Facial scarification was once popular across Nigeria. Deep cuts, usually on both cheeks or the forehead, were carved on children by families and communities, mostly as a mark of identity.

“It is obvious that the Fulani oligarchy sees Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB as obstacles to their conquest agenda of Nigeria, ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has fired five ministers and appointed seven new ones in a major cabinet ...

A spokesperson for Tigran Gambaryan’s family said the Binance executive was allowed to leave Nigerian prison and fly out of ...

Prior to his arrival on our shore, there was no entity called Nigeria. Nigeria was a creation of Lord Fredrick Darnley Lugard’s administrative convenience as coined by his mistress who later became ...

Johannesburg — More than 140 people were killed and dozens more injured Tuesday night when a fuel tanker crashed and then exploded in Nigeria, local officials said. A police spokesperson said ...

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What we’ve seen in a host of other countries is that where you get an oligarchy in control, you also have a more autocratic leadership. You start to see the chipping away of the rule of law.

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But the "bad story," Kaleniuk continued, is that Yermak — whom she called "intoxicated by power" — is creating a new system of oligarchy over which he presides. By her account, Yermak ...