Nigeria Elections

Nigeria tallies votes for new president

Nearly 90 million voters were eligible for Saturday's election, which went off mostly peacefully, although isolated violence, delays and technical hitches forced many to wait until nightfall to vote

Nigeria counts votes after tight election hit by long delays

Nigeria tallied votes after a tightly contested election on Saturday, with three frontrunners competing for the presidency of Africa's most populous democracy in a ballot marred by long delays

Nigeria opposition senatorial candidate killed days before elections

Nigerians are due to elect their next president and lawmakers on Saturday against a chaotic backdrop of armed conflict in the northeast, high levels of violent crime everywhere and shortages of cash, fuel and electricity

Nigeria’s presidential frontrunners in final push for votes

Nigeria is struggling with a worsening security crisis that has killed thousands in the past year, an ailing economy that has made citizens poorer

'Everything is just tough' in Nigeria as country facing extreme cash crunch

Fights have broken out in bank halls, angry customers have attacked workers and protesters have set financial institutions on fire. Businesses unable carry out transactions have been forced to close, and new currency notes are illegally sold at higher rates

Election in Nigeria triggers deluge of 'misinformation' on social media

Divisive content on subjects like religion and ethnicity is also littered across social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and WhatsApp

After week-long delay and conspiracy claims, Nigeria goes to polls at last; series of blasts rock Maiduguri city

Nigerians began voting for a new president on Saturday after a week-long delay that has raised political tempers, sparked conspiracy claims and stoked fears of violence. Shortly before polls opened, a series of blasts rocked the northeastern city of Maiduguri, which has been repeatedly hit by Boko Haram Islamists.

Former dictator and Nigeria's President-elect Buhari vows action against Boko Haram

President-elect Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday vowed to rid Nigeria of the "terror" of Boko Haram after his historic election victory marking the first democratic transfer of power in Africa's most populous nation.