By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 08 May 2007 Man walks along oil pipelines belonging to Italian oil company Agip in Obrikom, Nigeria (File) The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, the most prominent armed group in Nigeria's oil-rich N...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 07 May 2007 Nigeria's president-elect, Umaru Mussa Yar'Adua, has started formal visit to several African countries, but critics say he should focus his attention first on problems at home following his disputed election. VOA's...
By Nico Colombant Abuja 24 April 2007 Opposition leaders, lawmakers and pro-democracy activists in Nigeria are mulling options on how to contest results from this month's fraud-filled and ruling-party dominated state and federal elections. Many of th...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 April 2007 Voting has officially ended across Nigeria in a presidential vote dogged by violence, charges of fraud and logistical problems. Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA from Abuja that election officials say results ar...
By Nico Colombant Lugbe, Nigeria 21 April 2007 The presidential and legislative election in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, has taken a slow and troubled turn as many voting centers were without ballots for hours Saturday, while police said...
By Nico Colombant Kaduna, Nigeria 20 April 2007 Nigeria's next president is almost certain to be a northerner, as the ruling party candidate and the two main opposition leaders for Saturday's election are from that region. But analysts say replacing...
By Nico Colombant Abuja 17 April 2007 A Nigerian man look at election posters in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 15 Apr 2007 Observers, analysts and ordinary Nigerians are hoping for better presidential and legislative elections Saturday, following the chaot...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 14 April 2007 Nigerians are voting Saturday to elect state governors and legislators, in the first of two-part elections, which will see the emergence of a new president in a week's time. Gilbert daCosta in Abuja reports for...
By Sarah Simpson Kano, Nigeria 22 March 2007 Northern Nigeria is one of the few regions in the world where polio remains endemic, despite efforts to eradicate this crippling and potentially fatal virus. Sarah Simpson reports from the north's largest...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 31 January 2007 The Nigerian government says laboratory tests for the deadly bird flu virus on samples taken from human victims are positive. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that the authorities have moved quickly to assu...