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Supporters of Nigeria's Labour Party's Presidential Candidate Peter Obi, chants during an election campaign rally at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. 

‘This is my only hope’: Young Nigerians gear up for presidential election

Elections

As millions of Nigerians prepare for the presidential election on Feb. 25, the stinging economy and unemployment in the formal sector have the nation's youth particularly tuned in and ready to cast their vote.

‘This is my only hope’: Young Nigerians gear up for presidential election
A man used his mobile phone to read headline news on Twitter inside an office in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, June 7, 2021.

Nigeria's indefinite Twitter ban sounds the alarm on free speech

Social media
Nigeria's indefinite Twitter ban sounds the alarm on free speech
Trump-Buhari at White House

'More amusing than disgusting': Why Trump is so popular in Nigeria

Foreign policy
'More amusing than disgusting': Why Trump is so popular in Nigeria
A cyclist drives pasts a campaign poster for President Muhammadu Buhari in a street

Nigeria postpones 2019 elections warning of crackdown on election tampering

Global Politics
Nigeria postpones 2019 elections warning of crackdown on election tampering
Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki, a Nigerian schoolgirl rescued after over two years of captivity with Boko Haram militants, presents her child to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Nigeria May 19, 2016.

Rescued Chibok girl meets with Nigerian president

Global Politics
Rescued Chibok girl meets with Nigerian president
Supporters of Nigerian presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari celebrate his election victory on March 31, 2015. Buhari is the first Nigerian to peacefully oust a sitting president under the country's democratic system.

Goodnight for Goodluck: Nigeria's president concedes election defeat

Global Politics

For the first time in Nigerian history, an incumbent president lost during democratic election. But the real history was made when Goodluck Jonathan conceded to his rival, ensuring that the country will enjoy its first peaceful transition of power and possibly new hope in the fight against Boko Haram

Goodnight for Goodluck: Nigeria's president concedes election defeat