Abubakar Atiku
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Nigerian opposition leader rejects Buhari’s election victory
- World
- February 27, 2019, 06:29
Nigeria’s opposition leader has rejected incumbent Muhammadu Buhari’s claim that he won the presidential election, denouncing the poll as a “sham” a(...)

Opposition rejects early results in Nigeria’s presidential election
- Africa
- February 25, 2019, 20:20
President Muhammadu Buhari took an early lead on Monday in initial official results from Nigeria’s presidential election but the party of his main cha(...)

Observers says several killed in Nigeria poll violence
- Africa
- February 24, 2019, 17:58
As many as 35 people were killed in election violence in Nigeria civil society groups said on Sunday after voters went to the polls in a tight preside(...)

Delayed Nigerian election goes ahead amid violence
- Africa
- February 23, 2019, 14:58
Nigeria’s long-awaited presidential election has arrived, amid heavy gunfire, voting technology failures and reports of vote-buying in some areas. So(...)

Nigerians weigh up cost of returning to polls after election delay
- Africa
- February 22, 2019, 15:03
Nigerian teacher Benjamin Shagu flew 500km from the east of the country to the capital, Abuja, to vote in the presidential election – only for the vot(...)

Nigeria prepares to go to polls again after last-minute delay
- Africa
- February 22, 2019, 14:03
Nigerians are preparing to go to the polls again, hoping the presidential election will go ahead on Saturday morning after last weekend’s 11th-hour po(...)

Presidential election delay throws Nigeria into disarray
- Africa
- February 17, 2019, 17:51
Nigeria was thrown into disarray on Saturday after its presidential election was delayed just hours before polls were set to open, in a dramatic late-(...)

Nigeria bolsters security on eve of presidential election
- Africa
- February 15, 2019, 19:58
Nigeria bolstered security in much of the country on Friday on the eve of a presidential election in Africa’s largest democracy, where past ballots h(...)

The Irish Times view on Nigeria’s election: a lacklustre choice
- Editorial
- February 15, 2019, 00:02
Nigeria’s 84 million voters face a lacklustre choice when they go to the polls to elect a president this weekend. The incumbent, 76-year-old former mi(...)

Nigeria’s election brings dual crises back to polls: corruption and Boko Haram
- Africa
- February 13, 2019, 18:33
Muhammadu Buhari won the presidency in a historic election in Nigeria four years ago by promising to crush two scourges that had plagued the nation fo(...)