Nigeria will hold presidential elections in either January or April of 2011, an electoral official said Tuesday, although voting laws remain unchanged after a 2007 poll marred by widespread fraud. Maurice Iwu, chairman of the country's Independent National Electoral Commission, told reporters that the National ...

The date of Nigeria's presidential and legislative elections next year will depend on the outcome of internationally demanded reforms of the voting system, the electoral agency said on Tuesday. With intense speculation still surrounding the health of President Umaru Yar'Adua, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman Maurice Iwu told a conference in Abuja that the elections could be ...

WARRI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian militants detonated at least two car bombs outside a government building in the southern oil city of Warri on Monday where talks were being held about implementing an amnesty program. The attacks, claimed by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) militant group, are a major setback for Acting President Goodluck Jonathan as ...

Hundreds of protesters in Nigeria's capital are demanding to see the ailing president, who has not appeared publicly since returning from hospital treatment abroad last month. Protesters thronged Abuja's streets Wednesday with a letter demanding the appearance of President Umaru Yar'Adua, saying the ...