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Latest Politics news and updates from Nigeria.
- How Nigeria's Fuel Prices Multiplied Sevenfold in Three Years — Tracing Nigeria's petrol prices from ₦185 before the 2023 subsidy removal to over ₦1,350 today, and what three years of deregulation has actually delivered.
- 2027 Watch: Inside the Obi-Kwankwaso-Obasanjo Alliance Talks and the NDC Court Battle Reshaping Nigerian Politics — With the NDC fighting a deregistration ruling and Obasanjo holding closed-door meetings with Kwankwaso in Kano, Nigeria's opposition landscape is shifting fast ahead of 2027. Here's everything you need to understand about where things stand.
- Nigeria at 60-Something: The Country We Were Promised vs The Country We Got — Independence came with a dream. Decades later, Nigerians are still asking the same questions their grandparents asked. What happened to the promise — and who is responsible?
- Nigeria's 2027 Election: What Every Nigerian Must Know Before They Vote — There is a particular kind of tension that settles over Nigeria in the years before a general election. It arrives quietly — in whispered conversations at beer parlours, in the restless energy of party meetings, in the way newspapers suddenly find their voices on topics they spent the previous year tiptoeing around.
- The 2027 Election Is Already Here: What Every Nigerian Needs to Know — Nigeria does not wait for election season. Politics in this country is a permanent condition — a round-the-clock negotiation of power, loyalty, betrayal, and survival that never truly pauses between cycles. By the time a president is sworn in, the next election has already begun. And so it is today: with the 2027 general elections still over a year away, the chess pieces are already moving, the alliances are already shifting, and Nigerians who are paying attention can already see the shape of what is coming.
- State Police Bill Passes Major Hurdle in National Assembly as Security Reform Gains Momentum — The State Police Bill has crossed a major stage in the National Assembly. Here's what the proposed security reform means for Nigeria and its fight against insecurity.
- Tinubu Confers National Honours on June 12 Heroes, Promises Stronger Democracy in Nigeria — President Tinubu honours democracy activists during the 2026 Democracy Day celebration and outlines key reforms aimed at strengthening Nigeria's democratic institutions.
- Senate Orders Arrest of Ex-NNPCL Boss Mele Kyari Over Alleged ₦210 Trillion Scandal — Everything You Need to Know — The Nigerian Senate has ordered the arrest of former NNPCL Group CEO Mele Kyari over allegations of ₦210 trillion in unaccounted funds between 2017 and 2023. Here is the full breakdown of what is happening, why it matters, and what comes next.