And Dibia gets a discount, since he’s under the age of 40. Were he older, he’d need to pay 1.1 million naira (about US$693).

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria’s constitution is not the country’s problem, but rather the people who ...

The former Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson, has accused Nigeria’s political elite of “systematically destroying the nation’s democracy”.Dickson made this known while speaking at a one-day ...

If operators of Nigeria’s constitution continue in the same manner, the wellbeing of Nigerians will continue to be sacrificed ...

The executive director of the Peering Advocacy and Advancement Centre in Africa (PAACA), Mr. Ezenwa Nwagwu, has described widespread ignorance among citizens ...

*Editor's Note: Muhammadu Buhari died 13 July 2025 in a London hospital. He was 82. During his eight-year tenure, he spent ...

Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has declared that the country’s challenges are not because of its constitution ...

Ray Suarez looks at Nigeria's recent election and how the West African nation is working to embrace democracy. ... Democracy’s Challenge in Nigeria May 1, 2003 12:00 AM EDT. Leave your feedback ...

In his new book, Nigeria Democracy Without Development: How To Fix It, international political economist Omano Edigheji explains why democracy has not led to development in Nigeria.

Nigeria is already Africa’s most populous country and its population is expected to overtake the U.S. by 2050, to become the world’s second-largest democracy.

Among Nigeria’s neighbors, Chad’s military leader, Mahamat Idriss Déby, who seized power when his father was killed in 2021, has repeatedly delayed elections and halted a return to democracy.

Nigeria’s Twitter ban harms people — and democracy June 17, 2021 More than 4 years ago A man uses his mobile phone to read headline news on Twitter inside an office in Lagos, Nigeria.