Late start at some polling stations around the country forced an extension to voting past the 2:00pm cut off time
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Endemic corruption has been exposed inside the ruling African National Congress (ANC)
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).
More than 80,000 vehicles and nearly 1,000 boats were hired to transport ballot papers
Washington says it wants to send a clear signal of the need for accountability in the DRC
On February 16th, a day after the announcement of the postponement of Nigeria’s general elections, ‘porting to Canada’ begin trending on Twitter. But what could be the reason behind so many young Nigerians wanting to relocate?
To say that the postponement of the presidential and National Assembly elections by Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission had monumental adverse economic and social impact would be stating the obvious. These costs were escalated by the fact that the announcement came on the very day some had planned weddings and major events.
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.
The deaths occurred in the village of Kofa, some 70 kilometres from the city of Kano