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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 ...
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 , [2] [3] won the election with 36.61% of the vote, which is about 8,794,726 total votes.
Since Nigeria became independent in 1960, there have been five military coup d'états in Nigeria. Between 1966 and 1999, Nigeria was ruled by a military government without interruption, apart from a short-lived return to democracy under the Second Nigerian Republic of 1979 to 1983. [1] However, the most recent coup occurred in 1993, and there ...
Nigerian statutes as sources of Nigerian law. Nigerian legislation may be classified as follows: The colonial era until 1960, post-independence legislation 1960–1966, the military era 1966–1999. Post-independence legislation 1960–1966. The grant of independence to Nigeria was a milestone in the political history of the country. This ...
Armed men attacked remote villages in northcentral Nigeria, killing at least a dozen villagers during a late-night raid, authorities said Tuesday. The local Punch newspaper cited witnesses as ...
Several civilian supporters injured. On 26 July 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Niger when the country's presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum, and Presidential Guard commander General Abdourahamane Tchiani proclaimed himself the leader of a new military junta, shortly after confirming the coup a success.
May 11, 2024 at 1:36 PM. By Camillus Eboh. ABUJA (Reuters) - Prince Harry spoke in Nigeria on Saturday of the tragic loss of the "brave souls" in the country's military who had lost their lives in ...
The 10th National Assembly was inaugurated 13 June 2023. We have 360 seats for the House of Representatives and two of the 360 seats in the House of Representatives have yet to be finalized.The Electoral Commission(INEC) has announced that there will be a supplementary election to fill in the two seats remaining to complete the members of the Legislative House of Representative.