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Tolu Ogunlesi, Adewale Maja-Pearce and Aminu Abubakar

Tolu Ogunlesi, Adewale Maja-Pearce and Aminu Abubakar

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Has Nigeria's ruling party brought 'power to the people'? We fact-check electoral claims

Nigeria has been ruled by the same political elite since military rule ended in 1999. The current government of Goodluck Jonathan has faced mounting criticism over its record on corruption and security, with billions of dollars of oil revenue unaccounted for and an Islamist insurgency raging in the ...

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