Nigeria’s voter turnout has been declining since 2007.
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Greater awareness of the importance of voting is needed to improve the voter turnout in Nigeria’s elections.
A delegate gets accredited during the last All Progressives Congress presidential primary.
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Nigeria’s legislators have no constitutional right to force political parties to adopt direct primaries.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari at a campaign rally ahead of the 2019 general elections.
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One year after the 2019 general elections in Nigeria, courts and not the electorate, are busy deciding actual winners of the polls.
Voters in the presidential elections in Abuja, Nigeria.
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The electorate monitored political parties very closely, an indication that democracy in Nigeria is taking root.
Newspaper headlines following the decision by Nigeria’s National Electoral Commission to delay the country’s poll.
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Regardless of how the elections are conducted on the new dates announced, losing parties will blame the postponement for their defeat.
Nigerians get ready to cast their vote on February 16.
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More than half of Nigeria’s 51% registered voters are aged between 18-35 years.