The Status of Nigeria’s February 25 Elections

Edi­tor’s Notes: Nige­ri­ans go to the polls on Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 25 to elect the coun­try’s next pres­i­dent. The top three con­tenders in the elec­tion are Peter Obi, rep­re­sent­ing the Labour Par­ty, for­mer vice-pres­i­­dent Atiku Abubakar who is rep­re­sent­ing the Peo­ple’s Demo­c­ra­t­ic Party(PDP), and Bola Tin­ubu, rep­re­sent­ing the All Pro­gres­sive Congress(APC) par­ty. Cur­rent Pres­i­dent, Muham­madu Buhari…

Why Nigerian elections ‘will not be postponed’ — BBC Africa

The head of Nige­ri­a’s Inde­pen­dent Nation­al Elec­toral Com­mis­sion (Inec), Pro­fes­sor Mah­mood Yakubu, says that the Niger­ian elec­tions will go ahead as planned despite rumours of post­pone­ments due to inse­cu­ri­ty in parts of the coun­try. Nige­ri­ans are set to go to the polls on 25 Feb­ru­ary 2023 to elect a new pres­i­dent. Pro­fes­sor Yakubu spoke to…