What's at stake as Nigerians elect the president of Africa's largest democracy
1 year, 10 months ago

What's at stake as Nigerians elect the president of Africa's largest democracy

NPR  

What's at stake as Nigerians elect the president of Africa's largest democracy Enlarge this image toggle caption Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images LAGOS, Nigeria — Millions of Nigerians head to the polls on Saturday, in one of the most consequential elections there in decades. Two-thirds of the population now live in poverty and almost half of young people are unemployed, with millions of job losses since outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari's government took office in 2015. toggle caption Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images Seventy-year-old Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state and one of the most powerful politicians in Nigeria is running for the All Progressives Congress, Buhari's governing party. toggle caption Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Seventy-six-year-old Atiku Abubakar, a wealthy businessman and former vice president, is a serial presidential candidate.

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Nigeria swears in a new president facing profound economic and security pressures
1 year, 6 months ago

Nigeria swears in a new president facing profound economic and security pressures

NPR  

Nigeria swears in a new president facing profound economic and security pressures Enlarge this image toggle caption Sunday Aghaeze/AP Sunday Aghaeze/AP LAGOS, Nigeria - Bola Tinubu has been sworn in as Nigeria's president, at a ceremony in the capital Abuja. The 71-year-old comes to power following a disputed election and under pressure to quickly improve the economy and security in …

Nigeria president-elect faces vote doubts, poverty, violence
1 year, 9 months ago

Nigeria president-elect faces vote doubts, poverty, violence

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — The newly elected president of Nigeria is the first person chosen to lead the country with less than 50% of the vote. The former governor of Lagos state boldly told party members last year: “It’s my turn!” speaking in the Yoruba indigenous language. “He’s that powerful that not even a sitting governor in Lagos from his party …

Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu declared winner of presidential vote
1 year, 9 months ago

Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu declared winner of presidential vote

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — Election officials declared Bola Tinubu the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election Wednesday, keeping the ruling party in power in Africa’s most populous nation and raising the specter of protests by opposition supporters who already have called for the vote to be voided. Tinubu urged Nigerians to unite behind his administration after he takes office on May 29. …

Nigeria's Bola Tinubu Declared Winner Of Presidential Vote
1 year, 9 months ago

Nigeria's Bola Tinubu Declared Winner Of Presidential Vote

Huff Post  

Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, center, celebrates with supporters at the party's campaign headquarters after winning the presidential elections in Abuja, Nigeria, on March 1, 2023. Election officials declared ruling party candidate Tinubu the winner of Nigeria's presidential election with the two leading opposition candidates already demanding a re-vote in Africa's most populous nation. AP Photo/Ben Curtis ABUJA, …

Bola Tinubu is Nigeria's president-elect: Why is an angry Opposition calling for fresh elections?
1 year, 9 months ago

Bola Tinubu is Nigeria's president-elect: Why is an angry Opposition calling for fresh elections?

Firstpost  

The Opposition in Nigeria has rejected the presidential election results which declared the ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu as the winner. “I demand that this sham of an election be cancelled and we call on INEC to conduct fresh elections within the window period provided by the electoral act,” Julius Abure, chairman of Obi’s Labour Party, said, as per BBC. …

Bola Tinubu declared winner in Nigeria’s presidential election
1 year, 9 months ago

Bola Tinubu declared winner in Nigeria’s presidential election

The Hindu  

Election officials declared ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu the winner of Nigeria's presidential election early on March 1, with the two leading opposition candidates already demanding a revote in Africa's most populous nation. Mr. Tinubu "having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” said the country’s election chief, Mahmood Yakubu. The announcement …

Who is Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect?
1 year, 9 months ago

Who is Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect?

Al Jazeera  

The 70-year-old has won the presidency of Africa’s most populous nation with 8.8 million votes, according to final election results. Bola Tinubu, a political “godfather” famed for his strategic deftness and clout, has won a tight race to succeed Muhammadu Buhari as the next president of Nigeria. Tinubu never hid his ambition to be president of Nigeria as the 70-year-old …

Bola Tinubu wins controversial Nigerian presidential election
1 year, 9 months ago

Bola Tinubu wins controversial Nigerian presidential election

Al Jazeera  

Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress, has won the popular vote in the disputed election. Bola Tinubu, the politician long heralded as the “father of modern Lagos”, has won a tight race to succeed Muhammadu Buhari as the next president of Nigeria. Tinubu, “having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned …

Bola Tinubu, the declared winner of Nigeria’s presidential election, appeals for unity
1 year, 9 months ago

Bola Tinubu, the declared winner of Nigeria’s presidential election, appeals for unity

LA Times  

Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu, center, celebrates with supporters at his party’s campaign headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday. Nigerians awoke to a newly chosen president Wednesday, with ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu declared the winner of the weekend’s election. Tinubu’s ruling All Progressives Congress party urged the opposition Tuesday to accept defeat and not cause trouble after they had demanded a …

Tensions rise in Nigeria as opposition demands new vote
1 year, 9 months ago

Tensions rise in Nigeria as opposition demands new vote

The Independent  

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Who’s leading the Nigeria election? All to know about the results
1 year, 9 months ago

Who’s leading the Nigeria election? All to know about the results

Al Jazeera  

Voters and observer missions have highlighted failures of the electoral commission and violence at polling units as election results are awaited. Indeed, Al Jazeera verified that as of 10:54 am, only 46 percent or 81,569 result sheets of the 176,846 polling units nationwide, had been uploaded to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s portal. On election day, the statement added, trust …

