2019 Nigerian general election was on 16 February 2019 to elect the President and the National Assembly.[1][2] They were the sixth quadrennial elections since the end of military rule in 1999. Presidential primaries are likely to be held during the last six months of 2018.
The elections was delayed by one week.
2019 Nigerian general election: General elections were held in Nigeria on 23 February 2019 to elect the President, Vice President, House of Representatives and the Senate. The elections had initially been scheduled for 16 February, but the Electoral Commission postponed the vote by a week at 03:00 on the original polling day, citing logistical challenges in getting electoral materials to polling stations on time. In some places, the vote was delayed until 24 February due to electoral violence. Polling in some areas was subsequently delayed until 9 March, when voting was carried out alongside gubernatorial and state assembly elections.[3]
May
President Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated.
September
September 30 — Police rescued women in Lagos who were forced to sell babies.[4]
The security and humanitarian situation in Nigeria remained fragile and precarious, especially North-East Nigeria. According to the 2019 Global Risk Index, Nigeria ranked the highest in the overall projected risk in socio-economic vulnerability, inequality and food insecurity. Although the presidential and State elections held in March 2019 were largely peaceful (with the incumbent president re-elected), transition at the Federal and State levels, affected the pace of humanitarian activities, especially those that required high level engagements with the Government.[8]
Deaths
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