Niger Republic was rocked by an attempted coup from August 29 to 30, 2026. The plotters invaded the Diori Hamani International Airport, where Air Base 101 is stationed. They also stormed the state broadcaster and the presidential palace. They were defeated, and the populace took to the streets in protest against the attempt to return […]

FOR much of this week, and as we inch closer to the next general elections, issues about and appertaining to the economy and well-being of Nigerians dominate discourse everywhere — in the traditional media, the social media, at beer parlours, and inside buses as commuters move from one point to another. Government and its spokesmen […]

A few months before the 2023 general elections, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, warned voters to reject any politician who promised an easy road. “Anybody who tells you that it is going to be easy,” he said in Kaduna in October 2022, “please, don’t vote for him. It’s either that he’s lying to you, […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has formally activated its electoral machinery for the 2027 general elections with the unveiling of 50 candidates spanning the governorship, Senate, House of Representatives and State House of Assembly, as the party moves to consolidate its structure and mount a statewide challenge at the polls.

Nigeria’s drive to bridge the digital divide in tertiary institutions received a major boost on Friday as First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, commissioned a N1 billion state-of-the-art ICT Digital Experience Centre at the University of Cross River State ,UNICROSS, in Calabar.