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Nigeria: Old Woman Strips Naked To Reject Rigged Elections

An old woman scared many people when she went stark naked to join half naked women and others in public demonstration on the streets of Warri in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. She did not even flinch as she boldly protested the rigging of the last state elections of Saturday April 14, 2007.

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Nigeria: Opposition Parties Withdraw Threat To Boycott Next Election

A coalition of the opposition parties in Nigeria has withdrawn their earlier threat to boycott the crucial Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday April 21, 2007.

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Nigeria: Umaru Yar' Adua, PDP and The Presidential Election

Many erroneous and ambiguous news reports have been written on the so called, "Mr. Integrity" Umaru Yar'Adua, the governor of Katsina state and presidential candidate of the ruling party (PDP) in Nigeria. But how many have been fooled by his sponsors?

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Nigeria: State of Emergency Declared in Ekiti State

The President of Nigeria, chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has declared a state of emergency in Ekiti state in the South Western region. He made the declaration in a national broadcast to the nation at 7 pm, Wednesday. The head of state reappointed retired Major-.Gen. Tunji Olurin as the sole administrator of the state until May 29, 2007.

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Nigeria: 12 Policemen, Woman Killed in Kano After Elections

A district police officer, his wife and 11 other police officers were killed by an irate mob of the Islamic sect in Kano, Northern Nigeria, after violent polls and four days after unidentified gunmen shot and killed a popular Islamic leader and two of his assistants inside their mosque.

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Nigeria: Atiku Abubakar Wins At The Supreme Court!

Vice President Atiku Abubakar of Nigeria has been cleared by the Supreme Court to contest the presidential election on Saturday April 21, 2007.

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Nigeria: Echoes of Political Anarchy After Tragic Elections

Things have fallen apart in Nigeria and millions of Nigerians are no longer at ease as they bury their dead and nurse their bleeding wounds after the tragic elections of last Saturday April 14, 2007. And nemesis is driving thousands of protesters to go on rampage on the streets. The sirens of anarchy echo from different regions of the troubled nation.

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Nigeria: Bloody, Bloody Elections With Over 46 Killed

Over 46 people were killed on Saturday April 14, in one of the bloodiest elections in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation and it's largest oil producer. Seven police men were killed as militants attacked and razed three police stateions in the Niger Delta and at least 40 civilians were killed in bloody political clashes in several states across Nigeria.

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Nigeria: Militants Kill 7 Police Officers On Election Day

Dare-devil Niger Delta militants invaded a police station on election day in Port Harcourt and killed seven police officers and razed the police station before escaping.

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Nigeria: Who Killed Sheikh Jafar Adam Before The Elections?

How could Sheikh Jafar Adam and two of his notable assistants be assassinated a day to the State legislative and governorship polls in Nigeria?

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Nigeria: Lawan Ibrahim, INEC and The April Elections in Nigeria

Lawan Ibrahim, one of the millions of poor Nigerian voters in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria said he won't vote for the ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), because the PDP led government of President Olusegun Obasanjo failed to improve his living condition in the two terms of 8 years.

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Australian Exporters warned on Nigerian email scam

Australian exporters are being warned about an email scam seeking to defraud them of thousands of dollars.

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