By Gregory Simpkins It was predicted that Nigeria’s 2023 elections would demonstrate significant progress in political plurality in the country. It has not thus far. It...
Bloomberg | A third-party candidate is the top choice to become the next president of Africa’s most populous country, according to a new opinion poll. A...
By Gregory Simpkins I have written previously about Nigeria being the “essential nation” in Africa. According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), successive U.S. Administrations have...
AFP | More than 2,300 delegates from Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party converged on the capital Abuja ahead of a key primary election on...
AP | Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said Monday that he will run for president in next year’s election. Osinbajo, 65, formally declared his intention to...
Results in Nigeria’s gubernatorial elections saw a swing toward president-elect Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress (APC) party on Monday, two weeks after it made history by...
By Nnanna Ochereome It is strange that a section of the political class in Nigeria cannot find in their ranks a suitably qualified, intelligent and competent...
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. PHOTO/File Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan lost his majority in parliament on Wednesday after 37 lawmakers defected from his party for a new...
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. PHOTO/File Seven state governors have defected from Nigeria’s ruling party and merged their splinter group with the main opposition party on Tuesday,...
The tiny state of Anambra in southern Nigeria goes to the polls this weekend to elect a new governor in a vote seen as a key...
Nigeria President.,Goodluck Jonathan. PHOTO/File Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election hopes have suffered a major dent after his ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) split into two following...
