Muhammadu Buhari

Long-time political kingmaker Bola Tinubu is set to be sworn in as Nigeria’s new president on Monday, as Africa’s most populous nation navigates a sea of economic troubles and grave insecurity. Issued…

Issued on: 01/03/2023 - 10:56 Bola Tinubu, a political "godfather" famed for his strategic deftness and clout, never hid his ambition to be president of Nigeria.…

Issued on: 26/02/2023 - 07:40 Nigeria was counting ballots on Sunday, a day after a historically tight election among three frontrunners competing for the presidency of…

Issued on: 25/02/2023 - 12:33 Lagos – On a normal day, Balogun Market in Nigeria's Lagos is packed with shoppers looking for a bargain on anything from clothes, to…

Issued on: 25/02/2023 - 11:15 Nigerians voted on Saturday for a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari in a tightly fought race, with three frontrunners for the first…

Issued on: 09/01/2022 - 11:58 Gunmen in Nigeria killed at least 200 people in multiple raids this week in northwest Zamfara state, a government spokeswoman told AFP on Sunday.…

Issued on: 25/07/2021 - 17:52 Gunmen who seized 121 students at a high school in northwestern Nigeria in early July have released another 28 teenagers, a school official told AFP on…

KADUNA: Gunmen have kidnapped 140 students from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, a school official said on Monday, the latest in a wave of mass abductions targetting schoolchildren and students. Heavily-armed criminal gangs often…

Issued on: 05/06/2021 - 09:37 Nigeria said on Friday it had indefinitely suspended Twitter's activities, two days after the social media giant removed a post from President Muhammadu…

Issued on: 02/06/2021 - 07:59 Nigerian authorities said on Tuesday that about 200 children had been seized in the latest school kidnapping in its violent north but they ruled out…