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Good choices, bad outcomes, harder lives in Nigeria
Africa
/ 5 June 2024

Good choices, bad outcomes, harder lives in Nigeria

Food and fuel have become prohibitively expensive and many Nigerians can no longer afford the basics

By Pelumi Salako and The Continent
Tense wait for Nigeria’s election results
Africa
/ 27 February 2023

Tense wait for Nigeria’s election results

Fake results are circulating, vote rigging claims are mounting and tensions escalating as Nigerians wait for elections results

By Emeka Okonkwo
Nigeria has been ruled by generals and gerontocrats and young people want change in the 2023 polls
Opinion
/ 18 October 2022

Nigeria has been ruled by generals and gerontocrats and young people want change in the 2023 polls

With 70% of Nigerians aged under 30 this should happen but the top candidates are 70 and 75 and the third will have to work with politicians the youth want out

By Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
Is WhatsApp shaping democracy in Africa?
Africa
/ 21 July 2020

Is WhatsApp shaping democracy in Africa?

A study shows that the social messaging platform is both emancipatory and destructive, particularly during election campaigns

By Nic Cheeseman, Jonathan Fisher, Idayat Hassan and Jamie Hitchen
Nigeria’s president loses his right hand man to Covid-19
Africa
/ 22 April 2020

Nigeria’s president loses his right hand man to Covid-19

Abba Kyari was Muhammadu Buhari’s powerful chief of staff, and the jockeying to replace him has already begun

By Aanu Adeoye
Abubakar lodges election legal challenge
Africa
/ 19 March 2019

Abubakar lodges election legal challenge

Abubakar, the candidate for the opposition PDP has now followed through with his promise to challenge the results

By Agency
Why governing Lagos is Nigeria’s ultimate political prize
Africa
/ 8 March 2019

Why governing Lagos is Nigeria’s ultimate political prize

Forget the presidency. Whoever controls Lagos controls Africa’s most important city

By Shola Lawal
Nigeria’s Buhari wins re-election
Africa
/ 27 February 2019

Nigeria’s Buhari wins re-election

The former military ruler was first elected as civilian president of Africa’s most populous nation and leading oil producer in 2015

By Ola Awoniyi, Chris Stein and Emmanuel Akinwotu
Winning back trust in Nigeria’s rescheduled elections
Africa
/ 19 February 2019

Winning back trust in Nigeria’s rescheduled elections

Only hours before polls were to open, Nigeria’s electoral commission postponed elections scheduled for February 16 by a week

By Crisis Group
Nigeria has a history of dodgy elections: will it be different this time?
Africa
/ 12 February 2019

Nigeria has a history of dodgy elections: will it be different this time?

There are question marks over whether Nigeria’s upcoming elections will be credible

By Staff Reporter
Nigeria braces for knife-edge election (again)
Africa
/ 25 January 2019

Nigeria braces for knife-edge election (again)

At times chaotic, at others comical, the race to lead Africa’s biggest economy is never boring

By Shola Lawal
Oby Ezekwesili quits Nigeria’s presidential race
Africa
/ 24 January 2019

Oby Ezekwesili quits Nigeria’s presidential race

She has withdrawn from the race, pledging to form an opposition coalition to defeat the ruling party

By Agency
Nigeria’s 2019 election: a two-horse race with uninspiring candidates
Africa
/ 26 November 2018

Nigeria’s 2019 election: a two-horse race with uninspiring candidates

Despite the large number of aspirants for Nigeria’s 2019 elections, women and young people remain underrepresented

By Olayinka Ajala
Buhari begins presidential election campaign
Africa
/ 19 November 2018

Buhari begins presidential election campaign

Voters go to the polls on February 16, four years after Buhari’s landmark victory

By Ola Awoniyi and Phil Hazlewood
Nigeria’s main opposition party announces candidate ahead of 2019 elections
Africa
/ 7 October 2018

Nigeria’s main opposition party announces candidate ahead of 2019 elections

​Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will run for re-election in February 2019 against former vice president Atiku Abubakar

By Joel Olatunde Agoi
Nigeria president to run for second term with party endorsement
Africa
/ 7 October 2018

Nigeria president to run for second term with party endorsement

Muhammadu Buhari will run for a second term in polls scheduled for February 2019

By Joel Olatunde Agoi

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