KEY POINTS Gunmen killed three people and abducted Catholic priest Rev. Fr. Nathaniel Asuwaye during a pre-dawn attack in Kaduna State. Church and police accounts differ on casualty figures, but confirm security forces engaged the attackers, losing personnel in the process. Rights groups and...

KEY POINTS NLC has threatened mass action and possible election boycott if real-time electronic transmission of results is excluded from the Electoral Act amendment. The Senate recently rejected a proposal to make real-time transmission mandatory, retaining INEC’s discretionary powers under the existing law. Labour...