Nigeria General Election

Nigeria's opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari today won the key prize of Lagos state in the country's general election, keeping a lead of about two million votes as results came in.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's ruling party today sought to disrupt the results of the general election, accusing the head of the electoral commission of bias.

An overnight curfew was imposed in Nigeria's southern Rivers state as tensions ran high over local results of the country's general election, the state government said on Monday.

Nigerians today awaited the first results of a closely fought general election pitting President Goodluck Jonathan against ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for calm after deadly riots followed 2011 polls.

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen beheaded 23 people and set fire to homes in Buratai, northeast Nigeria, on the eve of Saturday's general elections, a federal lawmaker representing the area told AFP.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called for transparent and peaceful elections in Nigeria on the eve of the vote that will be closely-watched by world governments.

Nigeria's federal police chief today ordered restrictions on movement on election day this weekend, as the country goes to the polls to choose a new president and parliament.

Africa's most populous country and top economy, Nigeria, holds general elections this Saturday, the fifth since civilian rule was restored in 1999.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau vowed to disrupt Nigeria's general election in a new video released Tuesday, after two suicide attacks in the northeast blamed on the Islamists killed 38 people.

Hundreds of Boko Haram Islamists today invaded the restive northeast Nigerian city of Gombe, firing heavy guns and throwing leaflets calling on residents to boycott the forthcoming general elections, locals told AFP.

Nigeria's Boko Haram rebels carried out their first attack tomorrow inside neighbouring Chad, targeting a village on the shores of Lake Chad as part of a widening insurgency that has sucked in four countries.

Nigeria's opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari today won the key prize of Lagos state in the country's general election, keeping a lead of about two million votes as results came in.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's ruling party today sought to disrupt the results of the general election, accusing the head of the electoral commission of bias.

An overnight curfew was imposed in Nigeria's southern Rivers state as tensions ran high over local results of the country's general election, the state government said on Monday.

Nigerians today awaited the first results of a closely fought general election pitting President Goodluck Jonathan against ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for calm after deadly riots followed 2011 polls.

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen beheaded 23 people and set fire to homes in Buratai, northeast Nigeria, on the eve of Saturday's general elections, a federal lawmaker representing the area told AFP.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called for transparent and peaceful elections in Nigeria on the eve of the vote that will be closely-watched by world governments.

Nigeria's federal police chief today ordered restrictions on movement on election day this weekend, as the country goes to the polls to choose a new president and parliament.

Africa's most populous country and top economy, Nigeria, holds general elections this Saturday, the fifth since civilian rule was restored in 1999.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau vowed to disrupt Nigeria's general election in a new video released Tuesday, after two suicide attacks in the northeast blamed on the Islamists killed 38 people.

Hundreds of Boko Haram Islamists today invaded the restive northeast Nigerian city of Gombe, firing heavy guns and throwing leaflets calling on residents to boycott the forthcoming general elections, locals told AFP.

Nigeria's Boko Haram rebels carried out their first attack tomorrow inside neighbouring Chad, targeting a village on the shores of Lake Chad as part of a widening insurgency that has sucked in four countries.