Nigeria election - The African Mirror

Feb

2023

Nigeria asks social media giants to curb fake news ahead of election

FELIX ONUAH NIGERIA has asked Google and Meta to control the spread of fake news on their platforms ahead of a presidential election this month, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Friday. Nigerians go to the polls on February 25 to elect a new president, with three frontrunners promising to deal with the rising cost of living, insecurity and a slow-growing economy. Mohammed said he met with Meta and Google representatives in Abuja on Friday and requested that they make posts from official channels visible on their platforms, and flag them as unverified election results originating from unofficial sources. He also asked…

Feb

2023

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Factbox: Nigeria’s election: when is the vote and what’s at stake

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VOTERS in Africa's biggest economy and most populous nation are heading to the polls on February 25 to elect a new president and lawmakers amid growing frustration over unprecedented insecurity, industrial-scale oil theft and surging inflation. President Muhammadu Buhari, who will complete his constitutionally allowed two terms in May, is not on the ballot. Voters will also choose new senators and members for the House of Representatives. Governorship races follow on March 11 Here is what you need to know about the election. WHO IS RUNNING? A total of 18 candidates are vying for the presidency. But the main contest…

Jan

2023

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Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election: 10 factors that could affect the outcome

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

AS Nigerians inch closer to the February 2023 presidential election, the seventh since the current wave of liberal democracy formally started in 1999, there are at least 10 key issues that are likely to drive and determine the outcome. Political scientist, Jideofor Adibe, explores them all. 1. Ethnicity and regionalism Author JIDEOFOR ADIBE, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Nasarawa State University, Keffi Four of the 18 presidential candidates in the election, regarded as the front runners, come from the three dominant ethnic groups in the country: Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo. From the north are Atiku Abubakar, a former…

Oct

2022

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Nigeria’s Tinubu pledges to remove fuel subsidy, deregulate gas prices

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MACDONALD DZIRUTWE NIGERIA'S presidential frontrunner Bola Tinubu promised to remove a fuel subsidy if elected next February, adding that his government would ramp up oil production and deregulate midstream gas prices within six months. Nigerians will elect a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari, who steps down next year after serving the two presidential terms mandated by the constitution. The 70-year-old Tinubu, from Buhari's ruling All Progressives Congress, is a former state governor and senator of Lagos, the country's commercial capital. He launched his presidential manifesto in Abuja where he promised to create a Special Enforcement and Monitoring Unit to protect…