ABUJA — Nigeria’s electoral umpire has urged newly elected lawmakers to serve their constituents with fairness and dedication as it officially hands over certificates of return to the winners of recent legislative bye-elections. Speaking on Tuesday at the national headquarters of...
WASHINGTON — The United States has imposed sanctions on a Nigerian national and three local currency exchange bureaus, accusing them of acting as financial pipelines for the Islamic State (IS) group. The restrictions are part of a coordinated global crackdown targeting three individuals...
ABUJA — Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered an immediate halt to all marketing activities promoting a purported initial public offering (IPO) for the multi-billion dollar Dangote petroleum refinery. The financial regulator warned on Tuesday that it has...
Two Nigerian technology enthusiasts have built a free, open-source platform mapping all of the country’s 176,846 polling units. The move comes months after Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), asked for 1.5bn naira (£650,000; $815,000) to provide...
The incumbent governor of Nigeria’s western Ekiti state, Biodun Oyebanji, has won a second term in office following a landslide election victory. Mr Oyebanji, representing the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), secured 319,224 votes, according to official results released by...
