Nigeria: President Bola Tinubu has replaced key military leaders in a sweeping security shake-up after reports emerged of a foiled coup plot involving high-ranking officers. 


Nigeria: President Bola Tinubu decorates new military commanders 

Nigeria’s president on Friday replaced top security officials as the West African country grapples with unabated violence in the conflict-hit north and myriad security challenges.


Nigeria's Tinubu replaces service chiefs in major military shake-up

There were indications on Thursday that some names on the presidential pardon list approved by the Council of State, as presented by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), may be dropped.


Tinubu may drop controversial names from presidential pardon list under pressure 

Nigeria's authorities are cracking down on dissent against the president, even criticism in the form of a song. The country’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has banned broadcasters from airing a song titled Tell Your Papa. The NBC wrote a letter to TV and radio stations ordering them not to air the song on grounds that it violates Nigeria’s broadcast regulations. The song criticizes the incumbent leader Bola Tinubu and his son, with lyrics that slam the president and urge the son to let his father know that people are dying through hardship and insecurity, and that there is hunger in the country.

Nigeria's broadcast body bans airing of song 'Tell Your Papa'

Nigerians on Sunday refused President Bola Tinubu’s call for a suspension of protests against a cost of living crisis. Protesters in the commercial city of Lagos and the capital city Abuja said the president did not address their issues which include bringing back the subsidy and reducing the cost of education, and also failed to call for the arrest of the policemen who killed protesters in the last 3 days.

Nigeria protest: Nigerians resist president's plea to end hardship protest

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu called on Sunday for a suspension of protests against a cost of living crisis, saying this would create an opportunity for dialogue, his first public comments since frustrated citizens took to the streets last week.

Nigeria's president calls for end to protests against economic hardship

The African nation of Nigeria is facing a cost of living crisis, and President Bola Tinubu's government is under fire for economic mismanagement.

Nigeria's economic crisis & what next

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu recently signed a bill switching back to a national anthem composed by a British expatriate and adopted at independence, a move some dismissed as a cynical distraction from an escalating economic crisis.

Outrage in Nigeria after President Tinubu switched national anthem

On Wednesday Nigerian President Bola Tinubu signed a bill into a law reverting the national anthem to a previous version composed by a British expatriate.

Nigeria: President Tinubu signs 'Anthem Bill' into law, no Parliamentary debate prior to adoption

Nigeria's president Bola Tinubu has suspended the country's minister of humanitarian Affairs Betta Edu over allegations of fraud. Edu has been accused of diverting more than $640,000 of public money into a personal bank account.

Nigerian Humanitarian Minister Betta Edu suspended over corruption scandal

Top United Nations human rights official has voiced “deep alarm” over the series of attacks on communities in central Nigeria, which left at least 160 people dead and many more injured. President Bola Tinubu has ordered a probe into the attacks that occurred in Plateau state.

Nigeria: Massacre in the plateau

Nigerian Supreme Court affirms President Tinubu's election win

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has announced a six-month increase to the minimum wage, even as workers called off their indefinite strike. The President's announcement was made as the country marked the 63rd Independence Day, as the cost of living crisis continued to skyrocket.

Nigeria suffers despite Independence feat | World Of Africa

Nigeria is the country with the largest economy in the African continent has been struggling with poor economic growth and skyrocketing inflation. The inflation numbers hit an 18-year high of 25.8 per cent in August. But with President Bola Tinubu taking office in May hopes were high that his administration would be able to curb the crisis.

Nigeria: Africa's biggest economy under threat

Nigerian election tribunal rejects challenge to Tinubu's presidential poll victory

The verdict is in and it's a victory for the Nigerian incumbent president Bola Tinubu. A Nigerian court has now dismissed the petition by the opposition labour party to overturn the president's victory in the elections last February.

Nigerian court rules in favour of President Bola Tinubu's election victory

Nigerian president might lose power even before G20 convenes in Delhi

Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has landed in India becoming the first foreign head of state to arrive for the G20 summit. But his position as the state head is in jeopardy back home. Watch the video to know more.

Nigeria court to rule on President Tinubu's poll victory, Opposition calls to nullify Feb election

The West African bloc Ecowas said that all options are on the table as far as Niger is concerned while ordering the activation of a standy force for the coup hit state.

West African bloc Ecowas activates standby force for Niger

The closure of the border between Nigeria’s northern corridor and the Niger Republic has put $1.3 billion worth of trade at risk along the trans-Saharan road. The economic activities along the trade route are under threat after president Bola Tinubu shut the borders with the Niger Republic.

Niger coup: Nigeria's $1.3 bn trade at risk, suffers economic blow | WION Dispatch

After ignoring the Ecowas deadline to reinstate the President, the Junta has now appointed the former finance minister as the new Prime Minister in Niger. What happens next? What implications will this have for the wider region? David Otto, director of Geneva Centre for Africa security and strategic studies, joins us to discuss.

Junta appoints new Prime Minister in Niger | WION Live Discussion

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has made a series of announcements to ease the cost of living crisis that is gripping the West African nation due to an array of reason. Tinubu announced measures to tackle the soaring cost of living crisis.

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