Nigeria
Buhari's heavyweights line up to face Abubakar in 2023 presidential election

The candidate of the main opposition party, the People's Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar.
The candidate of the main opposition party, the People's Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. © Reuters
By the end of next week, the names of the candidates of the two main parties competing in Nigeria's presidential election, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, will be known. Yet who will stand is still far from clear. [...]
Published on 03.06.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes
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