Tag: election violence

Off-cycle election: NSA warns against violence, promises adequate security

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has assured voters and

Election violence: SERAP writes Biden, seeks visa bans, property sanctions against perpetrators

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged US President Joe

YALI Counsels Nasarawa Youths to Denounce Involvement in Crimes

  Youth African Leader Initiative (YALI), a US-based  Non-Governmental Organization championing a

Police apprehend suspect in connection to death of Oyo law maker, “Sugar”

The commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Shina Olukolu, alongside the AIGP,

Soldiers barred us from monitoring elections in Rivers, EU observers allege

The European Union Observation Mission to Nigeria has alleged that officers of

Election violence: Woman killed as political thugs, security agents clash in Ogun

The Ogere-Remo area of the Ikene Local Government Area of Ogun State

Hoodlums shoot Police Inspector, seize election materials in Ogun

Suspected political thugs have reportedly shot a police officer simply identified as

Data Visualisation: Election violence, ballot box snatching in Ondo, Oyo, others

Election violence and ballot box snatching reared their ugly heads in Ondo,

Tension in Imo as political thugs kill party agent

The killing if a party agent by political thugs in Nkwerre Local Government

Voters in Lagos defy rumours of election violence, vote their choice candidates

Some voters in Ogun and Lagos states said they did their part

March 9 polls: 2 killed, 47 arrested in Anambra

Police in Anambra have confirmed the killing of two persons in Obosi

Hoodlums attack polling units, cart away thumb-printed ballot papers in Ogbomoso

Some hoodlums have reportedly invaded Ogbomoso polling unit at Oke Ola Farm

Police IG warns against electoral violence, says 323 offenders are currently in custody

The Inspector general of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has revealed the total number

Election Violence: Party agent reveals how APC chieftain was murdered in Rivers

An All Progressives Congress (APC) agent in River state for Saturday’s presidential

Violence erupts at Ikeja Collation Centre, leaves PDP Candidate unconscious

A  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agent caused a commotion  at the Ikeja

Hoodlums chase away INEC officials at Benin collation centre

Suspected political thugs have besieged  Western Boys High School in Benin, chasing 

Election Violence: Soldier, eight others killed in Rivers

Nine persons have reportedly met their death during Saturday’s presidential and National

2019 Elections: Catholic Dioceses, Monarchs Offer Special Prayers For Peace

Bishop of the Makurdi Diocese, Wilfred Anagbe, has stressed the need for

PDP Calls for Cancellation of Kogi Bye-elections over Irregularities

The leadership of the Kogi state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party,

Two People Killed In Kogi Bye-election Ballot Snatching Violence

The violence in Kogi State Bye-elections has claimed two lives in Lokoja

My husband stabbed me for voting in Ekiti 2015 poll

A housewife, Folasade Fatunla, on Thursday told an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court that her