All Peoples Party

Site has closed down. One of the major political parties in Nigeria contesting the 1999 presidential election. Site maintained by the North America Secretariat of the APP. http://www.appnigeria.org/

BBC

Election Special (Feb. 25, 1999)

Has an audio report. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_286000/286100.stm
Who's Who in Nigeria's Election (Feb. 18, 1999)

Carter Center

Use the Activities by Country link to locate the Center's election and health work in Nigeria. This retrieves, for ex. the full text report, "Observing the 1998-1999 Nigeria Elections" 77 p. (in Adobe pdf). "The Carter Center in Atlanta, Ga., is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute founded by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in 1982." http://www.CarterCenter.org/

CNN

Election Special: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/nigerian.elections/
Results: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/election.watch/africa/nigeria2.html

Ekwueme, Dr. Alex I.

Site has closed. Member of the Peoples Democratic Party. Was a 1999 Presidential Candidate contender. Biography, speeches, etc. http://www.alex-ekwueme.org To see the old site use the Wayback Machine.

Falae, Chief Olu

Site has closed down. Presidential candidate for his party, the Alliance for Democracy, was also the presidential candidate for the All Peoples Party. Biography, speeches, etc. Chief Falae came in second in the Feb. 27 presidential election with 37.2% of the vote. http://www.falae.org

International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) - Nigerian Election Information

http://www.ifes.org/eguide/1999.htm

National Endowment for Democracy. The 1999 Elections and the Future of Nigeria

Report of a 1999 conference whose sessions included "Assessing the Elections: How Free and Fair?"; and "Prospects for Democracy in Nigeria." Includes the acceptance speech of Clement Nwankwo on behalf ot Nigeria's Transition Monitoring Group which won the NED 1999 Democracy Award. http://www.ned.org/forum/reports/nigeria99/toc.html

Nigeria Congress

Has the 1999 election results. http://www.nigeriacongress.org/assembly/results.htm

Nwangwu, Chido - "Nigeria's Presidential Election: Is it just for the Highest Bidder?"

Nwangwu is founder & publisher of USAfrica. http://www.usafricaonline.com/HighestBidder.html

Obasanjo, General Olusegun

Site has closed. 1999 Presidential Candidate of the People's Democratic Party and winner of the Feb. 27, 1999 presidential election with 62.8% of the vote. Has a biography, speeches, local government election results, etc. http://www.obasanjo-campaign.com.ng

Washington Times. Special International Report. Nigeria

Published Sept. 30, 1999. http://www.internationalspecialreports.com/africa/99/nigeria/