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Spotlight | Nigeria
Bola Tinubu continues to weigh up options for his Lagos governorship candidate

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The opposition favourite, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, during the 2023 gubernatorial election in Lagos.
The opposition favourite, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, during the 2023 gubernatorial election in Lagos. © Temilade Adelaja / Reuters

There is still a long way to go before the 2027 general elections, when several governorships will be up for grabs. A few names are already in the running for that of Lagos State, one of the president's strongholds, and it's the head of state himself who'll decide.

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