February 22, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria Heads to the Polls - 5 Essential Reads About the Elections
Nigerians go to the polls on 25 February to elect a new president, vice-president, 109 members of the Senate and 360 members of the Federal House of Representatives. Eighteen… Read more »
Nigeria: Peter Obi Could Be the Force That Topples Nigeria's Two Main Political Parties
Obi-dient is the word in town for the Nigerians who support Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, south-east Nigeria. To them, Obi is the best candidate for the country's… Read more »
Nigeria: Bola Tinubu - Nigeria's Kingmaker Who Wants to Be King
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Nigeria, holds two traditional titles: Asiwaju of Lagos and Jagaban of the Borgu kingdom in… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Elections Are Crowded With Candidates - Use This New Tool to Decide Who to Vote for in Your Area
Eighteen political parties are contesting for Nigeria's presidential elections scheduled for 25 February. Yes, 18 parties. But that's not the highest number of parties in Nigeria's… Read more »
February 21, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria's Natural Resources Are Under Threat - Urgent Steps a New President Must Take
By the end of May 2023 Nigeria will have a new president following February's elections. Read more »
February 19, 2023
Nigeria: Gender Equality in Nigeria - Three Reasons Why Women Aren't Represented in Politics
In March 2022, Nigerian women suffered backlash in their pursuit of gender equity. Five gender bills presented to the National Assembly were thrown out. Read more »
February 16, 2023
Nigeria: How to Poll 93 Million Voters - the Challenge of Pulling Off Nigeria's Presidential Elections
Nigeria's registered voters, which the Independent National Electoral Commission has put at 93.5 million, are expected to come out in their numbers in what will be Africa's biggest… Read more »
February 15, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria's Election - Six Dangers of Mixing Religion With Politics
One of the issues that has generated great concern among voters in the run up to the Nigerian presidential elections is religion. Read more »
February 13, 2023
Nigeria: Nigerian Elections - Eight Issues Young People Want the New Govt to Address
As Nigeria prepares for the 25 February presidential elections, it's interesting to consider what young Nigerians are expecting. Read more »
February 08, 2023
Nigeria: What I Like and Hate About Nigeria's Election Campaigns - Political Scientist
Election campaigns are an important aspect of the democratic process in Nigeria. They give voters a chance to learn what a candidate or party stands for. Read more »
February 05, 2023
Nigeria: Election Violence in Nigeria's South East Is Threatening to Derail Voting in the Region
Violence is a perennial feature of elections in Nigeria. It happens across the three stages of the electoral cycle - before, on and after election day. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria and Ghana Are Prone to Devastating Floods - They Could Achieve a Lot By Working Together
Many countries in Africa suffer from disasters annually, but the adverse effects are grossly under-reported compared with coverage of more developed nations. Read more »
February 01, 2023
Nigeria: Nigerian Elections - 5 Major Challenges Facing the Country's Next President
Nigerians will soon determine who their next president will be in a general election. Polling is due at the end of February and inauguration is scheduled for 29 May 2023. Read more »
January 31, 2023
Nigeria: Plastic Pollution in Nigeria - Whose Job Is It to Clean Up the Mess?
Take a walk or drive through the streets of most Nigerian cities, and you will see plastic waste everywhere. The country's rivers, lakes and ocean are also full of discarded… Read more »
January 30, 2023
Nigeria: The Badoo Ritual Gang Created Fear in Lagos - Here's What Made Victims Vulnerable
Violent cult gangs are well known in Nigeria. Though there are no statistics on their numbers and impact, Lagos State in southwest Nigeria has more than 10 of these groups… Read more »
January 27, 2023
Nigeria: 100 Million Nigerians Are At Risk of Neglected Tropical Diseases - What the Country Is Doing About It
Neglected tropical diseases are a group of communicable diseases found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. They are classified as "neglected" because they have… Read more »
January 22, 2023
Nigeria: Ten Factors That Could Affect This Year's NIgerian Polls
As Nigerians inch closer to the February 2023 presidential election, the seventh since the current wave of liberal democracy formally started in 1999, there are at least 10 key… Read more »
January 19, 2023
Nigeria: New Lekki Port Has Doubled Cargo Capacity, but Must Not Repeat Previous Failures
Three-quarters of the world is covered by water and up to 90% of world trade is seaborne. Seaports and shipping are critical to the conduct of global trade. Read more »
January 18, 2023
Nigeria: Who Invented Jollof Rice? Senegal Beats Ghana and Nigeria to the Title
The authorship - and therefore origins - of Jollof rice (called Ceebu jën in Senegal according to the Wolof spelling) is the subject of a spicy debate between West African… Read more »
January 17, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria's Currency Redesign and Withdrawal Limits - Questionable Policy and Bad Timing
The Central Bank of Nigeria launched new banknotes in November 2022. The new notes came into effect on 15 December 2022. Read more »
January 16, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria's University System Needs Radical Reform
Amid strikes by Nigeria's Academic Staff Union of Universities, one thing is clear: the current funding model for the country's public universities is broken. The government's new… Read more »
December 30, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Has a Coastal Litter Problem - It's Time to Clean Up
Bottles. Plastic bags. Surgical facemasks. These are just some of the 29,029 items we found along the 180km Araromi coastline Nigeria in nine months while studying marine litter.… Read more »
December 28, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Insecurity - 2022 Was a Bad Year and Points to Need for Major Reforms
2022 has been an eventful year in Nigeria. For one thing, it's been the precursor to the country's general elections, which are due to be held in the first quarter of 2023. That's… Read more »
December 26, 2022
Nigeria: What's At Stake As Millions Head to the Ballot Box Around the Globe
Predicting the outcome of national elections can be a mug's game. Polls are often wrong, and second-guessing how people will vote months down the line can leave even the most savvy… Read more »
December 20, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria's Economy in 2022 - Winners and Losers
At the start of 2022, Nigerians hoped that, with less than two years to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari's administration, the government would ramp up its efforts to reduce… Read more »