Bola Tinubu takes the reins of a Nigeria in crisis
Bola Ahmed Tinubu took the oath of office in Abuja on Monday to officially become the new President of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country mired […]
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Sub-saharan Africa saw a record 16.5 mil. internally displaced people in 2022 – report
A “perfect storm” of overlapping conflicts in African countries and Ukraine, coupled with climate change-triggered disasters around the world forced a record 71.1 million people […]
Washington sanctions Nigerian officials accused of undermining democracy
The United States on Monday imposed visa restrictions on several Nigerian officials accused of trying to undermine the February 25 presidential election. “These individuals have […]
Fifteen children drowned and 25 missing in a shipwreck in Nigeria
Fifteen children drowned and 25 others are missing after their boat sank on Tuesday on a river in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto state, a local official […]
A Mozambican appointed Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has nominated Leonardo Simão, Mozambique’s former minister of Foreign affairs and Cooperation, to be his special representative for West Africa […]
Nigeria: Eight abducted students escape their captors
Eight female secondary school students kidnapped in northwestern Nigeria have escaped their captors two weeks after being abducted on their way to school, local authorities […]
Presidential election in Nigeria: Peter Obi goes to court
The third-place candidate in Nigeria’s presidential election, Peter Obi, has formally filed a legal challenge to the victory of Bola Tinubu, representing the ruling party, […]
Nigeria: INEC suspends announcement of results in two States, anger of parties
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) consolidated its lead with 15 governors’ seats compared to eight for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Another opposition party, […]
Nigerian court explained why it ordered postponement of Governors’ election
Nigeria’s Electoral Commission announced on Wednesday that it would postpone by a week the elections for local Governors and deputies scheduled normally for the 11th […]
Nigeria: Six killed after train rammed into public bus in Lagos
A train rammed into a public bus in Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos Thursday and killed six people and injured dozens of others, emergency services and […]