Nigeria Elections

who's fooling who?

Nigeria 2023: Controversy over Tinubu’s childhood lingers ahead of polls

Bola Tinubu – the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) – has been in the public eye for the last 30 years. ... However, his childhood years remain a subject of controversy ahead of the election, which comes up next February.

religion vote

Nigeria 2023: Can support from mega churches boost Peter Obi’s chances?

With less than three months to Nigeria’s Presidential election, it has become obvious that among the frontline candidates, Peter Obi is the ... only Christian on the ballot with a realistic chance of winning the poll. Can this help him secure the bulk of the Christian vote?

blind justice?

Nigeria 2023: Chief Justice socialising with Wike’s camp raises doubts over judiciary’s neutrality

The Chief Justice of Nigeria will be the final arbiter of the country’s Presidential election in February 2023 -- that's why he has drawn the ... ire of the opposition for hobnobbing with Governor Nyesom Wike and his group of rebel governors in the People's Democratic Party (PDP)

poll attack

Nigeria 2023: Election office, vote materials torched in southeast Nigeria

Nigeria's electoral authority said one of its offices and voting materials were torched on Sunday in the country's volatile southeast, in a fresh ... attack occurring ahead of a presidential ballot several months away.

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last dance

Nigeria 2023: Tinubu receives major boost as court sacks dancing governor

Nigeria's 'dancing senator' Ademola Adeleke with Nigerian singer Davido

turning tables?

Nigeria 2023: Will Osun State swing to APC in the presidential election?

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Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari arrives at the flag off ceremony of the Kolmani Oil Development in Bauchi State

to the hilt

Nigeria 2023: Are Buhari’s men frustrating Tinubu’s campaign?

last dance

Nigeria 2023: Tinubu receives major boost as court sacks dancing governor

turning tables?

Nigeria 2023: Will Osun State swing to APC in the presidential election?

to the hilt

Nigeria 2023: Are Buhari’s men frustrating Tinubu’s campaign?

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Nigerian presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar in Paris October 2022

pan-nigerian vision

Atiku Abubakar: “I was the only northern politician in Nigeria who stood up against Sharia in 1999”

Atiku Abubakar is running for the presidency in Nigeria for the sixth time, on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) ticket. The period Atiku spent ... as vice president during the Olusegun Obasanjo years is considered the high point for Nigerian growth levels and governance in the last half century.

Peter Obi, Nigeria's Labour Party candidate for the 2023 election.

exclusive interview

Nigeria 2023: ‘I will drastically reduce corruption’ says Peter Obi

Peter Obi, the Labour Party candidate in Nigeria’s February 2023 presidential elections, sits down with The Africa Report to talk about economic ... reforms, the security crisis, his plans to shake up the political competition, and whether he would prosecute anyone from Buhari's administration if he got into power.

abject poverty

Nigeria: Despite Buhari spending $7bn on social causes, 133 million citizens still live in squalor

At least 133 million Nigerians now live in abject poverty despite a social investment programme by the current administration that has cost about ... $7bn since 2016.

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed attends the joint press briefing on security in Abuja

full bore

Nigeria: Buhari’s quality performance will boost Tinubu’s chances, says Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture talks to The Africa Report about the forthcoming presidential election, the performance of the current ... administration, his push for more social media regulation and his controversial crusade against fake news and hate speech.

INEC voters registration exercise at the Area 10 centre in Abuja

abc of voting

Nigeria 2023: Outrage as children litter voter register 100 days to election

Less than 100 days to the highly anticipated elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the full list of the ... over 93.5 million voters that will elect Nigeria’s next President. However, the presence of children on the voter register has raised questions over the credibility of next year’s poll

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate for the APC

media mandates

Nigeria 2023: As Tinubu takes flag from Buhari, a review of the reviewers

The perceptions battle is well and truly underway in Nigeria. While media houses aligned to Bola Tinubu have been giving extensive coverage to ... a recent rally in Plateau State, those close to the opposition have been firing broadsides over reputation.

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