Nigeria’s 2025 political calendar will be remembered less for elections and more for moments of rupture, when power was ...

Peter Obi has formally defected to ADC, throwing bombs as he galvanised political leaders of the Southeast to join the party ...

The US carried out strikes on Islamic State-linked targets in north-west Nigeria over Christmas, in what both Washington and ...

President Trump said "numerous perfect strikes" had hit Islamic State militants in the West African nation of Nigeria.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said the late Chief Audu Ogbeh’s impact on Nigerian politics and society will resonate for generations, describing him as a unifying statesman whose legacy of humility, ...

Here’s the list of the biggest winners in Nigerian politics in 2023. Some of these people aren’t just election winners, many of them won big even without having their names on the ballots. So, as the ...

In 2025, Nigeria's political climate grew tense amid worsening insecurity, US President Donald Trump's threat of military intervention, a state of emergency in Rivers State, and unprecedented ...

The Roman Catholic Church has deep-seated roots in Nigeria’s politics, which can make or break elections in the Middle Belt and southeastern regions. Shackled by an image problem due to its inability ...

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 ...

He took to X to express his outrage over the issue, over what he described as a “toxic culture of tribal bigotry.” He accused certain individuals of manipulating people's love and loyalty to their ...

Father Hyacinth Alia, now governor of Benue State in Nigeria. (Credit: Hyacinth Alia Campaign.) Listen YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Catholic bishops in Nigeria have issued a warning to priests and religious ...

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, ...