Politics

PDP suspends top members Fayose, Anyim

Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, has suspended former Senate president Pius...

Alex Otti wins in Abia as Labour Party’s first governor

Finally, Alex Otti, candidate of the Labour Party, has been declared winner of the...

Protests brew in Enugu, Abia over delayed election results

Four days after the March 18 governorship elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission is...

U.S. vows punishment for those behind Nigeria election violence

The United States government has urged Nigerians authorities to hold to account those responsible...

Obi files petition challenging Tinubu’s presidential victory

The candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, in the Feb. 25 presidential election,...

EU says ‘organized violence’ marred Nigeria’s governorship polls

The European Union’s elections observer team has confirmed reports of widespread violence during Saturday’s...

Governorship election results: Here’s summary of who won where

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared results of the governorship election for all...

Buhari took six months to pick ministers. A new law won’t let Tinubu do same

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed a bill amending the constitution to compel newly elected...

Nigerians vote again as governorship elections hold in 28 states

Nigerians are returning to the polls today to elect governors in 28 of the...

Ahead of guber polls, scramble for LP backing sees falsehoods

The 2023 general elections have been like none other since the return of democracy...

​Akwa Ibom guber candidate Umo Eno ‘happy hour’ drinking plan shocks many

A video showing a leading governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom state promising weekly drinking...

Naira shortage: Former statistician-general predicts N15 trillion cost on economy

Ongoing currency shortage, which has imposed devastating impact on Nigeria’s economy will likely cut...

Policy Impact: How governorship poll shift will affect Nigerians

Nigeria’s electoral commission on Wednesday announced a surprise postponement of governorship and state assembly...

INEC postpones governorship and state assembly elections

Nigeria’s electoral commission has announced a surprise postponement of state governorship and state assembly...

Appeal court says INEC can reconfigure BVAS but gives condition

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has approved a request by the Independent National...

Obi suspends campaign trips to fight for mandate in court

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, says he has cancelled planned...

Obi says he defeated Tinubu and will go to court

The candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, says he will challenge the outcome...

Bola Tinubu declared Nigeria’s president-elect

Opposition parties reject the result and want the poll cancelled.

Tinubu leads in presidential poll but PDP, LP demand rerun

Nigeria's top opposition parties have demanded the cancellation of Saturday’s presidential election after complaints...

Obi defeats Tinubu in Lagos in major election upset

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has won the presidential election...