This article details some major moments when political godfathers fell out with their sons in Nigerian politics from 1999, ...

On Tuesday, Almustapha Saulawa, former director of protocol to ex-Governor Aminu Masari, defected from the ruling All ...

Nigerian authorities have admitted that more than 160 Christians were kidnapped during worship services Sunday after initially denying the simultaneous attacks on three churches.

Prince Adewole Adebayo, presidential candidate for Nigeria’s Social Democratic Party (SDP), says it is “obligatory” to defeat President Bola Tinubu in 2027 – but insists the goal is bigger than ...

The leader of the youths says the current political permutation among elites in the country is not in their favour. The YPP is a social-democratic political party in Nigeria, created to challenge the ...

The International Monetary Fund’s Country Representative for Nigeria, Dr Christian Ebeke, on Thursday, revealed that ...

Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Friday, 23rd January ...

Former Senate President Bukola Saraki urged the speakers and panelists to have a "productive discussion" instead of using it to "push our respective political agendas."As Nigeria's Fourth Republic ...

Nigeria’s Fourth Republic has now endured for more than two decades, long enough to defy the grim predictions that once ...

He is known for leaving the pulpit to focus on Nigerian political matters, even without being asked. Father Mbaka is the Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu and the subject of many ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Of the few guiding axioms of Nigerian politics, perhaps none is more indelible ...