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As Nigeria prepares for its presidential election this weekend, younger voters are mobilizing in record numbers to take part

With Nigeria’s presidential elections slated for Saturday 25 February, the country’s independent electoral commission’s offices have suffered several attacks in recent weeks. Concerns over security have been such that its head, Mahmood Yakubu, expressed doubts on 9 January whether the elections could take place.

Ahead of the election, Africa’s largest economy is in a precarious position due to rising debt and low revenue.

Nigerians are getting ready to vote for a new president Saturday in an unprecedented race between three frontrunners, including - for the first time - a candidate who is not from one of the two main parties.

Eighteen political parties are contesting for Nigeria’s presidential elections scheduled for 25 February. Yes, 18 parties. But that’s not the highest number of parties in Nigeria’s election history. The record was in February 2019, when 73 political parties presented presidential candidates.

Nigerians will vote on Saturday in what could be their most credible and close electoral contest since military rule ended nearly a quarter of a century ago - and the first in which a presidential candidate who is not from one of the two main parties stands a chance.

Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Napoli's Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen got on the scoresheet again as the Serie A leaders beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 in their Champions League last 16, first leg on Tuesday.

As Nigeria deals with economic woes and worsening insecurity, Fraser Jackson speaks to a representative of the main opposition, the People's Democratic Party, ahead of Saturday's presidential elections. Also in this edition: Cyclone Freddy makes landfall in Madagascar, and an unusual school bus in Liberia teaches schoolchildren IT skills.

Ruling party candidate promises hope, opposition pledges change as Thursday’s deadline to end campaigns approaches.

London (AFP) - A Nigerian street trader, who accuses the country's former deputy senate president of trying to harvest his kidney in the UK, told a British court on Tuesday that he begged police officers to "save my life".

There are 93.4 million eligible voters for February 25 polls, the sixth since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999.