, I mean all; irrespective of tribal affiliation, that may have...
Multiple explosions rocked Labour Party campaign office in Bayelsa
Feb. 21 | Timi Alaibe, LP's governorship candidate in the April poll Multiple pre-dawn explosions rocked opposition offices in oil-rich southern Nigeria, the latest in a wave of attacks ahead of April elections, police and the party said Monday. The explosions...
Stampede mars Jonathan rally in Port Harcourt
Feb. 12 | Several 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. Thousands of ruling party supporters crowded into a sports stadium to ...
Can Nigeria’s political office holders change their ways?
Feb. 9 | Delegates of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party walk past a giant poster of President Goodluck Jonathan at the start of his presidential campaign at the Lafia Township Stadium in the north central town of Lafia, Nasarawa State, on February 7, 2011. Photo:...
President Jonathan pledges to serve one term if elected
Feb. 1 | Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, favoured to win April elections, has pledged to stand for only one term after northern political elites opposed his candidacy, local media reported Tuesday. Jonathan made the pledge on Monday while addressing Nigerians...
