Nigeria in February 2026: the most important developments in politics
In Nigeria in February 2026, the most covered political story was US President Donald Trump's praise for First Lady Remi Tinubu at a prayer breakfast in the United States, a remark later highlighted by a visiting political figure in Abuja.
The conduct of elections was a second theme. A former election commissioner stated that Nigeria is not ready for real-time electronic transmission of election results, and a former leader of a Christian association petitioned the United States and the United Nations over the rejection of such transmission.
Elsewhere, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former First Lady Aisha Buhari met during a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. A Nigerian court ordered the United Kingdom to pay 420 million pounds in compensation for the 1949 killing of miners in Iva Valley, Enugu, during the colonial era.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary
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