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Nigerians vote in governorship polls as ruling party scrambles to regain lost ground in key states | CNN

Lagos, Nigeria CNN — Nigerians began voting on Saturday in delayed governorship polls, weeks after a controversial and disputed presidential election – amid reports of electoral violence and voter disenfranchisement. A party official was shot and killed in Lagos Saturday during the elections for Nigeria’s new state governors. “From all over Lagos we are getting

Widespread voting delays hinder tense Nigerian election as millions go to the polls | CNN

Abuja, Nigeria CNN — Widespread delays overshadowed a crucial presidential election in Nigeria Saturday, as millions voted to elect their new leader. The hotly contested poll is being held simultaneously with elections for representatives for the country’s parliament. CNN confirmed reports from eyewitnesses of isolated violence at two polling stations in Lagos, with the military

Nigeria opposition senatorial candidate gunned down days before crucial elections | CNN

CNN — A manhunt is underway for the killers of a senatorial candidate for Nigeria’s opposition Labor Party, who was shot and burned in his campaign vehicle late Wednesday in the country’s southeastern Enugu State, local police said Thursday. The politician, Oyibo Chukwu, was murdered along with an unnamed personal aide by assailants police suspect

Nigeria’s Abubakar launches presidential bid to to save country from ‘frightening descent’ into anarchy | CNN

Abuja, Nigeria Reuters — Nigeria’s main opposition leader Atiku Abubakar launched his presidential election campaign on Wednesday calling for a sweeping victory to save the country from a “frightening descent” into anarchy. Official election campaigning started on Wednesday, ahead of a February presidential vote to choose a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari, who is serving

Who is Kenya’s new President-elect William Ruto? | CNN

CNN — William Ruto has emerged the winner of a tense and fiercely fought contest for Kenya’s presidency, but who is the man who will lead east Africa’s largest economy? As a boy, Ruto grew up on his family’s farm in a quiet village in the Rift Valley, selling chickens from a roadside stall to

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Nigerians vote in governorship polls as ruling party scrambles to regain lost ground in key states | CNN

Widespread voting delays hinder tense Nigerian election as millions go to the polls | CNN

Nigeria opposition senatorial candidate gunned down days before crucial elections | CNN

Nigeria’s Abubakar launches presidential bid to to save country from ‘frightening descent’ into anarchy | CNN

Who is Kenya’s new President-elect William Ruto? | CNN