“They say two of the victims of Tuesday’s attack in the Anambra state were US consulate employees, while the other two were police officers. The attackers kidnapped three other people, and set their vehicle on fire.”
“The scheme was thwarted when a doctor realised the man had little idea of the procedure during preliminary tests, and he was ‘visibly relieved’ when it was blocked.”
“They said that they usually sold the exhumed body parts to their clients who used them for money-making rituals,”
“A senior Nigerian politician tried to bring a street trader to the UK to harvest his kidney because it was ‘far better to buy one’ than find a family member to donate the organ, a court has heard.”
“The parties now have three weeks to appeal results, but an election can be invalidated only if it’s proven the national electoral body largely didn’t follow the law and acted in ways that could have changed the result. The Supreme Court of Nigeria has never overturned a presidential election, though court challenges are common.”
“A running total of officially declared presidential votes, compiled by a local consultancy, Stears, showed Tinubu on 40%, with Abubakar on about 30% and Obi on 17% on Tuesday at about 4pm local time.Senior officials close to Tinubu have told the Guardian they are confident of victory and see “no pathway” for Obi to take power.”
“Each of the three frontrunners in Nigeria’s hotly contested presidential election are claiming they are on the path to victory, as preliminary results trickled in two days after Africa’s most populous nation went to the polls”
“The incident which occurred at Polling Unit 009, Lugbe Local Education Authority (LEA) began when the officials of the INEC arrived at the Polling Unit with incomplete electoral materials which aggravated the electorates who resorted to attacking the officials and destroying the materials alleging an attempt at disenfranchisement.”
“’Everything that has happened in the past eight years has [been] draining for me,’ Oyinkan Daramola, 29, told Al Jazeera. She declined to disclose whom she has voted for out of fear of possible reprisals but hinted at a disdain for the two dominant parties.”
“Mr Igwe, an opposition PDP member of the House of Representatives, was also caught with a list of people to give the money to, police say. In previous elections, politicians have been accused of rigging polls through vote buying.”
“When you ask people about the mood here ahead of the elections, they will say things are tense, some of them are nervous and say try not to leave the city centre, try not to drive out of town because you could get kidnapped.”
“Police said in a statement on Sunday that armed herdsmen attacked Tom Ikimi station at 4pm (15:00 GMT) as passengers waited for a train to Warri, an oil hub in nearby Delta state. The station is some 111km (69 miles) northeast of state capital Benin City and close to the border with Anambra state.”
“He said that the interdiction mission was conducted by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) at Mantari village in Gezuwa general area, Bama Local Government Area of Borno. The director said that among those neutralised were terrorist kingpins Khalid Tukur, Maimusari, and Bakura Jega.”
“The ship — which left Lagos, Nigeria, on Nov. 17 — covered some 2,000 miles during the 11-day journey to the Spanish territory off northwest Africa, according to tracking website Marine Traffic.”
“Prosecutors allege the couple planned to have his kidney removed so it could be given to their daughter.”
“It is important to emphasise that monkeypox does not spread easily between people and the overall risk to the general public is very low.”
“Nigeria is one of West Africa’s most dangerous and difficult countries for journalists, who are often watched, attacked, arbitrarily arrested and even killed,”
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