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<p>A big day for democracy in Nigeria, as the country awaits with bated breath today&#8217;s ruling by the Presidential election petitions tribunal on the case filed by the Peoples’ Democratic Party&#8217;s (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar challenging the outcome of the February presidential elections. For this discussion, Eze Onyekpere Lead director of Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Nigerian election tribunal to give judgement on PDP case, here’s what to expect

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<p>Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is currently inaugurating the ministers-designate and will assign their respective portfolios today. Meanwhile Nigeria&#8217;s ruling party, the All Progressive Party (APP) and main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will adopt the final address at the Presidential election tribunal today. To discuss these developing stories are Tilewa Adebajo, CEO of CFG Advisory and from Abuja, Kyari Bukar, former Chairman of Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) both join CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Nigeria inaugurates ministers-designate: What developments will these appointments bring?

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<p>Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has granted the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to call the witnesses lined up to prove their case. Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (NEC) has directed all political parties to submit their 2019 election expenses list. Chude Achike, a Political Affairs Commentator joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Nigeria election tribunal: PDP to present witnesses

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<p>On the day of the Lagos governorship elections, CNBC Africa caught up with Lagos state Governor-Elect, Babajide Sanwo-Olu at his polling unit and here is what he had to say.</p>


Lagos governor-elect Babajide Sanwo-Olu speaks on elections

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<p>CNBC Africa spoke to Olujimi Agbaje, the candidate of the main opposition party, the People&#8217;s Democratic Party about the Lagos governorship elections.</p>


PDP’s Olujimi Agbaje talks on Lagos governorship elections

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<p>CNBC Africa speaks to Rotimi Oyekanmi, Chief Press Secretary, INEC from the venue of the National Collation Centre in Abuja for an update on Nigeria’s election results.</p>


Nigerian election results trickle in

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<p>CNBC Africa’s Christy Cole spoke Festus Okoye, National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission at the opening of the election result collation centre in Abuja.</p>


Nigeria’s collation centre begins operations

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<p>International observer former Vice-President of The Gambia Fatoumata Tambajang shares her views on the Nigerian elections.</p>


#NigeriaDecides: Former VP of The Gambia Tambajang shares her views on the elections

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<p>Mary Dinah, CEO of Joblink Recruitment Services expresses her frustrations in Ikoyi, Nigeria over voter delays.</p>


Disgruntled voter in Ikoyi, Nigeria shares her frustrations as voting delayed

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<p>Nigeria Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Nigeria Ibe Kachikwu says voting was orderly and peaceful when he cast his vote today. He joins CNBC Africa for an update.</p>


Nigeria Minister Ibe Kachikwu votes, speaks on elections

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<p>Interest in Nigeria’s elections stretch from Kano in the north to Cape Town in the south; Statistics South Africa estimates that over 300 000 Nigerians live in SA. Many of them are watching today’s elections hoping for change. CNBC Africa’s Lubabalo Mashiqana reports from Kempton Park in the south of Johannesburg.</p>


The voice of Nigeria far from home

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<p>As Nigeria heads to the polls CNBC Africa spoke to Former Presidential Candidate, Kowa Party, Remi Sonaiya, for an update of her experience when she cast her vote.</p>


Voting going smoothly says Former Presidential Candidate Remi Sonaiya

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<p>CNBC Africa went on to the streets of Johannesburg, South Africa to speak with the Nigerian in diaspora about the on-going presidential voting, after a week-long delay.</p>


Nigerians in diaspora speak out on presidential elections

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<p>Nigerians finally head to the polls for the keenly contested presidential and national assembly elections. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Christy Cole takes a look at the fall out of an initially postponed election and weighs expectations ahead of today&#8217;s outing.</p>


