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The article reports that Nigerian President Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua sent Vice President Jonathan Goodluck to meet with staff at the Consensus Building Institute (CBI), an advisory group that specializes in multiparty conflicts. The action of Yar'Adua aims to curtail the violence in the Niger Delta. In his inaugural address, Yar'Adua said he would make tackling the problems in the Niger Delta a priority of his administration.

The article assesses the political conditions in Nigeria following the election of Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua as the country's president. The newly-elected president has pledged to secure the Niger Delta in a bid to solidify his contested victory and prove his commitment to the country's resource and revenue base. The delta is home to Nigeria's lucrative oil industry. Opponents of Yar'Adua say his election was the result of widespread voter intimidation by gunmen funded by People's Democratic Party (PDP) leaders.

The article reports on the presidential election in Nigeria on April 21, 2007. According to Commander Akoko, a commander of one of the armed groups in the country, Nigeria's militants will keep a close eye on the upcoming presidential election but have no plans to disrupt them. If successful, the presidential election would mark the first time since Nigeria's independence from Britain in 1960 that the oft-troubled West African nation had handed over authority from one civilian administration to another.

The article talks about the April 14, 2007 election in Nigeria. Since 1999, the one-time lieutenant general turned commander-in-chief, Olusegun Obasanjo, has been Nigeria's elected leader, and he is now poised to hand over his authority to the country's next elected president. According to the country's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), continuing litigation by candidates barred from running might prevent the balloting to go forward as scheduled.

The article reports on violence and militancy at Niger Delta in Nigeria. The increasing unrest in the area has affected petroleum production. Since the beginning of 2008, many kidnappings by armed militants have occurred which prompted some foreign oil companies to shut down. The violence is also threatening the upcoming presidential elections.