- In this Q&A, Crisis Group outlines what is at stake and how key actors are preparing for the polls.
Why are these elections significant, and how do they differ from Nigeria’s other post-1999 polls?
On 25 February 2023, Nigeria will hold presidential and federal parliamentary elections, followed by gubernatorial and state legislative elections on 11 March.
After eight years in office, 80-year-old President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is due to step down, as are seventeen of the 36 powerful state governors…