At the end of last year, everything was set for a local consultancy firm to work on a research project with the government of Lagos, Africa’s largest city.
Three days after presidential elections held on Feb. 23, results announced by INEC, Nigeria’s electoral commission, confirm president Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been re-elected.
The rapid growth of mobile phone ownership in low and middle income countries has been one of the defining trends of the past decade.
Nigerians did not vote as planned last week after elections were delayed over logistical problems.
Nigeria’s delayed election has grabbed headlines in African and international media. With Africa’s most populous country delaying its Feb. 16 elections over logistics issues, Nigerians will now vote tomorrow (Feb. 23).
When Gladys Megai first heard the second half of Nigeria’s elections had been rescheduled to hold on her wedding day (Mar. 9), she thought it was fake news.
In 2007, Musa Yar’Adua was elected president of Nigeria in an election so flawed, one of his major actions as president was pushing for electoral reforms.
This story has been updated.
*Updated with details from INEC chairman
Nigeria’s government has publicly reiterated it will ensure internet access during its presidential elections on Saturday (Feb.16). Regardless, fears of an internet shutdown have lingered with Nigerians discussing the prospect across social media and looking into alternative ways of staying online.
After decades of playing catch-up, the African Union (AU) is doubling down on plans to join the global space race.
In 18 months, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went from being a bartender and political upstart in New York to being a United States congresswoman. Her journey entailed beating out a veteran heavyweight in the Democratic Party primaries despite being outspent.
There are more than 70 aspirants in the running as Nigeria goes to the polls for presidential elections next week (Feb. 16). But, in reality, it’s a two-horse race between incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress and Atiku Abubakar of the opposition People’s Democratic Party.
It’s quite common to hear stories of people arrested and detained by the police on frivolous charges in Nigeria.
African immigrant populations in Britain are bringing with them a rapidly growing wave of Christianity.
Applying for a US visa will no longer be a straightforward process for Ghanaian nationals, for now at least.
Over the past year alone, nearly 15% of the adult population in Nigeria (around 14.3 million people) reported a “considerable level” of use of psychoactive drug substances—it’s a rate much higher than the 2016 global average of 5.6% among adults.
Rice is Nigeria’s most popular food staple.
You can tell fears of an internet shutdown are running high in a country when citizens are looking into methods of staying online in case of a blockage.
Angola’s parliament has voted to drop colonial era provisions in its penal code widely deemed to be anti-gay.
The news that Nigeria’s former education minister Oby Ezekwesili had decided to drop out of the race for Nigeria’s presidency despite a vocal and energetic campaign raises questions about the viability of a candidacy outside Nigeria’s major parties.
Software developer training and outsourcing company, Andela has announced a $100 million Series D round.
The common sentiment about funding among Nigerian tech startup founders is that there simply isn’t enough of it.
When Nigeria’s tech ecosystem started to form nearly a decade ago, e-commerce seemed to be the go-to tech idea for a startup.
