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Nigeria’s presidential election marked by long delays

Election officials cited technical problems and the absence of voter registers as causes of the delays.

Al Jazeera

Nigeria voters still lining up after voting was due to close

People are still lined up nearly two hours after voting was supposed to close in Nigeria during the country’s presidential and parliamentary election which opened with large delays

The Independent UK

Voting starts late across parts of Nigeria in key presidential election

Vote counting started in Nigeria's tightly contested election on Saturday, with three frontrunners vying to govern Africa's most populous democracy after a ballot hit by delays and isolated violence.

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Nigerians vote for new president in tight three-way first round

Nigerians voted on Saturday to choose a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari in a tightly fought race, with three frontrunners for the first time in the country's modern history. Early turnout was reported to be slow in several polling stations in the economic capital Lagos, the southern city of Port…

Radio France Internationale

Voters, observers hopeful as Nigeria presidential election begins

Eighteen candidates are jostling to succeed Muhammadu Buhari as president but only four are frontrunners in the race.

Al Jazeera

Nigerians vote for new president, braving long delays in hope of bringing change

Officials counted votes in Nigeria's elections on Saturday, with people hoping for a reset after years of worsening violence and hardship under outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari, undeterred by delays at some polling stations.

Reuters

Obi supporters in home state have high hopes for Nigeria election

Peter Obi is being projected by multiple polls to win the race to replace outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari.

Al Jazeera

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What's at stake as Nigerians elect the president of Africa's largest democracy

The continent's largest democracy and biggest economy holds a presidential election Saturday that's come down to a race of three leading candidates.

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One year into Russian invasion, concern grows about flow of weapons into Ukraine

Since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the West has stepped in to help support Kyiv's forces to resist Russian soldiers and militia groups. But with more and more Western weapons flowing into Ukraine, concern about what happens to them is also growing.

Radio France Internationale

Special programme from Lagos: Nigeria gears up for presidential vote

We bring you a special edition of Eye on Africa from Lagos, ahead of Nigeria’s crunch presidential election on Saturday. Some 93.5 million voters are eligible to cast ballots to choose a new president, Muhammadu Buhari having already served two terms. Shortages of cash and fuel, as well as power…

France 24

Calls for peaceful election in Nigeria as campaigning ends ahead of weekend poll

The main candidates in Nigeria’s presidential race have signed a peace accord to ensure a free and peaceful election on Saturday, but as campaigning ended Thursday, fighting broke out in Kano state, and a Senate candidate was killed in Enugu State the day before.

Radio France Internationale

Explainer: Key voting blocs ahead of Nigeria election

A close look at the four main voter constituencies and how they could affect Nigeria’s upcoming election results.

Al Jazeera

Factbox-Leading candidates in Nigeria presidential election

Nigeria's ruling party candidate and former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu was ahead in the vote count from Saturday's presidential election, a Reuters tally of provisional results in 12 out of 36 states showed.

Reuters

Could Nigeria’s cash shortage hurt the presidential vote?

Voters in Nigeria are electing a new leader Saturday, with 18 candidates vying to lead a country facing a series of struggles — the newest and most pressing being a shortage of cash

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Al Jazeera

Presidential candidates sign peace pact before Nigeria election

Candidates sign second accord ahead of February 25 polls in a bid to prevent electoral unrest.

Reuters

Nigerian states sue over withdrawal of old banknotes before elections

Sixteen states in Nigeria on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to force the central bank to extend by six months the use of old banknotes, whose withdrawal from circulation has caused cash shortages and angered citizens ahead of weekend elections.

The Conversation

Bola Tinubu: Nigeria's kingmaker who wants to be king

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Nigeria, holds two traditional titles: Asiwaju of Lagos and Jagaban of the Borgu kingdom in Niger State, north-central Nigeria. The titles have similar meanings: leader and leader of warriors.

The Independent UK

‘Now or never’: Young Nigerians pin hopes on key election

As Nigeria prepares for its presidential election this weekend, younger voters are mobilizing in record numbers to take part

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Presidential elections in Nigeria: alarm over violence and security likely to drive vote

With Nigeria’s presidential elections slated for Saturday 25 February, the country’s independent electoral commission’s offices have suffered several attacks in recent weeks. Concerns over security have been such that its head, Mahmood Yakubu, expressed doubts on 9 January whether the elections could take place.

Al Jazeera

Tight fiscal leash awaits winner of Nigeria presidential election

Ahead of the election, Africa’s largest economy is in a precarious position due to rising debt and low revenue.

Radio France Internationale

Third presidential candidate upsets traditional party politics in Nigeria

Nigerians are getting ready to vote for a new president Saturday in an unprecedented race between three frontrunners, including - for the first time - a candidate who is not from one of the two main parties.

Al Jazeera

Last rallies held in Lagos ahead of Nigeria presidential election

Ruling party candidate promises hope, opposition pledges change as Thursday’s deadline to end campaigns approaches.

Al Jazeera

Nigeria 2023 election: All you need to know

There are 93.4 million eligible voters for February 25 polls, the sixth since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999.

Reuters

Ahead of Nigeria elections, gunmen kill seven police officers in southeast

Gunmen have killed seven Nigerian police officers since the weekend in the southeast, a police spokesperson said on Tuesday, in the latest violence to rock the volatile region ahead of elections on Saturday.

Al Jazeera

Suspected rebels kill 8 police officers ahead of Nigeria election

Police blamed the Indigenous People of Biafra, which seeks the independence of southeast Nigeria.

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