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Nigeria's police on Saturday arrested dozens of protesters and fired teargas to disperse those trying to march to government offices in the capital Abuja on a third day of demonstrations over a ...
The End Bad Governance protests, widely known by the hashtags #EndBadGovernance or #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria, were a series of decentralized mass protests in Nigeria [7] that mainly occurred from 1 August to 10 August 2024, triggered by the rising cost of living in the country.
Simon Ateba (born 1979 or 1980) is a Cameroonian [1] [2] [3] journalist. He is the owner and sole employee of the website Today News Africa, for which he was a White House correspondent. [4] Following Ateba's repeated interruptions of press briefings, where he shouted at press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and complained about not being called ...
Watch live. (Available worldwide) TVPlayer. Watch live (UK only) Channels Television is a Nigerian independent 24-hour news and media television channel based in Lagos, Nigeria. The parent company, Channels Incorporated, was founded in 1992, a year before the Nigerian government deregulated the broadcast media. It began broadcasting in 1995.
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election was held on 25 February 2023 [a] to elect the president and Vice President of Nigeria. [1] Bola Tinubu, the former Governor of Lagos State and nominee of the All Progressives Congress won the election with 36.61% of the vote, just under 8.8 million votes to defeat over runners-up former Vice President Atiku Abubakar (Peoples Democratic Party) and former ...
Elections were held throughout Nigeria throughout 2022. During the year, the governors of Ekiti and Osun states were elected on 18 June and 16 July, respectively. . Additionally, there were also elections to fill vacant seats in the House of Representatives and state houses of assembly along with local elections in Adamawa State, Benue State, Edo State, Enugu State, the Federal Capital ...
Sahara Reporters is a news agency based in New York City that focuses on promoting citizen journalism by encouraging everyday people to report stories about corruption, human rights abuses and other political misconduct in Africa, with special focus on Nigeria. [2] [3] Sahara Reporters specializes in exposing corruption and government malfeasance.
The elections were the most expensive ever held in Nigeria, costing ₦69 billion (US$625 million) [8] more than the 2015 elections. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari won his re-election bid, defeating his closest rival Atiku Abubakar by over 3 million votes.