Sentences with phrase «tension in the state»

With the turn of the century, came a rise in racial tensions in the state.

Reports from OSun State indicate that there is growing tension in the state's chapter of the All Progressives Congress over alleged imposition of candidates for Senatorial tickets of the party by the governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.

Barely three days after the campaign office of President Muhammadu Buhari was opened in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, the state government has marked the building housing the office for demolition, triggering political tension in the state.

There have been palpable tension in the state following the recent election tribunal in the state which did not favour the incumbent PDP - led government in the state.

«We also commend the prompt responses of the Plateau, Rivers and Abia state governments in prempting and stamping the escalation of tensions in their states as well as the proscription of IPOB by the South East governors.

Hundreds of lives have been lost in repeated attacks on villages in the area by people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, heightening tension in the state.

Reports from OSun State indicate that there is growing tension in the state's chapter of the All Progressives Congress over alleged imposition of candidates for Senatorial...

INEC, as the constitutional watchdog of political parties, must step in, as a matter of urgency, and douse the confusion and political tension in the state.

Calls continued for Christians to abandon support for him, this time following comments with intensified racial tensions in the states.

The tension in the state was further exacerbated by the pro-secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra, which issued what seemed to be a fresh threat and prediction that the Anambra governorship election would be bloody.