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Police blamed the Indigenous People of Biafra, which seeks the independence of southeast Nigeria.

Presidential elections in Nigeria are usually a two-horse race between the two main political parties. Ahead of this Saturday's polls, our Africa Editor, Georja Calvin-Smith, caught up with Labour Party candidate Peter Obi, the third man who's threatening to upset the political landscape of Africa's most populous country. Also in…

Lagos (AFP) - Like millions of fellow Nigerians, Rotimi Bankole says he wants to use Saturday's presidential elections to push for a better life in his oil-rich but crisis-ridden country.

First-time voter Amanda Iheme has made up her mind on her choice for Nigeria's next president - and it won't be a candidate from the two main political parties.

The Nigeria international has struggled for game time since Heitinga took over from Alfred Schreuder.

The leading contenders in Nigeria’s presidential election have made their last push for support as the campaign period nears its end

Polls put businessman ahead of the two main parties in next weekend’s elections seen as key ‘inflection point’ for African country

The amount of grain leaving Ukraine has dropped even as a U.N.-brokered deal works to keep food flowing to developing nations nearly a year into Russia's invasion

In March 2022, Nigerian women suffered backlash in their pursuit of gender equity. Five gender bills presented to the National Assembly were thrown out.