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Nigerian security forces deployed in major cities and the government said it was open to dialogue ahead of planned protests on Thursday against a cost of living crisis and poor governance that ...
2024 Portugal wildfires. Three Portuguese firefighters die while fighting wildfires in the country's central and northern regions, bringing the death toll from the wildfires to seven people. (Reuters) At least 25 children are killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria, when a bus carrying Muslims celebrating Mawlid crashes.
Nigeria's government on Wednesday pleaded for more time and patience to end economic hardships as citizens mobilise for demonstrations, a day after the country's police chief warned against protests.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu named new homeland security and foreign intelligence chiefs on Monday, a week after their predecessors resigned abruptly, as Africa's most populous nation fights a ...
The 2023 Nigerian elections were held in large part on 25 February and 11 March 2023. The president and vice president were elected on 25 February, with incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari ineligible to run, being term-limited. [1] Additionally, there were also elections on the same day for the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The government proposed a 100% increase of the minimum wage from ₦30,000 to ₦60,000, but the unions rejected this as "unsustainable" and demanded a larger increase. [2] According to BBC News, the monthly cost of the average Nigerian family's rice consumption is greater even than the government's proposed raised minimum wage. [3]
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election was held on 25 February 2023 [a] to elect the president and Vice President of Nigeria. [1] Bola Tinubu, the former Governor of Lagos State and nominee of the All Progressives Congress won the election with 36.61% of the vote, just under 8.8 million votes to defeat over runners-up former Vice President Atiku Abubakar (Peoples Democratic Party) and former ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian government workers on Tuesday continued working after last-minute efforts by authorities averted a nationwide strike to protest growing hardship that could have ...