A Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria, stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting governorship elections in Kogi, Adamawa, Sokoto, Bayelsa and Cross River states. In his judgment which lasted for more than an hour in the consolidated suits by Governors Ibrahim Idris (Kogi), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Timipriye Sylva (Bayelsa) and Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Justice Adamu Bello held that there were no vacancies in the affected states for now. - He added that the tenure of the concerned governors would not expire until May, 2012 and then would election be conducted. The judge held that the tenure of the governors legally started in 2008 when they took fresh …

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan warned that nobody should rig for him in April 16, 2011 presidential election for he believes in transparent and peaceful election. Also, the President has promised the electorate particularly women a 35 per cent slot in his government if they (women) vote for the Peoples Democratic Party in this year's elections. - Goodluck Jonathan is the presidential candidate of the PDP with VP Namadi Sambo, the party that has been ruling the country since the return of democracy to Nigeria in 1999. The Port Harcourt tragedy brought to halt the campaign process when about 20 people died and many others injured in a stampede at the Liberation Stadium du…