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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

‘Godfather of Lagos’ is the man to beat in pivotal Nigerian election

Bola Ahmed Tinubu remains frontrunner for president but a new voice has captured the youth vote

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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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Nigeria's electoral body suspends Enugu senatorial election after candidate killed

Nigeria's electoral commission has suspended the senatorial election in southeastern Enugu, where the opposition Labour Party candidate was killed, the commission's chairman Mahmood Yakubu said on Friday.

Reuters

Ahead of Nigeria elections, residents stock-up on food, essentials

At a market in Nigeria's northern Kano state customers stocked up on Friday on food and essentials, uncertain of the outcome of Saturday's election to choose a new president and lawmakers, in a country where voting has sometimes been followed by violence.

Reuters

Nigeria lawmaker arrested with nearly $500K ahead of vote

Authorities say a Nigerian federal lawmaker has been arrested after being caught illegally carrying nearly $500,000 in cash a day before the West African’s presidential and parliamentary elections

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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

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

Nigeria election 2023: what are the issues and why is this vote different?

People will go the polls on Saturday in what is seen as a potential turning point for Africa’s most populous country

The Guardian - UK

Nigeria presses ahead with vote amid cash shortage crisis

Nigeria’s top election official has dismissed concerns that the country’s cash shortage could affect Saturday’s presidential vote

The Independent UK

Nigerian Senate candidate killed ahead of presidential elections

Labour Party candidate Oyibo Chukwu was killed in an attack on his convoy in southeastern Enugu State.

Al Jazeera

Nigerian Senate candidate killed during spate of pre-election attacks

A Nigerian senatorial candidate from one opposition party and the driver of a campaign minibus belonging to another were killed in a series of coordinated attacks in southeastern Enugu State ahead of an election on Saturday, police said on Thursday.

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Nigeria election 2023: Five reasons to care about the vote

Millions of Nigerians are set to elect their next president. Here’s what’s at stake.

The Conversation

Nigeria elections: the surprising influence of Afrobeats music on politics

In the run-up to Nigeria’s February 2023 elections, the country’s younger generation has mobilised to demand change and redefine the political landscape – and music has been pivotal.

Reuters

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.

Radio France Internationale

Nigeria's presidential election hinges on young people's votes

Almost 40 percent of registered voters in Nigeria are under the age of 35. If they turn out for Saturday’s presidential election, they may well determine the outcome.

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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

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

Factbox-Nigeria election 2023: how it all works

Nigerians are set to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday that are seen as the most wide open since Africa's most populous nation switched from military rule to democracy in 1999.

France 24

Nigeria's uncertain election: Can third party candidate force presidential run-off?

Will Nigeria's two-party system tremble? Africa's most populous nation has known its share of bruising campaigns, but never since the 1999 return to democracy has there been a run-off in the presidential election. Now, in a nation where the average age is 18, could voters turn away from big tent…

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

Nigeria heads to the polls: 5 essential reads about the elections

Nigerians go to the polls on 25 February to elect a new president, vice-president, 109 members of the Senate and 360 members of the Federal House of Representatives. Eighteen political parties have presented candidates for the various offices and over 93.5 million adult Nigerians are registered to vote.

The Conversation

Peter Obi could be the force that topples Nigeria's two main political parties

Obi-dient is the word in town for the Nigerians who support Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, south-east Nigeria. To them, Obi is the best candidate for the country’s presidency.

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