Tag: Nigeria
USAfrica: Despite INEC’s warning, Atiku, Fani-Kayode project PDP on path to presidential victory
Special to USAfrica • USAfricaonline.com Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party in the 2019…
Showdown 2019: Amidst uncertainty, Presidents of Nigeria and Senegal in heated elections
Both Nigeria and Senegal have incumbents facing stiff challenges for their respective presidencies, young people seen as crucial…
Nigerian monarch warns politicians to leave army out of 2019 elections
BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU.Special & Exclusive to USAfrica and USAfricaonline.com As Nigerians go to vote on Saturday, February…
USAfrica: Nigeria’s 2019 election, Buhari’s cabal, baboons and monkeys
By ATEDO N.A, PETERSIDE. Special to USAfrica • USAfricaonline.com ANAP Foundation has commissioned opinion polls for every presidential…
USAfrica: U.S “elevates” Buhari’s ally El-Rufai to “a person of interest” over death threat to elections observers
The Buhari presidency took sides by supporting El-Rufai’s incendiary comments — drawing the disappointment of the. U.S diplomatic…
USAfrica: Alex Otti’s masterplan is better than Ikpeazu’s promises. By Sam Kanu
By Sam Kanu, Ph.D., P.E. Special & Exclusive commentary for USAfrica One serene Sunday evening in October 2018,…
Nigeria’s ex-President Shagari, overthrown by Buhari, is dead at 93
Nigeria's former president of Nigeria (1979-1983), Alhaji Shehu Shagari, has died at the the age of 93, his…
USAfrica: Jaw-dropping settlement, MTN South Africa to pay Nigeria only US$53.2-million (R777-million) of $8.1-billion (R118-billion) CBN fines, refunds
Special to USAfrica @usafricalive USAfricaonline.com Christmas early for MTN Group . The telecommunications operator’s shares are likely to…
USAfrica: Pre-election posture? Buhari/EFCC seek extradition of Nigeria’s former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke from Britain
Special to USAfrica @usafricalive Nigeria is seeking to extradite a former oil minister accused of alleged wide-scale corruption…
Global Terrorism Index ranks Nigeria, Somalia and Egypt among the worst hit.
The Global Terrorism Index for 2018 has been released by the Institute for Economics and Peace, which recorded…
Gunmen abduct Catholic priests in southern Nigeria
Gunmen have abducted four Catholic priests in southern Nigeria, a local state official told AFP Wednesday. The kidnapping happened…
Nigerian army posts Trump video to justify shooting muslim Shiites
Nigeria's army (has) posted a video of US President Donald Trump saying soldiers would shoot migrants throwing stones…