May 22, 2013
Nigeria News
Nigeria high court upholds victories of 2 southern governors
March 4, 2012Nigeria’s Supreme Court has upheld the victories of Emmanuel Oduaghan and Rochas Okorocha, the governors of Delta and Imo States, in South-South and South-eastern Nigeria respectively.
100s of cases in Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria
March 2, 2012Health authorities in Nigeria recently raised alarm about an outbreak of Lassa fever in at least 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states, with 40 deaths and hundreds of cases recorded so far.
Wade-Sall runoff most likely, as Obasanjo hails Senegal maturity
February 29, 2012The African Union-ECOWAS special envoy, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has praised the people of Senegal for their maturity shown during last Sunday’s presidential election.
The run up to the polls was marred by violence, which left some six persons dead.
Nigeria & Cameroon sign deal to jointly fight border crimes
February 29, 2012Nigeria and Cameroon have signed an agreement on establishing a trans-border security committee to crack down on crimes along both countries’ land and maritime borders.
More light shed on Jos church bombing in Nigeria
February 26, 2012By Martins Martins/WADR Correspondent
“The vibration of the blasts shook most parts of the city,” is what an eyewitness near the church in Nigeria’s central city of Jos told West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) about the suicide bomb blast at a church.
Obasanjo urges opposition: allow Wade run in Sunday polls but…
February 25, 2012Hours to Sunday’s presidential election in Senegal, the African Union and ECOWAS special envoy, ex-Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo wants the opposition to abandon their rejection of incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade’s candidacy and allow the polls to go ahead, but some opposition leaders have rejected his “road map”.
Nigeria toying with Code of Conduct in public service
February 24, 2012Nigeria is trying to take measures to ensure transparency and accountability in the public service.
There are some who it can work in Africa’s most populous nation, but there are cynics who believe implementating a code of conduct in Nigeria is a far fetched dream.
Senegal:Polls chief pleads with Obasanjo to mediate rival parties
February 23, 2012Senegal’s autonomous National Elections Commission Chairman has pleaded with the visiting former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to go beyond election observation, but mediate between the rival parties in the run up to Sunday’s presidential polls.
Obasanjo in Senegal to ‘‘prevent what is preventable’’
February 22, 2012With tensions mounting and concerns of serious threat to Senegal’s long political stability looming, former Nigerian President Olasegun Obasanjo has arrived in the capital, Dakar as a Special envoy of the African Union and ECOWAS to observe Sunday’s presidential polls and what he called ''prevent what is preventable.''
UN assures ECOWAS it’ll help fend off threats to stability
February 18, 2012Hours after Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara’s election as the new Chairman of the sub-regional bloc, ECOWAS, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit has ‘’reiterated the commitment of the United Nations to support the efforts of ECOWAS in addressing emerging threats to the stability of the sub-region.’’
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