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"Former Canadian prime minister Joe Clark, part of a team of election observers in Nigeria, is hopeful that the vote count will run more smoothly than in previous elections — even as a flurry of voting-related deaths are reported in Africa's most populous country.

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"Free and fair elections will elude the nation should political office holders continue to depend on public funds for electioneering activities, the national chairman of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP), Ogbonnaya Onu has said.

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"Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, who lost a Senate bid last fall and is expected to run for re-election next year, is traveling to Nigeria to monitor that country's presidential election this Saturday.

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"Saturday’s National Assembly election has drawn rare praise from major international observer delegations including the Commonwealth and the American-led National Democratic Institute.

"Ahead of the presidential and governorship election, both teams yesterday in Abuja separately issued formal preliminary verdicts on the April 9 parliamentary poll now acclaimed as one of Nigeria’s most peaceful and well conducted."

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"Nigeria's ruling party looked set to see its strong grip on parliament weakened as votes emerged on Sunday from an election that observers said was the fairest for decades in Africa's most populous nation...

"I think it is fair to say this was a real election. It was a real vote," said Kenneth Wollack, president of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), who had also monitored other polls since military rule ended 12 years ago."

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"Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, cannot aspire to a leadership position on the continent if it fails to organise a free and credible poll, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday.