Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - NILDS, CSOs Lament Decline in Number of Women Elected Into National Assembly

Results of the recent national elections showed a general decline in female representations at the National Assembly. Read more »

Nigeria: Train Accident - Sanwo-Olu Suspends Campaign, Declares 3-Day Mourning

Governor Sanwo-olu also declared that national flags be flown at half-mast to mourn the victims of the train crash for the next three days. Read more »

Nigeria: 100 Days in Office - APC, PDP Disagree Over Governor Adeleke's Scorecard in Osun

Opposition APC says Governor Adeleke's performance has been so far woeful in Osun State. Read more »

Nigeria: Enugu Business Owners Continue to Reject Old N500, N1,000 Notes

A food vendor said she would not collect the old notes because nobody was ready to collect them from her. Read more »

Nigeria: Two Killed As Train Crushes Lagos Staff Bus

Two female staff members of the state government died in the accident. Read more »

Nigeria: Court Grants INEC Permission to Reconfigure BVAs Machines

The Court of Appeal, however, ordered INEC to upload the data on the BVAS machines to the back-end server and make certified true copies of the data to the respondents. Read more »

Nigeria: Despite Naira Scarcity, Party Agents Bought Votes With Cash, Bank Transfers - NBA Report

The NBA, in its interim report on the 25 February elections, confirmed vote-buying took place in different states and Abuja, although on a less brazen scale compared to previous… Read more »

Nigeria: Atiku Inaugurates Legal Team, Charges It to Reclaim Mandate From Tinubu

Atiku told the team to also use the opportunity of the trial to strengthen constitutional democracy in the country. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Gets New British High Commissioner

According to the statement announcing his appointment, Mr Montgomery will take up his appointment in April. Read more »

Nigeria: Election - NSCIA Asks Security Agencies to Deal With Individuals Making Unguarded Utterances

The NSCIA says it observes highly placed individuals making unsubstantiated claims capable of heating the polity. Read more »

Nigeria: Can Catholic Priest Help APC Reclaim Benue State From PDP?

Hyacinth Alia, 56, ditched his cassock last year and emerged as the governorship candidate of the APC in Benue State. Read more »

Nigeria: INEC May Postpone Saturday's Governorship, State Assembly Elections

The election was scheduled to hold on Saturday, 11th March, two weeks after the presidential election. Read more »

Nigeria: Buhari Returns From Qatar, Arrives Daura for Saturday's Elections

Mr Buhari joined the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, and other world leaders to mobilise political will, solidarity and actions to transform LCDs. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Breweries Records Modest Profit Growth As Revenue Jumps 25 Percent

Cost of sales, totalling N337.3 billion, gulped N60.4 billion. Read more »

Nigeria: CBN Issues Operational Guidelines On Open Banking

The operational guidelines outline the procedures that govern how banks and other financial institutions are permitted to access and manage customer data. Read more »

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - Only 27% of Eligible Voters Decide Who Becomes Nigeria's President

Mr Tinubu, the winner of the election, has a total of 8,794,726 votes, which accounts for 10.08 per cent of all eligible voters. Read more »

Nigeria: Ifeanyi Odii Remains Our Candidate in Ebonyi - PDP

Media reports indicated that Mr Odii and his running mate, Igwe Nwagu, were missing from the list of governorship candidates posted on the INEC website. Read more »

Nigeria: Lagos2023 - Sanwo-Olu Assures Igbo Traders of Safety

Mr Sanwo-Olu took a tour of the markets ahead of the Saturday gubernatorial election. Read more »

Nigeria: PDP's Lawal Leads Challenge Against Matawalle in Zamfara Governorship Race

Mr Matawalle is fighting his most intense political battle as he seeks a second term. Read more »

Nigeria: 2023 - Rivers Labour Party Chairman Endorses PDP Governorship Candidate

The chairman, however, urged members and supporters to vote for LP candidates for the State House of Assembly in their various constituencies. Read more »

Nigeria: President Buhari Asks Nigerians Abroad to Support Tinubu's Govt

Mr Buhari commends the contributions of Nigerians in Diaspora to national development. Read more »

Nigeria: Presidential Election - PDP Alleges Plot By INEC to Destroy Information in BVAs Machines

"Apparently panicked by the Order, INEC rushed to court to file a motion requesting the court to allow it reconfigure the BVAS devices with the view to erasing the information… Read more »

Nigeria: Enugu 2023 - Ex-Governor Denies Collecting Bribe to Endorse PDP Candidate

"By March, I will be 64 years old and I want a good future for my grandchildren." Read more »

Nigeria: Veteran Actor Fadeyi Oloro Dies

Mr Arowosafe, who played Fadeyi Oloro in a Yoruba TV series titled 'Arelu' in the 80s, was ill for over three years before his shocking death. Read more »

Nigeria: X-Raying Major Upsets in Nigeria's February 25 Elections

There may be more upsets in the gubernatorial and state assembly elections on Saturday based on the surprises of the 25th February elections. Read more »