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latest news & developmentsGood choices, bad outcomes, harder lives in Nigeria
Food and fuel have become prohibitively expensive and many Nigerians can no longer afford the basics
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
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
Is WhatsApp shaping democracy in Africa?
A study shows that the social messaging platform is both emancipatory and destructive, particularly during election campaigns
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
Abubakar lodges election legal challenge
Abubakar, the candidate for the opposition PDP has now followed through with his promise to challenge the results
Why governing Lagos is Nigeria’s ultimate political prize
Forget the presidency. Whoever controls Lagos controls Africa’s most important city
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
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
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
Nigeria braces for knife-edge election (again)
At times chaotic, at others comical, the race to lead Africa’s biggest economy is never boring
Oby Ezekwesili quits Nigeria’s presidential race
She has withdrawn from the race, pledging to form an opposition coalition to defeat the ruling party
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
Buhari begins presidential election campaign
Voters go to the polls on February 16, four years after Buhari’s landmark victory
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