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Supporters of Nigeria's Labour Party's Presidential Candidate Peter Obi, chants during an election campaign rally at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. 
Elections
‘This is my only hope’: Young Nigerians gear up for presidential election
A man used his mobile phone to read headline news on Twitter inside an office in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, June 7, 2021.
Social media
Nigeria’s indefinite Twitter ban sounds the alarm on free speech
Trump-Buhari at White House
Foreign policy
‘More amusing than disgusting’: Why Trump is so popular in Nigeria
A cyclist drives pasts a campaign poster for President Muhammadu Buhari in a street
Global Politics
Nigeria postpones 2019 elections warning of crackdown on election tampering
Members of the "Bring Back Our Girls" campaign celebrate news that Boko Haram extremists have released 21 young captives.
Conflict
Nigeria’s #BringBackOurGirls campaign celebrates 21 returnees
Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki, a Nigerian schoolgirl rescued after over two years of captivity with Boko Haram militants, presents her child to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Nigeria May 19, 2016.
Global Politics
Rescued Chibok girl meets with Nigerian president
Protestors with the Abuja "Bring Back Our Girls" chapter demonstrate at Unity Fountain in Abuja on January 25, 2015.
Conflict
A new leader in Nigeria sparks new hope for efforts against Boko Haram
Supporters of Nigerian presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari celebrate his election victory on March 31, 2015. Buhari is the first Nigerian to peacefully oust a sitting president under the country's democratic system.
Global Politics
Goodnight for Goodluck: Nigeria’s president concedes election defeat