Nigeria’s state-run peace agency has entered into a strategic partnership with five non-governmental organisations (NGOs), as it warns that the country’s security challenges are rapidly “evolving and mutating.” The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) signed a...
The former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has been arraigned on a nine-count charge of alleged money laundering and advance fee fraud. Appearing before a high court in Kaduna on Monday, the former governor—a high-profile and often controversial figure in Nigerian...
Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets in central Nigeria to defend the country’s embattled electoral chief, alleging that a high-level political campaign is being waged to “blackmail” him out of office. The demonstrations in Aiyetoro Gbede, the hometown of Professor...
The Nigerian military says it has dismantled a major insurgent logistics base in the north-east, killing “scores” of fighters in an air strike that officials claim has thwarted an imminent attack on government troops. The operation, carried out by the air component of...
Nigeria’s electoral umpire has issued an urgent rebuttal following accusations that it “reposted” content from a presidential aide, a move that sparked an online outcry over the commission’s independence. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) described a report...
