Dozens Of Terrorists Killed During Attack On Election Collation Centre In Northeast Nigeria
Armed terrorists of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stormed Mafa town in northeast Nigeria in the early morning hours of March 19 as…
Armed terrorists of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stormed Mafa town in northeast Nigeria in the early morning hours of March 19 as…
Lagos, Nigeria – Last May, Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) announced Aishatu “Binani” Dahiru as the winner of the governorship primary in the northeastern…
Millions of Nigerians have headed back to the polls as Africa’s most populous nation held gubernatorial elections amid tensions after last month’s disputed presidential vote.…
Cash shortages have plagued Africa’s largest economy since the beginning of the year, due to a CBN directive. Nigeria’s central bank will allow old bank…
Nigeria’s presidential and national assembly elections have come and gone – but not without consequences. According to data gathered by the Council on Foreign Relations,…
Three years ago this day, the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic, a once-in-a-lifetime event that tested the limits of humanity. Societies in lockdown, untold…
One name that comes up often in the war against disinformation in Nigeria is the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a separatist organisation whose controversial…
On March 1, Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Bola Tinubu of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the 2023 presidential…
INEC says it needs more time to reconfigure BVAS machines at the centre of last month’s disputed presidential vote. Nigeria’s electoral commission says it has…
Adejumo Kabir, Lagos In Lagos, thugs scattered polling units in areas swinging toward opposition parties, marring the first weekend of the elections here. There are…
Lagos, Nigeria – As Tobi Olayinka set out to vote on Saturday morning in Nigeria’s Lagos state, she took along a backpack filled with food…
Defeated candidate Peter Obi pledges to legally challenge the results a day after Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared winner. Abuja, Nigeria – Labour Party leader…
Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering mixed reactions across the West African…
The governing party candidate, Bola Tinubu, was declared the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election early on Wednesday. Soon after, he thanked his supporters and appealed…
The 70-year-old has won the presidency of Africa’s most populous nation with 8.8 million votes, according to final election results. Bola Tinubu, a political “godfather”…
Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has won the popular vote in the disputed election. Bola Tinubu, the politician long heralded as…
EXPLAINERVoters and observer missions have highlighted failures of the electoral commission and violence at polling units as election results are awaited. On February 25, millions…
Three opposition parties call for cancellation of the election, as the ruling party candidate is in the lead, with results from 19 of 36 states…
It was a typically hot day in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state. Temperatures soared past 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) as I sat in a makeshift…
Results are continuing to trickle in in Nigeria’s tightest election since the West African country returned to democracy in 1999, though a victor in the…