Countries In northern Nigeria, fuel, cash crisis taints election campaign Kano – It was just after dawn and tempers were fraying outside the First Bank in the northern Nigerian... Read more 10 Feb, 2023
Countries Nigeria panel says Feb 25 vote to go ahead despite problems Lagos – Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Wednesday that elections would go ahead as scheduled this... Read more 9 Feb, 2023
Business WATCH | Riots erupt in Nigerian city over cash shortages Lagos – Angry protesters attacked banks on Tuesday in a southwest Nigeria city over a cash shortage, police and... Read more 8 Feb, 2023
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso probes alleged attack on Nigerian pilgrims Abidjan – Burkina Faso has launched an investigation into the deaths of Nigerian Muslim pilgrims who were allegedly killed... Read more 7 Feb, 2023
Countries Election violence in Nigeria’s south east is threatening to derail voting in the region Oluwole Ojewale, Institute for Security Studies and Freedom C. Onuoha, University of Nigeria Violence is a perennial feature of... Read more 7 Feb, 2023
Countries Nigeria tests voter accreditation ahead of polls Lagos – Nigeria’s electoral commission on Saturday staged mock biometric accreditation for voters ahead of this month’s presidential and... Read more 5 Feb, 2023
Countries Cattle thieves kill 41 vigilantes in Nigeria’s north Kano – A gang of cattle thieves has killed 41 vigilantes in Nigeria’s troubled north in a forest ambush,... Read more 5 Feb, 2023
Countries Cash and fuel crisis cranks up Nigeria election tensions Lagos – With just three weeks to go before Nigeria’s presidential election, major cash and fuel shortages are stirring... Read more 4 Feb, 2023
Countries Nigeria election office attacked in southeast weeks before vote Lagos – Gunmen wielding explosives bombed a local election office and a police station in southeast Nigeria, killing a... Read more 2 Feb, 2023
Countries Nigerian elections: 5 major challenges facing the country’s next president Al Chukwuma Okoli, Federal University Lafia Nigerians will soon determine who their next president will be in a general... Read more 2 Feb, 2023