Nigeria: IWD 2023 - Nigeria Falling in Women's Political Participation

Despite excelling in the private sector, Nigerian women are underrepresented in elective offices. Read more »

Nigeria: Troops Foiled Thugs' Attempt to Disrupt Presidential, NASS Elections in Kogi, Others - DHQ

The troops also recovered three pump action guns, two locally fabricated AK 47 rifles, six locally made assorted guns and two daggers from the thugs. Read more »

Nigeria: U.S. Varsity Speaks On Certificate Forgery Allegation Against Rhodes-Vivour

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has been at the centre of a certificate forgery allegation after an email that purportedly emanated from the office of the Registrar of MIT appeared on social… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Foreign Trade Fell in Q4 2022 - NBS

Data on Nigeria's exports to her trading partners showed that Spain was Nigeria's top export destination in Q4 2022 Read more »

Nigeria: PDP Challenges YPP to Provide Evidence Gov Emmanuel Visited INEC Office

The PDP spokesperson in the state, Borono Bassey, said in a statement on Tuesday in Uyo that the allegation against the Akwa Ibom governor and the PDP was "wild" and "false". Read more »

Nigeria: Federal High Court Judges Recalled From Compulsory Retirement Set to Begin Sitting

The judges of the Federal High Court were recalled after obtaining separate court judgments that overturned the National Judicial Council (NJC)'s disciplinary action against them. Read more »

Nigeria: Factors That Helped 'Structureless' Obi Score Over 6 Million Presidential Votes

Many people harboured the notion that Mr Obi's political structure could not win a local government election outside Anambra State. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Military Deactivates 74 Illegal Refineries in Two Weeks - Official

DHQ said the troops, in the conduct of Operation Octopus, also destroyed 341 storage tanks, 31 wooden boats, 260 ovens and 15 dugout pits. Read more »

Nigeria: P&ID - Nigeria Govt Wants UK Court to Overturn $11bn Judgement Debt

Nigeria's lawyer told the court that P&ID obtained its contract "by telling repeated lies and paying bribes to officials." Read more »

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 »