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Nigeria: Inspired By Senegalese Election, Atiku Rallies Opposition to Form Coalition
This Day, 1 April 2024
Motivated by the outcome of the recent presidential election in Senegal, which produced 44-year-old Bassirou Diomaye Faye as president of that country, former Vice President Atiku… Read more »
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West Africa: What Turmoil in Ecowas Means for Nigeria and Regional Stability
Crisis Group, 29 March 2024
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have left ECOWAS, the regional bloc that sanctioned them after military officers seized power in each. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Nnamdi… Read more »
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Nigeria: Atiku Denies Quitting PDP
Daily Trust, 13 March 2024
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has denied reports that he was planning to dump the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and form a new political party ahead of the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Yar'Adua, Jonathan Never Criticize OBJ - Buhari's Ex-Aide, Ahmad Says PDP Better At Politics
Vanguard, 7 March 2024
A former media aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad said former Presidents Musa Yar'Adua and Goodluck Jonathan never criticized the former President Olusegun… Read more »
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Senegal: Bassirou Diomaye Faye's Victory - a Triumph for African Youth?
Premium Times, 27 March 2024
The emergence of a youthful leader in Senegal underscores the potential for transformative change driven by the next generation. Read more »
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Nigeria: Tinubu Alone Cannot Solve Nigeria's Problem - Amb Erebuoye
Vanguard, 21 March 2024
As Nigeria grapples with deepening socio-economic challenges, Ambassador James Erebuoye, President of the Concerned Nigerian Network in Diaspora and Rebuild Nigeria Movement… Read more »
Nigerian Opposition Inspired By Senegalese Election
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on opposition political parties in the country to learn from the presidential poll in Senegal and come together to form a coalition ahead of Nigeria's 2027 general election. The former VP said only a strong and united opposition can defeat President Bola Tinubu's All Progressives Congress.
He said: "Against the backdrop of recent military interventions in the West African sub-region, the election of Bassirou Diomaye Faye as Senegal's President-elect... gives hope to the future of constitutional democracy in the region".
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Barely two weeks after the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal upheld Bola Tinubu's victory in the February 25, 2023 polls, the presidential candidates of the Read more »
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The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has dismissed the petition of the Action People's Party challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu as the winner Read more »
