The Nigerian media has been awash with reports over the past week of a possible 2027 presidential bid by former president Goodluck Jonathan. For now, however, Jonathan is keeping his cards close to ...

The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communications, Daniel Bwala, has claimed that the 2027 ...

The feud between two the current governor and the former governor in Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State has prompted threats by ethnic groups to hijack oil facilities. Shell has cautioned staff to be on ...

Rabiu Kwankwaso urged unity between Northern Nigeria and the South-East, recalling historical ties and reconciliation, as he ...

An important venue for Nigerian politics since the 1999 restoration of civilian government, which followed a generation of military rule, has been the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). While there have ...

African countries have had nine successful military coups since 2020. In west and central Africa, there have been at least 10 coup attempts in the same period. Those of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, ...

Anthony Ojukwu, executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), says competition over land and resources, political interests and poverty are the underlying drivers of conflicts in ...

‎The German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Johann Wadephul, will be in Nigeria on 21 and 22 July for high-level political consultations and engagements in Lagos and Abuja, underlining the close ...

Peter Obi’s 65th birthday prompts Kalu Okoronkwo, a communications strategist, to examine his leadership style, public image ...

Every hour a Nigerian judge spends untangling a political vanity project is an hour stolen from someone else. This isn’t ...

The Reserved Seats for Women Bill is not about giving women token positions. It recognises that there is already an existing imbalance where men have historically enjoyed greater access to political ...

It is profitable to reflect from time to time on the meanings of politics and governance. Nigerians are humans as opposed to lower animals without the capacity to engage in critical thinking. Indeed, ...