Levi Obijiofor
1993 (June 23): Babangida on national television offered his reasons for annulling the results of the Presidential election. At least 100 people were killed in riots in the southwest, Abiola's home area. 1993 (August 26): Under severe opposition and pressure, Babangida resigned as military...
Was the June 12, 1993 presidential election in Nigeria free and fair? There are six aspects of an election which determine whether or not it is democratic, free and fair. These have to do with the composition of the electorat... AS Mohammed 被引量: 0发表: 1997年 ...
Two weeks later, however, the military regime had the election results annulled and Abiola imprisoned. Many commanders in the Hausa-dominated military feared losing control to a southerner. They played on the nation's old ethnic distrusts, hoping that a divided nation would be easier to control...
May 18, 2019 9News Nigeria 0 Prime Minister Scott Morrison has swept to a sensational win over Bill Shorten in a shock election result that keeps the Coalition in power. Scott Read moreAustralia Federal election results: Ruling Party At The Verge of Victory May 18, 2019 9News Nigeria 0...
jonathan v. muhammadu buhari former military dictator buhari to challenge goodluck jonathan in close contest in nigeria. dec. 11, 2014, at 10:12 a.m. save comment more nigeria election: jonathan v. muhammadu buhari more sunday alamba | ap former military leader muhammadu buhari, a ...
An election tribunal ruled in Feb. 2008 that although the election was indeed flawed, the evidence of rigging was not substantial enough to overturn the election results. The rebel group in Nigeria's oil-producing region, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, declared a cease-...
1983 December 31, New Year’s Eve. Fifth Military Coup, Major-General Muhammad Buhari becomes Head of State. Babangida and Abacha are among the coup plotters. 1984 February 27 – March 5. Disturbance in Yola, Gongola State. Maitatsine sect, ...
Nigeria's first successful census since independence (results announced in March 1992) indicated a population of 88.5 million, some 20 million fewer than estimated. The election register had to be revised downward, from 70 million to 39 million voters. On 20 May 1992, the government banned all...
contract renegotiation and cancellations highly probable in sectors including bulk fuel distribution, power, oil and gas, defense spending and infrastructural projects,” Murtala Touray, senior Africa analyst, economics and country risk, at IHS Global Insight, stated after the election results were ...