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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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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

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.

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Nigeria presidential election to test dominant parties

Nigerians will vote on Saturday in what could be their most credible and close electoral contest since military rule ended nearly a quarter of a century ago - and the first in which a presidential candidate who is not from one of the two main parties stands a chance.

Reuters

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

How Nigeria's presidential election is galvanizing young voters

First-time voter Amanda Iheme has made up her mind on her choice for Nigeria's next president - and it won't be a candidate from the two main political parties.

Reuters

Nigeria election: Women denounce poor political representation

Half of Nigeria’s population are women but only 4 percent were elected into government in 2019. Will 2023 be different?

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Nigeria election triggers deluge of ‘fake news’ on social media

Experts and activists say political actors have expanded the scope of misinformation ahead of the general elections.

Al Jazeera

Missing aristocrat’s dad fears 'she's been brainwashed by cult' after 6-month church stay

Constance Marten, 35, who is missing along with her sex offender partner Mark Gordon and her newborn baby, spent six month as a 'disciple' in a church in Lagos, Nigeria

Daily Mirror

Constance Marten news – latest: Missing aristocrat’s father tells police to investigate cult

Ms Marten spent several months at the Church of All Nations in Lagos, father says

The Independent UK

The televangelist who claimed to heal Aids and counted Premier League stars among his followers

TB Joshua – whose church has been linked to missing aristocrat Constance Marten – claimed to have healed thousands, including former Arsenal and Nigeria forward Nwankwo Kanu

The Independent UK

How Nigerian youth are galvanising for upcoming presidential vote

Over a third of Nigeria’s 93.4 million registered voters are youths who are gearing up to vote in February 25 election.

Al Jazeera

Opposition supporters attacked in Nigeria ahead of rally

Nigerian presidential contender Peter Obi of the opposition Labour Party said his supporters were on Saturday attacked and injured ahead of a rally in the commercial capital Lagos, a stronghold of the ruling party.

Reuters

DR Congo's displaced phone home

In Rutshuru, DR Congo, the International Committee of the Red Cross has set up phone booths to help displaced families track down those left behind in combat zones. Also, a new film is out in France that focuses on the Senegalese tirailleurs, a corps of colonial infantry in the French…

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Nigerian politician accused of organ-harvest plot denies offering reward for kidney

A street trader from Lagos was allegedly offered up to £7,000 in exchange for giving a kidney to Ike Ekweremadu’s sick daughter Sonia

Fortune

How Esusu’s cofounders turned 326 rejections (and a long night out in the cold) into a unicorn

A system that forces people to go into debt to prove they can meet the obligations of their debt "just doesn't make sense," says Esusu co-CEO Wemimo Abbey.

The Independent UK

Wealthy Nigerian politician denies offering reward to prospective kidney donor

A street trader from Lagos was allegedly offered up to £7,000 in exchange for giving a kidney to Ike Ekweremadu’s sick daughter Sonia.

Evening Standard

Nigerian senator accused of ‘organ harvesting plot’ at Royal Free Hospital

Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice, 56, are accused of a plot to harvest the organ of an impoverished street trader from the Nigerian capital of Lagos

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Factbox-The candidates contesting Nigeria's presidential election

Nigeria will elect a new president on Feb. 25 to take over from Muhammadu Buhari in a contest pitting the old guard against a third-party candidate seeking to upset the established political order.

The Conversation

The Badoo ritual gang created fear in Lagos: here's what made victims vulnerable

Violent cult gangs are well known in Nigeria. Though there are no statistics on their numbers and impact, Lagos State in southwest Nigeria has more than 10 of these groups controlling different areas. They operate in neighbourhoods and their memberships cut across age groups. They control certain territories as their…

Al Jazeera

Can Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s ailing kingmaker, win the presidency?

Tinubu has a formidable political machinery & is credited with Lagos’s successes, but can he become Nigerian president?

Al Jazeera

Nigeria opens ‘game changer’ billion-dollar deep seaport in Lagos

Many of Nigeria’s existing seaports, inherited from the colonial administration, no longer function properly.

The Independent UK

Nigeria bets on Chinese-funded port to drive economic growth

Nigeria's president has marked the opening of a $1.5 billion, Chinese-funded deep seaport in the commercial hub of Lagos that authorities hope will help grow the West African nation’s ailing economy

Reuters

Nigeria opens 'game changer' billion-dollar deep seaport

Nigeria opened a billion-dollar Chinese-built deep seaport in Lagos on Monday, which is expected to ease congestion at the country's ports and help it become an African hub for transshipment, handling cargoes in transit for other destinations.

Daily Mirror

Discovery of dead Brit on board his yacht in Algarve triggers police investigation

Police have launched an investigation after a British pensioner, believed to be aged around 80, was found dead on board his yacht at Lagos Marina in Algarve, Portugal

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