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President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Abuja from Katsina, where he had gone to vote in the 2019 presidential and other elections. The elections have since been postponed by a week. The news of President Buhari’s arrival in Abuja was conveyed in a tweet by his Special Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, via his verified Twitter handle, @BashirAhmaad. See the tweet:

web search © Getty Images Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson Manchester United have confirmed that Alex Ferguson will manage his old club in the special 'Treble Reunion' match at Old Trafford in May. Ferguson retired in 2013 after leading United to their 20th top-flight title, which remains the last time they were crowned champions of England. The 77-year-old's finest achievement of his hugely successful 27 years at the club was the treble of Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League titles in 1999. United are to hold a commemorative match against Bayern Munich on May 26 to mark the 20th anniversary of their meeting in that famous European final in Barcelona. The Red Devils have now confirmed that Ferguson will be taking charge of the home team for the match, which will raise money for the Manchester United Foundation.  "I'm really looking forward to what will be a special day at Old Trafford," Ferguson, who was hospit...

Nigeria — Nigerians awakened on Saturday to find the presidential election delayed a week until Feb. 23 because of what the electoral commission called unspecified "challenges." The top candidates condemned the decision and blamed each other but appealed to Africa's largest democracy for calm, while they rushed back to the capital to learn more about what went wrong. The postponement was announced a mere five hours before the polls were to open. The decision is a costly one, and authorities now must decide what to do with already delivered voting materials in a tense atmosphere where some electoral facilities in recent days have been torched. Some bitter voters in the capital, Abuja, and elsewhere who traveled home to cast their ballots said they could not afford to wait another seven days. They warned that election apathy could follow. The party backing top opposition challenger Atiku Abubakar accused President Muhammadu Buhari's administration of "inst...

© Provided by Euronews SA The United States says Nigeria’s presidential elections slated for today, February 16, is critical to the future of democracy in the country and across Africa. The U.S. view was contained in a press release following calls between Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo and the two main aspirants in the race – President Muhammadu Buhari and ex-VP Atiku Abubakar. Pompeo spoke to both men with barely 24-hours to the polls and stressed Washington’s support for the Nigerian goal of a free, fair and credible poll that reflects the will of the voters. “The Secretary noted the conduct of the elections is critical for the future of democracy in Nigeria and across Africa,” a statement attributed to him said. Buhari is seeking a second and final term in charge of Africa’s most populous nation and its largest economy. He came to power in 2015 becoming the first opposition candidate to defeat an incumbent – at the time Goodluck Jonathan. The impact of Nigeria’s politic...

Someone needs to tell me just one good thing that buhari has done that has brought good to this country ? Just one not two and i will vote for him. Mahmood Yakubu inec chairman has been paid to postpone #Elections2019 simple. Atiku must win buhari must go

© Getty Atiku Abubakar Nigeria's two main political parties on Saturday hit out at a decision by the country's election watchdog to push back presidential and parliamentary elections by a week. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) blamed the postponement on logistical difficulties, after reports of widespread problems in the distribution of voting materials. Yet both the ruling All Progressives Congress and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party blamed the other for orchestrating the delay as a way of manipulating the vote. President Muhammadu Buhari's campaign spokesman Festus Keyamo for the APC said the news was a "huge disappointment" and hit out at INEC for being unprepared. Keyamo called on the body to remain impartial "as the rumour mill is agog with the suggestion that this postponement has been orchestrated in collusion with the... PDP". "We have earlier raised the alarm that the PDP is bent on discrediting t...

web search   © The Associated Press A young boy scavenges for re-sellable items from garbage on the streets, as he walks past a sign showing incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, left, and local party official Mustapha Dankadai, right, in Kano, northern Nigeria Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. Nigeria is due to hold general elections on Saturday, pitting incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari against leading opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) KANO, Nigeria — Nigeria's electoral commission delayed the presidential election until Feb. 23, making the announcement a mere five hours before polls were set to open Saturday. It cited unspecified "challenges" amid reports that voting materials had not been delivered to all parts of the country. Residents of Africa's most populous nation and largest democracy will soon wake up to outrage. Many had relocated for the chance to vote. "This was a difficult decision to take...