Nigeria presidential race sparks to life; Senate leader runs
LAGOS, Nigeria –
Nigeria's presidential race sparked to life on Thursday with the announcement by Senate president Bukola Saraki that he intends to run next year.
Saraki is the most well-known challenger yet to President Muhammadu Buhari, the former military dictator who won office in 2015 with vows to fight widespread corruption and Boko Haram extremists in Africa's most populous nation. Both have proven to be difficult tasks.
The 75-year-old Buhari has repeatedly faced questions about his health after extended stays in Britain for health treatment, while offering few details. He has said he will run for a second term.
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The challenger's first name is Bukola, well, that sounds African in origin and does not sound like Mohammed or some other names. One can talk about backwardness in Africa all they want; but I'll leave it to our military to decide that fighting terrorism there is important and that the population there will really grow by 2100, Nigeria alone may surpass the US population. There might be global implications.
