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It’s been a tough year for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. The mood in Africa’s most populous nation is a far cry from the euphoria that greeted his historic 2015 election — the first time in Nigeria’s history that an opposition candidate unseated an incumbent president in a democratic election. For weeks and even months after the vote, Buhari was a …

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Former Vice President Abubakar Atiku and the Governor of Kaduna State Nasir el-Rufai have been engaged in a war of words in what sources believe are early shots in the battle for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket in 2019. Atiku, the perennial presidential candidate, is gambling that President Muhammadu Buhari will not run again, perhaps due to old …

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Olusegun Obasanjo, who first ruled Nigeria as a military dictator between 1976 and 1979, and then came back to rule as a civilian from 1999 to 2007, apparently had designs on remaining in power until death do him part from Nigeria, despite each of his very unpopular reigns being characterised by rank incompetence, mismanagement and corruption. Many Nigerians are well …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Ondo State governorship, Rotimi Akeredolu aka “Aketi”, has been sharing loaves of bread to voters in the state to induce them into voting for him at the forthcoming (s)election. Section 124 of the Electoral Act 2010 bans voter bribery and inducement through gifts or money during elections, with a maximum fine of …

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