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Party agents and supporters of presidential candidate Peter Obi of the Labour Party cheer as their candidate wins the count at a polling station near to the home of ruling party presidential candidate Bola Tinubu, in Lagos, Nigeria Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. Voters in Africa's most populous nation are heading to the polls Saturday to choose a new president, following the second and final term of incumbent Muhammadu Buhari. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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After delays, Nigerians keep watch for key vote's outcome
By CHINEDU ASADU - Associated Press
Sat,02/25/23-2:27AM , 250 Reads
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Some frustrated Nigerians cast their ballots with flashlights while others stood watch at their polling stations as counting got under way late Saturday amid fears of vote tampering after a day of delays in Africa's most populous nation.
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Supporters of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Nigeria ruling party during an election campaign rally at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos Nigeria, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. Fueled by high unemployment and growing insecurity, younger Nigerians are mobilizing in record numbers to take part in this month's presidential election. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

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‘Now or never’: Young Nigerians pin hopes on key election
By CHINEDU ASADU - Associated Press
Wed,02/22/23-4:49AM , 96 Reads
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Frustrated by high unemployment and worsening violence, many younger Nigerians are flocking to a candidate outside the political mainstream in this month’s presidential election.
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Godgift Inemesit, 28, plays with her children inside her room in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. No one in Godgift Inemesit's family of eight is sure when they will get to eat each day — except for her three kids, two of whom have malaria. She can't pay for the drugs they need or feed the rest of her family regularly. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu )

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Nigerian cash crisis brings pain: ‘Everything is just tough'
By CHINEDU ASADU - Associated Press
Sat,02/18/23-2:38AM , 133 Reads
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — No one in Godgift Inemesit’s family of eight is sure when they will eat each day — except for her three kids, two of whom have malaria. She can't pay for the drugs they need or feed the rest of her family regularly.
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FILE- Police officers patrol during a protest by Nigeria Labour Congress on the street in Lagos, Nigeria, on July 26, 2022. Nigeria's police chief says hundreds of thousands of security forces are being deployed to ramp up safety in various troubled regions ahead of the country's Feb. 25 presidential election. More than 400,000 security personnel would be deployed for the vote in anticipation of challenges ranging from continued attacks by armed groups and suspected separatists targeting remote communities and the election commission's facilities to political thuggery and violent protests, Usman Baba, Nigeria's Inspector-General of Police, told reporters in the capital city of Abuja on Thursday. Feb. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

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Nigeria police deploy for security before presidential vote
By CHINEDU ASADU - Associated Press
Fri,02/17/23-9:37AM , 93 Reads
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria will deploy more than 400,000 security personnel ahead of the presidential election next week amid fears that Islamic extremists or secessionists could try to disrupt the vote.
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