Nigeria presidential election results 2023 by the numbers
1 year, 9 months ago

Nigeria presidential election results 2023 by the numbers

Al Jazeera  

Former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election. Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress the winner of the 2023 presidential election. Nearly 90 million people were eligible to vote in Africa’s largest democracy, with many Nigerians hoping a new leader will do a better job …

Voters, observers hopeful as Nigeria presidential election begins
1 year, 9 months ago

Voters, observers hopeful as Nigeria presidential election begins

Al Jazeera  

Eighteen candidates are jostling to succeed Muhammadu Buhari as president but only four are frontrunners in the race. “Saturday will be the continent’s largest democratic exercise and one of the largest in the world,” said Stacey Abrams, co-leader of the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute election mission to Nigeria. “Our country, Nigeria, is beautiful but our leaders don’t …

‘Now or never’: Young Nigerians pin hopes on key election
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Now or never’: Young Nigerians pin hopes on key election

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — Frustrated by high unemployment and worsening violence, many younger Nigerians are flocking to a candidate outside the political mainstream in this month’s presidential election. “Either we get things right now in Nigeria, or never,” said Kingsley Chima, 26, as the first-time voter waited to collect his voting card from Nigeria’s election commission. Nigeria is Africa’s most populous …

Analysis: Scars of annulled 1993 vote trail Nigeria 2023 election
1 year, 10 months ago

Analysis: Scars of annulled 1993 vote trail Nigeria 2023 election

Al Jazeera  

Parallels are being drawn between the 2023 election and the annulled 1993 vote, widely seen as the country’s ‘freest and fairest’. The polls in Nigeria will be held a few months shy of the 30th anniversary of the annulled 1993 presidential elections, widely seen as the “freest and fairest” in the country’s history. On June 12, 1993, as incoming results …

Can a political underdog save Nigeria?
1 year, 10 months ago

Can a political underdog save Nigeria?

The Economist  

Middle East & Africa | The world’s toughest in-tray Can a political underdog save Nigeria? Mr Obi, by contrast, has reached across the country’s main divides, holding rallies in his opponents’ strongholds and urging voters to base their choice on character and track record. Share of population in extreme poverty Living on less than $2.15 per day, 2021 Maiduguri Kano …

How Nigerian youth are galvanising for upcoming presidential vote
1 year, 10 months ago

How Nigerian youth are galvanising for upcoming presidential vote

Al Jazeera  

More than a third of Nigeria’s 93.4 million registered voters are young people who are gearing up to vote after years of low turnouts. The 2019 presidential election witnessed the lowest turnout since Nigeria’s return to democratic government in 1999 – only a third of registered voters showed up at polling units. But it followed a pattern of routinely low …

Can Atiku Abubakar succeed in sixth run for Nigerian presidency?
1 year, 10 months ago

Can Atiku Abubakar succeed in sixth run for Nigerian presidency?

Al Jazeera  

In his sixth run for the Nigerian presidency, Atiku Abubakar is preaching a future as productive as the country’s past when he was vice president. Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s main opposition party’s presidential candidate, has always had an appetite for big battles. “We have never been this divided along a number of fault lines either north, south or Muslim and Christian,” …

Nigerian presidential hopeful Peter Obi vows to fight corruption
1 year, 11 months ago

Nigerian presidential hopeful Peter Obi vows to fight corruption

Al Jazeera  

Security also top of mind for former governor, who polls show leads a crowded field, ahead of opponents with better name recognition. Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi has pledged to rid Africa’s most populous nation of endemic corruption and widespread insecurity if he wins next month’s election. Obi, who is one of 18 candidates seeking Nigeria’s highest office, described his …

Nigeria’s central bank chief to run for presidency in 2023
2 years, 7 months ago

Nigeria’s central bank chief to run for presidency in 2023

Al Jazeera  

There has been a multitude of interest from heavyweights and has-beens in the governing party and the opposition to succeed Muhammadu Buhari as Nigerian president. The Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele, has bought a nomination form from the governing All Progressive Congress party in a bid to become President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor. — Bashir Ahmad May 6, 2022 …

Nigeria: VP Yemi Osinbajo to run for president in 2023
2 years, 8 months ago

Nigeria: VP Yemi Osinbajo to run for president in 2023

Al Jazeera  

Osinbajo declares he will seek the country’s top job when incumbent Muhammadu Buhari steps down next year. Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has declared he will run for the country’s top job next year, when incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to step down. “Which is why I am today, with utmost humility, formally declaring my intention to run for …

Former foreign minister declared preliminary winner in Niger
3 years, 10 months ago

Former foreign minister declared preliminary winner in Niger

Associated Press  

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s electoral commission said Tuesday that former foreign affairs minister Mohamed Bazoum has been elected president of the West African nation, according to preliminary results from the second round of voting Sunday. The participation rate for Sunday’s second round vote was 62.9%, which was lower than the first round held Dec. 27 with a turnout of 67.7%, …

Niger heads to polls in search of first democratic transition
3 years, 11 months ago

Niger heads to polls in search of first democratic transition

The Hindu  

Niger votes in an election onSunday that is expected to lead to the first transfer of power between two democratically elected presidents in a countryreeling from Islamist violence. Former Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum, the ruling party'scandidate, is the overwhelming favourite to succeed President Mahamadou Issoufou, who is stepping down after two five-year terms leading the largely desert country of 23 …

Niger votes Sunday on path to 1st democratic power transfer
3 years, 11 months ago

Niger votes Sunday on path to 1st democratic power transfer

Associated Press  

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger could see its first democratic transition of power since independence in the elections being held on Sunday amid a growing threat from jihadists in the region. President Mahamadou Issoufou, who has served two terms, is stepping down, paving the way for the first peaceful transfer of power between two elected presidents since independence from France in …

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