As oil-dependent Nigeria heads towards the elections, the instability of global prices will cause challenges
The drumbeat of war is sounding on the streets as Nigeria prepares for the 2015 elections.
The election, due in February, has been postponed by six weeks to 28 March, ostensibly to allow the electoral commission more time to prepare and to beef up security in the north-eastern part of the country where Boko Haram is strong.
Whichever way the election goes, education and health care are unlikely to be on the agenda
The inability to bring pressure on the oil companies to clean up the Niger Delta has become an election issue
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