Tue Mar 31, 2015/Reuters Three decades after seizing power in a military coup, Muhammadu Buhari became the first Nigerian to oust a president through the ballot box, putting him in charge of Africa’s biggest economy and one of its most turbulent democracies. As the scale of this weekend’s electoral landslide […]

Tue Mar 31, 2015/Reuters By Tim Cocks and Alexis Akwagyiram ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian opposition contender Muhammadu Buhari built a lead of over 2.5 million votes with only six states uncounted on Monday, raising the prospect of a stunning ballot box victory for a man who first came to power […]

Mon Mar 30, 2015/Reuters With three quarters of states counted in Nigeria’s election, opposition challenger Muhammadu Buhari had 11.5 million votes against President Goodluck Jonathan’s 9.5 million, official results collated by Reuters showed.