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.
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President Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated.
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September 30 — Police rescued women in Lagos who were forced to sell babies.[3]
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^INEC announces dates for 2019 general elections Archived 2019-03-30 at the Wayback Machine Premium Times, 9 March 2019
^Da Silva, Chantal (2019-09-30). "Police Rescue 19 Pregnant Women Raped and Forced to Sell Babies". Newsweek. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
^ISIL-linked group executes 4 hostages in Nigeria: NGO Archived 2020-02-04 at the Wayback Machine Al Jazeera, 13 Dec 2019, retrieved 4 Feb 2020
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^ISIL-linked group claims 'execution of 11 Christians' in Nigeria Archived 2020-02-04 at the Wayback Machine Al Jazeera, 27 December 2019, retrieved 4 Feb 2020