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In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria's incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, of the All Progressives Congress party, right, greets supporters as he departs from Daura, Nigeria, bound for Abuja, following the postponement of presidential elections, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. Nigeria's presidential candidates on Saturday condemned the last -minute decision to delay the presidential election until Feb. 23. (Bayo Omoboriowo/Nigeria State House via AP)

A look at Nigeria’s top 2 presidential contenders

By SAM OLUKOYA and CARA ANNA - Associated Press

In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, a craftsman dyes cloth with indigo in one of the ancient dye pits of Kofar Mata in Kano, northern Nigeria. The dye pits were founded in 1498 and are said to be the last ones of their kind but some of the craftsmen grumble about competition from Chinese fabrics that have entered the markets and sell for half the price. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Indigo, ash and time mark Nigeria’s centuries-old dye pits

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

16 killed in attack by suspected herdsmen in Nigeria

Associated Press

In this photo taken on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, performers record a music video calling for a peaceful election, at a golf resort outside of Kano, northern Nigeria. Faced with an election that could spiral into violence, some in the popular Hausa-language film industry known as Kannywood assembled this week to shoot an urgent music video appealing to the country for peace. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

In Nigeria, film stars deploy to plead for election peace

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 14, 2018 file photo, Jussie Smollett, a cast member in the TV series &quot;Empire,&quot; attends the Fox Networks Group 2018 programming presentation afterparty in New York. A police official says &quot;Empire&quot; actor is now considered a suspect &quot;for filing a false police report&quot; and that detectives are presenting the case against him to a grand jury. Smollett told police he was attacked by two masked men while walking home from a Subway sandwich shop at around 2 a.m. on Jan. 29. He says they beat him, hurled racist and homophobic insults at him and looped a rope around his neck before fleeing. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Prosecutors: Smollett paid brothers $3,500 for staged attack

By JEFF McMURRAY - Associated Press

Nigeria’s opposition urges military to stay away from vote

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, Zainab Sulaiman Umar, 26, a candidate for the State House of Assembly in Kumbotso constituency, Kano state, speaks to the Associated Press at an activists office in Kano, northern Nigeria. Umar is among dozens of first-time female candidates in a country where the percentage of women in parliament is one of the lowest in the world, under 7 percent, and the idea of a female president brings a belly laugh from many men. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Nigeria’s female candidates seek victory despite harassment

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

An altar boy swings the thurible of incense during a morning service at the Saint Charles Catholic Church, the site of a 2014 bomb attack blamed on Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, in the predominantly-Christian neighborhood of Sabon Gari in Kano, northern Nigeria Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. With the leading contenders both northern Muslims, Nigeria's presidential contest has been largely free of the religious pressures that marked the 2015 vote, but the Christian vote is bound to be decisive in a race that could sweep the incumbent out of power. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

In Nigeria’s tight election, Christian vote is seen as key

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

A man reads a copy of a newspaper which managed to print the news of the postponement in time, in the morning at a newspaper stand in Kano, northern Nigeria Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. Nigeria's electoral commission delayed the presidential election until Feb. 23, making the announcement a mere five hours before polls were set to open Saturday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Nigeria’s candidates blame each other in surprise vote delay

By HILARY UGURU and CARA ANNA and RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

A child leads a blind man as they walk past a wall of campaign posters in Kano, in northern Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. A civic group monitoring Nigeria's now-delayed election says the last-minute decision to postpone the vote a week until Feb. 23 &quot;has created needless tension and confusion in the country.&quot; (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

The Latest: Extremist attack in Nigeria kills 4 civilians

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Nigerians discuss the overnight developments at a newspaper stand selling copies of papers that printed before the postponement was announced, in the morning in Kano, in northern Nigeria Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. Nigeria's electoral commission delayed the presidential election until Feb. 23, making the announcement a mere five hours before polls were set to open Saturday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

The Latest: Nigerian president ‘disappointed’ by poll delay

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A man reads a copy of a newspaper which managed to print the news of the postponement in time, in the morning at a newspaper stand in Kano, in northern Nigeria Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. Nigeria's electoral commission delayed the presidential election until Feb. 23, making the announcement a mere five hours before polls were set to open Saturday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Nigeria delays its election; candidates rush back to capital

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and HILARY UGURU - Associated Press

A young boy scavenges for re-sellable items from garbage on the streets, as he walks past a sign showing incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, left, and local party official Mustapha Dankadai, right, in Kano, northern Nigeria Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. Nigeria is due to hold general elections on Saturday, pitting incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari against leading opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Nigeria delays election until Feb. 23 over ‘challenges’

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

A manual laborer pulls a cart of hay as men drive past on a motorcycle, near the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Kano, northern Nigeria Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Nigeria's main opposition party charged Thursday that the election commission has kept more than 1 million ghost voters on the national register, raising fears of vote rigging ahead of Saturday's presidential election. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

In Nigeria, election spectacle at odds with rampant poverty

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Muslims make traditional Friday prayers at a mosque near to the Emir's palace in Kano, northern Nigeria Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. Nigeria is due to hold general elections on Saturday, pitting incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari against leading opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

The Latest: Nigeria delays presidential vote until Feb. 23

Associated Press

Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, left, shakes hands with opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar after signing an electoral peace accord at a conference center in Abuja, Nigeria Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Nigeria is due to hold general elections on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Nigeria’s youth boom approaches the voting booth frustrated

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

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)

The Latest: Extremists claim attack on Nigerian governor

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

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

This Aug. 14, 2017, tweet from the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi calls out an alleged embassy document as being fake. In Nigeria and other African countries fighting fake news is vexing and divisive, especially as major elections loom. (U.S. Embassy Nairobi/Twitter via AP, File)

Nigeria in battle against fake news ahead of elections

By Rodney Muhumuza Sam Olukoya - 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