Almost a year before they seek re-election, President Bola Tinubu and his All Progressives Congress (APC) administration continue to promote the much debated benefits of their ambitious reform...

Scrambling in the wake of US President Donald J Trump’s threat to ‘go into Nigeria guns ablazing’ on 1 November to end what he called a ‘Christian genocide’,...

Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former Petroleum Minister (2010-15), appeared at Southwark Crown Court on 19 January ahead of her trial on 26 January. She faces six bribery charges, including...

Only a fool hell-bent on a suicidal path can dare to challenge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, 73, in 2027, says Vice President Kashim Shettima. Discounting politicians’ default sycophancy,...

Few confirmed details have emerged about the Pentagon’s attacks – launching 16 GPS-guided missiles from MQ-9 Reaper drones – on claimed jihadist camps near Jabo in Sokoto State...

Recent history gave Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu every reason to stop the attempted putsch in neighbouring Benin on 7 December. Having cut his political teeth campaigning against...

It is now clear that the thwarted coup in Cotonou was much more violent than first reported and determinedly targeted Benin’s President Patrice Talon and the most senior...