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Nigeria's Atiku promises unity, economic bounce in final campaign rally

Nigeria's presidential hopeful Atiku Abubakar on Saturday said he would bring peace and unity to the country and improve its economic fortunes as he made his final campaign stop.

Reuters

Revealed: the US adviser who tried to swing Nigeria’s 2015 election

Sam Patten, an American consultant later mired in controversy, exploited emails obtained by Tal Hanan’s team

The Guardian - UK

Nigerian cash crisis brings pain: ‘Everything is just tough'

Like many people in Nigeria, Godgift Inemesit’s savings are trapped in a bank

The Independent UK

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Nigerian police say protesters who attack banks, ATMs to be treated as robbers

Nigerian police on Friday said some citizens frustrated by cash shortages in the country were attacking banks and vandalising cash-dispensing machines, and warned that they would be treated as armed robbers.

Reuters

Nigeria police deploy for security before presidential vote

Nigeria’s top police official says at least 400,000 security forces are being deployed to ramp up safety across the West African nation ahead of its Feb. 25 presidential election

The Independent UK

Nigeria: Protests at banks and ATMs amid ‘cash scarcity’ concerns

Destroying ATMs, breaking into banks and setting up blockades in the street: angry protests erupted on February 15 in several cities across Nigeria as people struggle to get their hands on newly designed banknotes. Frustration is mounting as some citizens can’t purchase basic necessities amid widespread shortages of the new…

France 24

Insecurity threatens Nigeria's democracy as voters elect a new president

Bandits spraying villages with bullets, killing residents and setting buildings ablaze. Rampant cattle rustling and clashes between farmers and herders. Mass kidnappings for ransom.

Reuters

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U.S. says it will repatriate to Nigeria about $1 million embezzled by ex-official

The United States will repatriate to Nigeria nearly $1 million, which were embezzled by the former governor of an oil-producing state, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.

Reuters

U.N. seeks $1.3 billion for Nigerians affected by insurgency

The United Nations on Thursday appealed for $1.3 billion to provide assistance to six million Nigerians who are suffering the impact of a long-running Islamist insurgency in the northeast of the country.

Reuters

How to poll 93 million voters - the challenge of pulling off Nigeria's presidential elections

Nigeria’s registered voters, which the Independent National Electoral Commission has put at 93.5 million, are expected to come out in their numbers in what will be Africa’s biggest election this year.

The Conversation

What is Cambridge Analytica? Group manipulated Nigerian election

Previously known as SCL USA, Cambridge Analytica was a British political consulting firm that came to prominence through the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

Evening Standard

Economy and security on the ballot in Nigeria – 5 things to watch in presidential election

Voters in Africa’s largest democracy will go to the polls on Feb. 25, 2023, to pick a new president.

The Conversation

Nigerian leader defends currency swap as pain, protests grow

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says the country’s redesigned currency would bolster the upcoming presidential election

The Independent UK

Factbox-Nigeria's election: when is the vote and what's at stake?

Voters in Nigeria, Africa's biggest economy and most populous nation, head to the polls on Feb. 25 to elect a new president and lawmakers amid growing frustration over unprecedented insecurity, industrial-scale oil theft and surging inflation.

Reuters

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Al Jazeera

Nigeria election: Women denounce poor political representation

Half of Nigeria’s population are women but only 4 percent were elected into government in 2019. Will 2023 be different?

Reuters

Nigeria's Buhari grants 60-day extension to turn in old banknotes

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that he had given approval to the central bank to extend the deadline to turn in old banknotes by 60 days until April 10.

The Guardian - US

Dark arts of politics: how ‘Team Jorge’ and Cambridge Analytica meddled in Nigerian election

Leaked messages show failed plan to discredit Muhammadu Buhari and get Goodluck Jonathan re-elected in 2015

Reuters

U.S. Congress members seek halt to $1 billion Nigeria weapons deal

Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday called on President Joe Biden to rescind a nearly $1 billion arms sale to Nigeria following Reuters reports on an illegal abortion program and the targeted killing of children carried out by the Nigerian military.

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Reuters wins Selden Ring Award for investigation of Nigerian military

A team of Reuters reporters has won the Selden Ring Award, one of the top prizes in investigative journalism, for reports that exposed grave human-rights abuses against women and children by the Nigerian military.

The Conversation

Nigeria's election: six dangers of mixing religion with politics

One of the issues that has generated great concern among voters in the run up to the Nigerian presidential elections is religion.

Al Jazeera

Nigeria election triggers deluge of ‘fake news’ on social media

Experts and activists say political actors have expanded the scope of misinformation ahead of the general elections.

Reuters

Fashion meets politics at Nigeria election campaign events

Too stylish for political party T-shirts and caps, some fashionistas in Nigeria are donning the colours and faces of their preferred candidates for a presidential election this month on designer outfits.

Al Jazeera

Analysis: Scars of annulled 1993 vote trail Nigeria 2023 election

Parallels are being drawn between the 2023 poll and the annulled 1993 vote, seen as the country’s ‘freest and fairest’.

Irish Mirror

Valentine's warning from gardaí over romance scams amid Nigerian gang fraud fears

Seven in ten victims of romance fraud in Ireland are women

Reuters

Nigeria won't use 240 new polling units due to insecurity - electoral commission

Nigeria's electoral commission head said on Monday that 240 polling centres will not be used in upcoming elections, as no one had chosen them due to insecurity in the surrounding areas.

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