Last rallies held in Lagos ahead of Nigeria presidential election
Ruling party candidate promises hope, opposition pledges change as Thursday’s deadline to end campaigns approaches.
Peter Obi Has Energized Nigeria’s Young Voters. Will They Turn Out for Him?
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/02/18/multimedia/18nigeria-election-youth-1-gwhc/18nigeria-election-youth-1-gwhc-moth.jpgThe race is wide open in the presidential election in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and a struggling economic powerhouse. Youth looking to evict the old guard are cheering on Peter Obi, a surprise third-party candidate.
How to win a Nigerian election — BBC Africa
Africa’s most populous nation is preparing to head to the polls in what is tipped to be one of the most hotly contested elections in a generation. But what does it take to win? The BBC’s Yemisi Adegoke highlights some of the factors that play a key role in getting a candidate elected. Produced by Yemisi…
Why Nigerian elections ‘will not be postponed’ — BBC Africa
The head of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, says that the Nigerian elections will go ahead as planned despite rumours of postponements due to insecurity in parts of the country. Nigerians are set to go to the polls on 25 February 2023 to elect a new president. Professor Yakubu spoke to…
Nigerians who left their country, planning to return in old age, are reconsidering
Rising insecurity and economic uncertainty in Nigeria are increasingly having an impact on retirees’ decisions not to return home to live out their twilight years in the country of their birth.
The trend of young Nigerians leaving their country in search of a better life
Young Nigerians are leaving the country in increasing numbers in search of a better life. It’s a trend that even has it’s own word — Japa — Yoruba for “to run, or escape.”
The Nigerian influencers paid to manipulate your vote — BBC Africa
A BBC investigation has discovered that political parties in Nigeria are secretly paying social media influencers to spread disinformation about their opponents ahead of general elections in February. The BBC’s Global Disinformation Team has spoken to whistle-blowers working for two of Nigeria’s political parties, and prominent influencers who have described it as “an industry”. The…
Germany returns looted artifacts to Nigeria to rectify a ‘dark colonial history’
This week’s handover is Germany’s first step in fulfilling its agreement with Nigeria to release all 1,130 Benin Bronzes from German museums. (Image credit: Olamikan Gbemiga/AP)
Nigeria’s Young Voters Are Backing an Outsider for President
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/peter-obi-nigeria.jpgPeter Obi belongs to the Igbo minority and lacks a major party platform, but he promises a break from the country’s corrupt gerontocracy.
Nigerians in America
Nigerians in America, those in the state of Colorado probably constitute the third largest group of African immigrants after perhaps Ethiopians, and Eritreans, who have settled in the state. Nigerians in America, a portion of the population of Africans in the state constitute parts of the state’s electorate. We found out about these Nigerian organizations…