Nigerians finally head to the polls

<p>ABUJA (Reuters) &#8211; Nigeria’s main opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar said on Monday he will boost oil sector investment, cut costly fuel subsidies and double the size of the economy by 2025 if he wins next year’s presidential election.</p>
<p>The businessman and former vice president portrayed himself as a champion of the private sector as he released his manifesto and set out his plans to stop incumbent Muhammadu Buhari securing a second term in February.</p>
<p>There are few reliable opinion polls in Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer. But Abubakar is seen as a substantial challenger to Buhari, a former military leader who has suffered a run of defections, overseen a stumbling economy and struggled to contain militant violence in the northeast.</p>
<p>The opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate is, like Buhari, a northerner &#8211; but analysts say his business background, in port logistics among other ventures, has won him supporters among the southern business elite.</p>
<p>“I will be proactive in attracting investment and supporting the 50 million small and medium scale enterprises across Nigeria for the purpose of doubling the size of our GDP to $900 billion by 2025,” Abubakar said in a video message.</p>
<p>“These investments will create a minimum of 2.5 million jobs annually and lift at least 50 million people from poverty in the first two years,” he added.</p>
<p>In the manifesto, Abubakar said he would privatise government-owned crude refineries, issue new licenses for greenfield investments in refineries and consider re-introducing bidding rounds for marginal fields and oil blocks.</p>
<p>The plan, the manifesto said, would make sure Nigeria refined half its current crude output of roughly 2 million barrels per day by 2020.</p>
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Nigeria remains largely dependent on sales of oil, which make up roughly two-thirds of government revenues. But it refines almost none of its crude, instead exporting what it produces and paying to import refined products &#8211; a large drain on the country’s wealth.</p>
<p>Abubakar said he would eliminate subsidies on imported fuel and let the market determine the price, a potentially risky strategy in a country where even rumours of price hikes have triggered violence.</p>
<p>The candidate also vowed to invest $90 billion in infrastructure annually over the next five years, and set up a $20 billion infrastructure debt fund with private backing to finance projects.</p>
<p>He said he would sign the African Continental Free Trade Agreement. Buhari has up to now kept out of the continent-wide pact, saying he wants to carry out wider consultations.</p>
<p>Abubakar’s manifesto re-iterated his plan to partially privatise state oil firm Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).</p>
<p>Buhari’s government has tried to keep tight control of exchange rates as the naira weakened in the face of global oil price declines.</p>
<p>Abubakar’s manifesto said the exchange rate controls were an issue. But it stopped short of saying whether he would end them.</p>
<p>Buhari &#8211; who in 2015 became the first opposition candidate to oust a president through the ballot box &#8211; has promised to keep up his campaign against corruption.</p>
<p>Reporting by Alexis Akwagyiram in Lagos and Paul Carsten in Abuja; Editing by John Stonestreet and Andrew Heavens</p>


What Nigeria’s opposition candidate Abubakar promises to do if elected

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<p>Ahead of Nigeria’s 2019 General Elections, main opposition, the People&#8217;s Democratic Party will today screen its presidential aspirants to decide its flag-bearer at the elections. Kenny Okolugbo, Former Commissioner of the Delta State Oil and member of the PDP, joins CNBC Africa from Delta State to shed some light on the screening process and possible outcome.</p>


Nigeria 2019 elections: PDP decides presidential aspirant

<p>LAGOS (Reuters) &#8211; Nigeria’s Senate president on Tuesday became the latest senior politician to leave the ruling party, dealing a new blow to President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of an election next year.</p>
<p>Bukola Saraki, the country’s third most senior politician, defected to rejoin the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), becoming the most high-profile figure to leave the All Progressives Congress (APC).</p>
<p>Last week, 16 lawmakers in the upper house left the APC, as did 32 in the lower house and this month an APC faction said it no longer backed Buhari.</p>
<p>The loss of influential figures and divisions in the party peels support from Buhari within powerful patronage networks and among voters ahead of the election scheduled for February 2019.</p>
<p>“After extensive consultations I have decided to take my leave of the All Progressives Congress (APC),” Saraki said in a statement.</p>
<p>“Today, I start as I return to the party where I began my political journey, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).”</p>
<p>The PDP welcomed Saraki from the APC alongside Ahmed Abdulfatah, governor of Saraki’s home state of Kwara in central Nigeria. The country’s ambassador to South Africa, Ahmed Ibeto, also defected to the PDP after resigning his post, the PDP said.</p>
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<p>The opposition PDP said on Twitter Saraki had “dumped the failed and dysfunctional” APC. The PDP was in power from the start of civilian rule in 1999 until Buhari took office in 2015.</p>
<p>The APC coalition united to unseat Buhari’s predecessor Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 but it is now divided between Buhari loyalists and those who say they have been targeted by him.</p>
<p>Saraki’s supporters said he had for years been targeted by the presidency. He has been dogged by accusations of misconduct and investigations since taking the post in 2015 with the support of opposition lawmakers but has not been convicted.</p>
<p>Saraki’s defection was expected, said Antony Goldman of Nigeria-focused PM Consulting, saying that defections to the APC helped Buhari to defeat Jonathan.</p>
<p>“The challenge now for the opposition will be to overcome factional differences and personal ambitions and find, at this relatively late stage, a credible candidate to challenge President Buhari next February,” he said.</p>
<p>Nigeria’s main opposition parties earlier in July agreed to form an alliance to field a joint candidate to contest the election.</p>
<p>Buhari said in April he would seek another term and he looks set to receive party approval. Party primaries to choose presidential candidates run from Aug. 18 to Oct. 7.</p>
<p>Divisions in the APC emerged since its conference in June when new party leaders were elected and others saw their hopes of party advancement dashed. All but two of the 16 senators who left the APC last week joined the opposition PDP. As a result, the APC has lost its Senate majority.</p>
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<p class="Attribution_content">Additional reporting by Paul Carsten, Felix Onuah and Camillus Eboh in Abuja; Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg</p>
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