(Euronews: 0221 PST, April 27, 2011) Nigeria's electoral process has once again been marred by violence as the country voted for 36 state governors. Bombs exploded in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, but no one was hurt. At least three people have been killed there since Sunday. Elsewhere, soldiers shot one man and arrested a number of others for stealing ballot boxes across several states.

Nigeria Votes Again, Despite Violence

(Al Jazeera English: 0506 PST, April 27, 2011) Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege, reporting from Kano, has more on Nigeria's three weeks of elections, and the violence surrounding them.

(Euronews: 1345 PST, April 18, 2011) Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan has been officially declared the winner of the country's election, and his first call as re-elected president was an appeal for calm after violence erupted amid opposition claims of vote-rigging.

The Red Cross said many people were killed in the north of the country when churches, mosques and houses were torched. Curfews have been imposed in Kaduna state and Kano. EU monitors say it was Nigeria's fairest election for decade.