Nigeria: Presidential elections postponed to March 28 due to security concerns

Opinion polls suggest that the vote is too close to call in what is likely to be the most tightly contested election since decades of military dictatorship ended in 1999.

Jonathan’s party has won every election since then, however, the failure of the military to curb the 5-year Islamic uprising, growing corruption and an economy hit by slumping oil prices have hurt the president of Africa’s biggest oil producer and most populous nation of about 170 million.

Source: Agencies

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