Thug culture in Nigerian politics: the links between state governors, funding and violent armed groups
Since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999, elections have consistently been marred by violence. The elections between 1999 and 2019 and in 2023 saw party clashes, physical attacks, assassinations
Nigerians roast Rotimi Amaechi over foreign medical check-up
Rotimi Amaechi, the former transport minister and two-term governor of Rivers State, proved he wasn’t the sharpest pencil in the box when, presumably trying to
Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State under emergency: sending in the army isn’t the answer
President Bola Tinubu recently declared a state of emergency in Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State, in the country’s south-south region. Prior to this decision, governance in Rivers State
Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State stretches the boundaries of legality
President Bola Tinubu has this evening in a nationwide TV broadcast declared a state of emergency in Rivers state effective immediately, and suspended Governor Simi
Wicked Wike drowning his Wigwe sorrows in whiskey
Nyesom Wike, the Minister for the Federal Capital Territory and former governor of Rivers State, is said to be downing two bottles of whiskey every
The Niger Delta is rich in resources, but environmental destruction is pushing people into poverty
Nigeria’s Niger Delta region is rich in natural resources. Its vast oil and gas deposits are the mainstay of the country’s economy. The region, in the southernmost
