Ruth Olurounbi

Nige­ria’s forth­com­ing pres­i­den­tial elec­tion is a de­par­ture from the tra­di­tion­al two-man race. Can Ra­biu Kwankwa­so win?

Lo­cals say ris­ing trav­el and food costs have made the hol­i­day sea­son more ex­pen­sive and are keep­ing fam­i­lies apart.

For years, the oil firm has been plagued with fi­nan­cial trans­paren­cy is­sues. An­a­lysts say go­ing com­mer­cial could fix it.

The 70-year-old will slug it out against the op­po­si­tion’s 75-year-old can­di­date to suc­ceed 79-year-old Pres­i­dent Buhari.

Both the gov­ern­ing par­ty and lead­ing op­po­si­tion will de­cide the can­di­dates that face off to suc­ceed Muham­madu Buhari.

Rul­ing and op­po­si­tion par­ty mem­bers call for the res­ig­na­tion of the cen­tral bank gov­er­nor who is run­ning for pres­i­dent.

There’s been a mul­ti­tude of in­ter­est from heavy­weights and has-beens to suc­ceed Muham­madu Buhari as Niger­ian pres­i­dent.