Nigeria Elections

Lady Justice statue stands outside the Court of Appeal in Abuja

dashed hopes

Premium badgeNigerian court upholds Tinubu’s victory; Atiku fights on Nigeria’s presidential election petition court has upheld Bola Tinubu’s victory, deflating hopes of opposition parties for an overturning of the outco...
© File photo of Rivers state former governor Nyesom Wike. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA/AFP)

declaring loyalty

Premium badgeNigeria: Wike plots PDP’s burial, deepens romance with Tinubu  Once regarded as the most loyal and influential leader in the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State no...
© A supporter of candidate of Labour Party Peter Obi holds a party flag in Lagos on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP)

ONE FLAG, FIVE BEARERS

Premium badgeNigeria: Are Labour Party’s controversial primaries the beginning of its unravelling? A tussle for the leadership of Nigeria’s Labour Party has split the party into several units barely one month after a contentious presidential electio...
© Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar (rights reserved)

stronger together?

Premium badgeNigeria 2023: After presidential poll defeat, Atiku and Obi unite against Tinubu Despite working individually throughout the presidential campaign period, Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the...

IN THEIR OWN WORDS

If the insecurity is not monitored and dealt with decisively, it could ultimately culminate in the cancellation and/or postponement of elections.

ABDULLAHI ABDU ZURU, a national chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

Forget about the big people who are actually the problem of our country.

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People's Party, speaking at Chatham House, a UK thinktank.

© Nigeria’s Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, adjust his glasses during a press briefing on the outcome of the 2023 Nigeria presidential and general election in Abuja on March 2, 2023. (Photo by KOLA SULAIMON / AFP)

new sheriff?

Premium badgeIn Nigeria’s elections, has Obi’s Labour Party become a formidable force? Nigeria’s 2023 general elections broke away from the traditional two-horse contest with the introduction of a third – and seemingly formidable force –...
© President-elect Bola Tinubu on 22 February 2023. (photo: @officialABAT)

down time

Premium badgeNigeria: Tinubu receives medical checkup at Paris hospital Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, who was elected a month ago, has arrived in Paris from his country for a short rest, his aides say.
© Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu speaks following his reelection at the 18 March 2023 elections (photo: @jidesanwoolu)

profiling and intimidation

Premium badgeNigeria: Sanwo-Olu re-elected Lagos governor in controversial election  Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu the winner of 2023 governorship election in Lagos,...
Political party agents discuss results after the vote-counting process at a polling unit, in Lagos

street pressure

Nigeria 2023: Low turnout in Lagos as thugs attack, suppress voters Nigeria’s gubernatorial election in Lagos State on Saturday 18 March was marred by violence and voter intimidation leading to low turnout.
© Governor Wike. Source: Facebook

No rest

Nigeria: Governor Wike is splashing cash to win his state Rivers State has a reputation for electoral chaos that is well merited, writes Donu Kogbara. What should we expect in the governorship elections on 18...
© Labour Party governorship candidate for Lagos State Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour poses for a portrait during a meeting with members of his campaign team at his office in Lagos, Nigeria, on March 3, 2023. – The two major defeated candidates in Nigeria’s disputed election on Thursday challenged the victory of ruling APC party’s Bola Tinubu, with one rival appealing to courts and the other calling the results “a rape of democracy”. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP)

poll promises

Premium badgeNigeria 2023: Rhodes-Vivour targets Tinubu’s empire in Lagos What does it take to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a governorship election in Lagos? You will need to conquer 57 local council chairme...