A ruling party chief supporter and his brother were gunned down in Rivers State, Nigeria when election violence broke out.
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At 9:28 AM, leading opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar cast his vote at a polling station in Yola. He is the main rival to incumbent.
Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari votes in Daura.
Running for a second term, he will be neck and neck with Atiku Abubakar, a former vice-president and candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Will the elections be free, fair and peaceful? That’s the big question. With the announcement of the postponement of an already hotly contested poll, Nigerian’s air their views on what to expect on election day.
Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya of South Africa is in to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to challenge proposed rules that could force her to lower her testosterone levels.
Faced with overcrowded classrooms and housing, students in Senegal don’t have it easy. Education is likely to be a key priority for whoever emerges victorious from this Sunday’s presidential election.
An explosion occurred when a man blew himself up behind Al-Azhar mosque. At least two police officers were killed and another two were injured in the suicide attack in the Al Darb al-Ahmar neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt.
In Nigeria, successful pop singer Banky W (Olubankole Wellington) is running in the country’s parliamentary elections on February 16th. The star is seeking to get young people more interested in politics, in order to blow away cobwebs and bring about social change. In Nigeria, even though those under 25 make up 60 percent of the population, the two leading Presidential candidates are both in their seventies.
Nigeria’s presidential and parliamentary polls have been shifted by a week till February 23, leaving many citizens disenchanted with the electoral process, after waking up to the sad news early Saturday.
The leadership of Nigeria’s election management body, INEC reached the crucial decision following a logistics nightmare arising from poor distribution of sensitive voting materials, after an emergency meeting due to massive complaints.
The top five candidates have now wrapped up political campaigns but what will the results be?