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Ex-Nigerian President, Who Led Africa's Most Populated Nation Twice, Dies At 82
Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who led the country twice as a military head of state and a democratic president, has died aged 82.
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Harvard Law Review Elects Its First Black Woman President In 130 Years
Twenty-seven years after it elected a black man as its president for the first time, the esteemed Harvard Law Review voted a black woman to the post, making it the first in its 130-year history. Incidentally, the black man was former US president Barack Obama.
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Nigeria Set to Finally Get Government Ministers
Buhari declared before his election: "Corruption will have no place and the corrupt will not be appointed to my administration."
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Ruling Party Protest Disrupts Nigerian Election Count
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's ruling party today sought to disrupt the results of the general election, accusing the head of the electoral commission of bias.
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Muhammadu Buhari Wins Massive Majority in Key North Nigerian State of Kano
Nigeria's opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari earned a massive victory in the key northern state of Kano, beating his rival, President Goodluck Jonathan, by nearly 1.7 million votes, official presidential election results released Monday said.
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President Goodluck Jonathan Spurned by Nigerian Voters in Boko Haram Heartland
Nigeria's election is in some ways a referendum on President Goodluck Jonathan's record on the economy, power shortages and corruption, but for residents of northeasterly Borno state the key issue was his fight against Boko Haram.
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Nigeria Awaits Tense Poll Results, UN Chief Calls for Calm
Nigerians today awaited the first results of a closely fought general election pitting President Goodluck Jonathan against ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for calm after deadly riots followed 2011 polls.
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Nigerians Vote in First Genuine Contest Since End of Dictatorship
Nigerians voted today in what looks set to be the first genuine electoral contest since the end of military rule in 1999, one in which an opposition aspirant has a fighting chance of unseating the incumbent, President Goodluck Jonathan.
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Nigeria Votes in Tight Presidential Election
Nigerians headed to the polls today to elect a new president in the most closely fought election since independence, framed by Boko Haram violence, economic woes and endemic corruption in Africa's most populous nation.
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Polling Stations Open in Nigerian Presidential Election
Polling stations opened in Nigeria today, the electoral commission said, as voters went to the polls to elect a new president in what is being seen as the closest in the country's history.
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Ex-Nigerian President, Who Led Africa's Most Populated Nation Twice, Dies At 82
Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who led the country twice as a military head of state and a democratic president, has died aged 82.
-
Harvard Law Review Elects Its First Black Woman President In 130 Years
Twenty-seven years after it elected a black man as its president for the first time, the esteemed Harvard Law Review voted a black woman to the post, making it the first in its 130-year history. Incidentally, the black man was former US president Barack Obama.
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Nigeria Set to Finally Get Government Ministers
Buhari declared before his election: "Corruption will have no place and the corrupt will not be appointed to my administration."
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Ruling Party Protest Disrupts Nigerian Election Count
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's ruling party today sought to disrupt the results of the general election, accusing the head of the electoral commission of bias.
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Muhammadu Buhari Wins Massive Majority in Key North Nigerian State of Kano
Nigeria's opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari earned a massive victory in the key northern state of Kano, beating his rival, President Goodluck Jonathan, by nearly 1.7 million votes, official presidential election results released Monday said.
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President Goodluck Jonathan Spurned by Nigerian Voters in Boko Haram Heartland
Nigeria's election is in some ways a referendum on President Goodluck Jonathan's record on the economy, power shortages and corruption, but for residents of northeasterly Borno state the key issue was his fight against Boko Haram.
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Nigeria Awaits Tense Poll Results, UN Chief Calls for Calm
Nigerians today awaited the first results of a closely fought general election pitting President Goodluck Jonathan against ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for calm after deadly riots followed 2011 polls.
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Nigerians Vote in First Genuine Contest Since End of Dictatorship
Nigerians voted today in what looks set to be the first genuine electoral contest since the end of military rule in 1999, one in which an opposition aspirant has a fighting chance of unseating the incumbent, President Goodluck Jonathan.
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Nigeria Votes in Tight Presidential Election
Nigerians headed to the polls today to elect a new president in the most closely fought election since independence, framed by Boko Haram violence, economic woes and endemic corruption in Africa's most populous nation.
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Polling Stations Open in Nigerian Presidential Election
Polling stations opened in Nigeria today, the electoral commission said, as voters went to the polls to elect a new president in what is being seen as the closest in the country's history.
