Nigeria poll signals profound political shift
The election result is the first time in Nigeria's history that an opposition party has taken power via the ballot box
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- Voting patterns
- North
- South-west
- South-east and south-south
- Institutional strength
- International community
- Buhari's challenges
- Coalition constraints
- Economic woes
- Whither the PDP?
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_350.jpg "Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, speaks during the Nigeria Labour Congress in Abuja (Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde)")