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April 4, 2011

Nigeria
Nigeria--Also Cote d’Ivoire

Electoral officers unload election materials from a vehicle at the INEC building in northern city of Kano. (Joe Penney/Courtesy Reuters) On Saturday, after voting in some areas was already underway,…

Nigeria--Also Cote d’Ivoire

April 23, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
U.S. Visa Revocation

When Secretary of State John Kerry visited Nigeria in January in advance of Nigeria’s March 28 elections, he observed that anyone who incited violence or interfered with the electoral process would b…

Patience Visa

April 5, 2011

Nigeria
Delay in Nigeria’s Elections: New Reports

An electoral officer carries election materials as he leaves the polling centre after the postponement of the parliamentary election in Mushin neighbourhood in Nigeria's commercial Lagos. (Akintunde …

Delay in Nigeria’s Elections: New Reports

February 9, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
Why Were Nigeria’s Presidential Elections Postponed?

On Saturday, Nigeria’s Independent National Elections Commission (INEC) announced that Nigeria’s presidential election would be delayed until March 28. According to Attahiru Jega, chairman of the INE…

Ready for Elections

February 6, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigerian Presidential Elections Postponed?

Nigeria’s presidential elections are scheduled for February 14, 2015, though there has long been speculation that they might be postponed. The Nigerian National Security Advisor, Sambo Dasuki, called…

Election Gates