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Nigeria: Obi, Tinubu, Atiku… Will identity politics trigger electoral violence in 2023?

In order to gain political advantage ahead of the crucial Presidential election in February 2023, major contenders Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu ... are using every trick in the book, including evoking ethnic and religious sentiments in the people. Will this trigger violence in a heavily divided country?

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje

trouble up north

Nigeria 2023: Will Kano’s APC crises derail Tinubu’s presidential push?

In the last two election cycles, Kano State has produced the largest number of votes for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). APC Presidential ... candidate, Bola Tinubu, has thus invested time and money in Lagos and Kano which he sees as the launch pad for his electoral victory. But a crack within the ranks of the APC in Kano now seems to have thrown a spanner in the works.

Bola Tinubu on 2 June 2022 (facebook/Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu)

opposition research

Nigeria 2023: Will past US drug cash settlement dent Tinubu’s electoral chances?

Details of a 1993 settlement between United States authorities and Nigerian Presidential hopeful, Bola Tinubu, which led to the forfeiture of ... $460,000 suspected to be the proceeds of drug trafficking have resurfaced ahead of the 2023 election. Will this affect Tinubu’s fortunes at the polls?

Nigeria's All Progressive Congress (APC) ruling party presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu attends an APC meeting to unveil the party Vice-Presidential flagbearer in Abuja on July 20, 2022.

catch up cash

Nigeria 2023: Tinubu, Atiku flex financial muscles as Peter Obi seeks funding

It costs upwards of a billion dollars to successfully run a presidential election in Africa’s largest country even though Nigerian law says ... the spending limit is N5bn ($11.2m). With about 100 days to the poll, Lagos godfather Bola Tinubu and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar are definitely not holding back their financial muscles. Will Peter Obi, an outsider, be able to catch up?

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last dance

Nigeria 2023: Tinubu receives major boost as court sacks dancing governor

Nigeria's 'dancing senator' Ademola Adeleke with Nigerian singer Davido

turning tables?

Nigeria 2023: Will Osun State swing to APC in the presidential election?

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Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari arrives at the flag off ceremony of the Kolmani Oil Development in Bauchi State

to the hilt

Nigeria 2023: Are Buhari’s men frustrating Tinubu’s campaign?

last dance

Nigeria 2023: Tinubu receives major boost as court sacks dancing governor

turning tables?

Nigeria 2023: Will Osun State swing to APC in the presidential election?

to the hilt

Nigeria 2023: Are Buhari’s men frustrating Tinubu’s campaign?

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The Victoria Island waterfront is seen from the Ikoyi neighbourhood in Lagos

hot air?

Nigeria 2023: Can Tinubu replicate Lagos success at the national level?

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, boasts of revolutionising the economy of Lagos state when he was governor ... between 1999 and 2007 and bequeathing a blueprint to his successors which has led to economic transformation. Now he says he can replicate the feat in a country facing insecurity, balance of trade deficit and high debt. How feasible is Tinubu’s plan?

erosion dilemma

Nigeria 2023: Tinubu’s path to victory widens as Peter Obi threatens Atiku’s southern base

Nigeria’s main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been consistently winning presidential elections in the Christian areas of the ... south since 1999. However, with the rising popularity of Peter Obi, a southern Christian, the PDP’s path to victory has narrowed. How will this shape the outcome of the polls? Is Peter Obi eating Atiku Abubakar's lunch?

Nigerian election candidates Atiku Abubakar (L) and Bola Tinubu

vote bank

Northern Nigeria turns beautiful bride as Atiku, Tinubu, Obi intensify lobbying for 2023

As campaigns in Nigeria intensify ahead of the highly anticipated presidential election in February, frontrunners Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu ... have shifted focus and resources to the north in search of support and votes in a region still battling poverty and insecurity. The prize? The critical 12 million vote bloc controlled by outgoing president Muhammadu Buhari which many believe will decide the election.

upward journey

Nigeria 2023: MC Oluomo, from area boy to Bola Tinubu campaign council

Musiliu Akinsanya, a man who gained notoriety from extracting money from commercial drivers and traders in the streets of Lagos, could play a ... significant role in determining the victory of presidential hopeful Bola Tinubu, having been appointed into the campaign council of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

pumped up

Nigeria 2023: Tinubu targets oil, blockchain investment, and tax enforcement

Nigerian presidential candidate Bola Tinubu calls for 4 million barrels of crude per day, blockchain regulatory reform, and better tax enforcement ... in a new policy document.

ROLE OF RELIGION

Nigeria 2023: Shettima is Tinubu’s ambassador in the north, he will even resurrect Abacha to prove it

When Southerner Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), chose Northerner and fellow Muslim ... Kashim Shettima as his running mate, howls of protest ensued nationwide.

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