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Nigerian women attend an inter-faith prayer rally organized by the Freedom and Justice Party in Abuja, Nigeria, Thursday Feb. 14, 2019. Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari is to face opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakarin on Saturday, Feb. 16 in Nigeria's general election. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Nigeria in last day of campaigning warned to ‘choose wisely’

By CARA ANNA and RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

A supporter of Nigerian presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, of the People's Democratic Party, attends an election campaign rally at the Tafawa Balewa Square, in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. Nigeria goes to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Nigeria’s candidates mix peace pledge with election threats

By CARA ANNA and RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, file photo, Nigeria's incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress Party, center, gestures during an election campaign rally at the Teslim Balogun stadium in Lagos, Nigeria. Nigeria's government is acknowledging a resurgence of Islamic extremist violence. The near-daily attacks have many traumatized Nigerians questioning whether they can vote for President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, as he seeks a second term. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Islamic militants’ deadly resurgence threatens Nigeria polls

By Haruna Umar and Cara Anna - Associated Press

In this Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, file photo, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari waves to the crowd during the 58th anniversary celebrations of Nigerian independence, in Abuja, Nigeria. The United States and European Union are expressing concern after Nigeria's president suspended the country's chief justice on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, three weeks before the presidential election, with the U.S. warning it could "cast a pall" over the vote. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga, File)

Muhammadu Buhari Nigeria presidential re-election threatened by terror, economy

By Ali Abare Abubakar – Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 8, 2015 file photo, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, left, stands next to Oby Ezekwesili, a coordinator of the 'Bring Back Our Girls' campaign, at the presidential residence in Abuja, Nigeria. The woman who led the global campaign to free Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists is dropping out of the race for Nigeria's presidency, it was announced Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. Oby Ezekwesili is the most prominent woman to seek the presidency in Nigeria, where politics, as in many African nations, have long been dominated by men. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga, file)

AP Explains: Why Nigeria’s election faces multiple threats

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 1, 2018 file photo, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari waves to the crowd during the 58th anniversary celebrations of Nigerian independence, in Abuja, Nigeria. The United States and European Union are expressing concern after Nigeria's president suspended the country's chief justice on Friday Jan. 25, 2019, three weeks before the presidential election, with the U.S. warning it could &quot;cast a pall&quot; over the vote. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga, File)

US, EU express concern after Nigeria chief justice suspended

By BASHIR ADIGUN - Associated Press

FILE - In this B/W file photo dated circa 1983, showing President of Nigeria Shehu Shagari, at a press conference in Lagos. The 93-year old Shehu Shagari, Nigeria's second president whose civilian tenure was sandwiched between military rulers, has died and Nigeria's current President Muhammadu Buhari, said on Saturday Dec. 29, 2018, that he mourns &quot;the departure of a patriot.&quot; (AP Photo)

Former Nigerian President Shehu Shagari dies at 93

Associated Press

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron, left, before a lunch at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. World leaders, investment funds and energy magnates promised Tuesday to devote new money and technology to slow global warming at a summit in Paris that President Emmanuel Macron hopes will rev up the Paris climate accord that U.S. President Donald Trump has rejected. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Muhammadu Buhari, president of Nigeria, denies rumors he died and was replaced by body double

By Sam Olukoya - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday Oct. 1, 2018 file photo, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari waves to the crowd during the 58th anniversary celebrations of Nigerian independence, in Abuja, Nigeria. Nigeria's president on Sunday Dec. 2, 2018, took the extraordinary step of denying rumors that he died and was replaced by a body double, telling the country that he is alive and well. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga, File)

Nigerian president says he’s alive, not an impostor

By SAM OLUKOYA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, May 29, 2015 file photo, Nigerian President elect, Muhammadu Buhari, arrives for his Inauguration at the eagle square in Abuja, Nigeria. Shocked by a deadly new series of extremist attacks on soldiers, Nigeria's president on Wednesday Nov. 28, 2018, backed off past declarations that Boko Haram has been defeated and urged the military to &quot;rise to the challenge.&quot; (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Nigeria tries to rally troops as extremists’ toll revealed

By SAM OLUKOYA - Associated Press

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that Boko Haram has been decimated. However, Nigerians are become skeptical of that assertion.

President Muhammadu Buhari faces skepticism about Boko Haram claims as vote looms

By Ali Abare Abubakar Special to The Washington Times

More post-World Cup turmoil for Nigeria soccer federation

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 30, 2018.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump says U.S. will continue fight against Boko Haram

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Students from the Government Science and Technical School in Dapchi, Nigeria, worry about kidnappings. (Ali Abare Ábubakar/Special to The Washington Times)

Boko Haram schoolgirl kidnappings undercut Nigerian president’s claims of demise

By Ali Abare Abubakar - Special to The Washington Times

Illustration on Nigerian terrorism by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

U.S. sanctions: Hit Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buharia too

By Bruce Fein and Aloy Ejimakor

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

U.N.-Nigeria stance on Biafrans

By Bruce Fein

Nigeria adrift as leader in London for month of treatment

By KRISTA MAHR - Associated Press

FILE- In this file photo taken Friday, May 29, 2015, Nigerian President elect, Muhammadu Buhari, arrives for his Inauguration at the eagle square in Abuja, Nigeria. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's nearly month-long medical leave in London is reminding his country's taxpayers that while they finance their leaders' health care abroad, they often are stuck with decrepit, ill-staffed government health facilities at home. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Nigerian leader extends sick leave abroad as citizens suffer

By MICHELLE FAUL - Associated Press

Nigerian soldiers man a checkpoint in Gwoza, Nigeria, a town newly liberated from Boko Haram, on April 8, 2015. (Associated Press)

Nigeria, battling Boko Haram in north, faces new threat from ‘Niger Delta Avengers’ in south

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power speaks to members of civil society groups at the U.S. Embassy in Yaounde, Cameroon, Sunday, April 17, 2016. Power is visiting Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria to highlight the growing threat Boko Haram poses to the Lake Chad Basin region. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Boko Haram still a threat months after ‘technical victory’

By BRADLEY KLAPPER - Associated Press