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Nigerien crisis (2023–2024) On 26 July 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Niger, during which the country's presidential guard removed and detained President Mohamed Bazoum. Subsequently, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the Commander of the Presidential Guard, proclaimed himself the leader of the country and established the National Council for ...
Over 200,000 homes completely or partially destroyed, 110,000 hectares of farmland destroyed. The 2022 Nigeria floods affected many parts of the country. From the Federal Government Data, the floods had displaced over 1.4 million people, killed over 603 people, and injured more than 2,400 people. About 82,035 houses had been damaged, and ...
lawyer. Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio CON [1] ( Ibibio pronunciation ⓘ; born 9 December 1962) is a Nigerian lawyer [2] and politician who is currently serving as the 15th president of the Nigerian Senate since 2023. [3] [4] He served as Senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District from 2015 to 2019 and since 2023.
Cabinet of Muhammadu Buhari. Bola Tinubu assumed office as President of Nigeria on 29 May 2023. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the Nigerian Senate for confirmation. Ministers were nominated in July, and confirmed by the senate in August 2023.
5 February – 2022 Kebbi State local elections. 10 February. Bandits raid the village of Rogoji, Bakura, Zamfara State, killing five people and causing a mass exodus from the town. [1] The bandits were requested to do so by a woman whose son was killed by vigilantes.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria is a statutory body created to reinforce foreign decision making and implementation processes in Nigeria [1] and handle the external promotion of Nigeria's domestic vision and ideals; it is headed by a federal executive cabinet minister. As of late its mission has geared towards increasing awareness ...
The 2022 Nigerian House of Representatives elections are called to fill vacant seats in the House of Representatives. Background [ edit ] The 360 members of the House of Representatives are elected from single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post voting; when vacancies occur, by-elections (or bye-elections) are called, scheduled, and ...
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election was held on 25 February 2023 to elect the president and Vice President of Nigeria. Bola Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos State and nominee of the All Progressives Congress, won the election with 36.61% of the vote, which is about 8,794,726 total votes.