Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Atiku Abubakar, the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) standard bearer.

The history of presidential elections in Nigeria is characterised by controversies over the credibility of the process but these five picks top the chat. Since Nigeria began its political journey to ...

Nigeria’s electoral commission has postponed governorship elections planned for this weekend by another week, citing limited time to reset its voting machines nearly two weeks after a controversial ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The stakes are high for this weekend’s Nigerian general elections. For Nigerians, ...

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 ...

With Nigeria’s escalating violence, a lot is at stake in the presidential election this week in Africa’s most populous country, according to a Nigerian cardinal. In an interview with CNA, Cardinal ...