Atiku Bubakar, who’s has developed a reputation as an opportunist, will be making his fourth attempt to get the top job.

Even though he spent more time out of the country last year receiving medical treatment that he was behind his desk, the ruling All People’s Congress has endorsed Muhammadu Buhari as its candidate for next year’s presidential election.

And the Peoples Democratic Party has chosen billionaire businessman Atiku Bubakar as its candidate.

Formerly vice president under Olusegun Obassanjo, Bubakar quit that party to join Buhari in power in 2015.

He switched back to the PDP last year, leaving 

Nigerians with an unenviable choice between the unscrupulous and the unwell to lead them. 

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They’ll certainly have a new president replacing Ernest Bai Koroma who’s constitutional term has expired.

And they’ll probably have a more diversified parliament.

There are sixteen presidential candidates contest this election, with the ruling All People’s Congress that run Sierra Leone since independence from Britain in 1961 under threat.

Violence during political rallies has forced former Ghanaian President John Mahama, who is heading the Commonwealth observer team, to play a mediation role.

Poverty, corruption and poor health services are the main issues in this election.

Sierra Leone, which has 150 doctors tending to the population of seven-and-a-half million is still recovering from the devastating Ebola outbreak and a killer mudslide.

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Fuel shortages have brought Nigeria to standstill days before Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration.

Goodluck Jonathan’s legacy will be that he averted a political crisis in Nigeria by quickly conceding defeat in elections against Muhamadu Buhari two months ago.

The new president’s All Progressives Congress cites record lows in electricity production, multiple strikes and billions of dollars in unpaid debts as evidence that Jonathan is deliberately leaving Africa’s largest economy in a mass.

MTN and other telecoms firms have base stations relying on generators for power because of poor or non-existent supply from the electricity grid.

They’re saying the shortage of diesel threatens to collapse their networks.

Local aircraft are grounded and international flights are being diverted to find aviation fuel.

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