Nigeria Election

• Nigeria presidential election: Voters face delays in hope of bringing change

  There were reports of scattered violent incidents on Saturday, though not on the scale seen in previous elections in the country of over 200 million people.

  Politics

  Feb 25, 2023
  
• Land borders shut ahead of Nigeria election as soldiers patrol, residents stock-up

  "Internal movements have been restricted to the polling units. There will also be no movement of persons across national borders," the ministry of interior said in a statement.

  Politics

  Feb 24, 2023
  
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• Nigeria delays election hours before polls open, citing ‘challenges’

  “This was a difficult decision to take but necessary for successful delivery of the elections and the consolidation of our democracy,” commission chairman Mahmood Yakubu told reporters in the capital, Abuja.

  World

  Feb 15, 2019
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• Who is Nigeria’s presidential election winner Muhammadu Buhari?

  Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan has lost his grasp on power, conceding election defeat to former military ruler Muhammadu Buahari. Here's a look at the man who will be Nigeria's next leader.

  World

  Mar 31, 2015
• Ex-dictator Muhammadu Buhari defeats Goodluck Jonathan in Nigerian election

  Officials hope to soon announce who will be governing Africa's richest and biggest nation.

  Politics

  Mar 31, 2015
• Boko Haram kidnapped over 400 children, women from Nigeria town: report

  Boko Haram kidnapped more than 400 women and children from the northeastern Nigeria town of Damasak, according to a report in the wake of the town being freed by armed forces from Chad and Niger.

  World

  Mar 24, 2015