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Factbox-Nigeria election 2023: what you need to know and what's at stake

A man sits at a bus stop decorated with electoral campaign posters of All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, with his running mate Kashim Shettima, ahead of Nigeria's Presidential election, in Lagos, Nigeria January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Voters in Africa's biggest economy and most populous nation head to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president and lawmakers, in what is set to be a close contest amid rising frustration over cash and fuel shortages, unprecedented insecurity and surging inflation.

President Muhammadu Buhari, who will complete his constitutionally allowed two terms in May, is not on the ballot. Voters will also choose new senators and members for the House of Representatives. Governorship races follow on March 11.

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