Nigeria's delayed elections

The partisan coverage of Nigeria's vote; plus, the 800 million Indians not deemed newsworthy by their country's media.


Nigerians finally vote on March 28 in a presidential election that has already been postponed once. The two leading candidates are the incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari who was head of state in Nigeria in the 1980s after taking power in a military coup.

It is a battle that has been fought on the political stage and on the airwaves, with stations aligned with each side coming out in full force. For local journalists trying to cover the election there have been myriad challenges - from alleged government censorship, political pressure and the ever present spectre of Boko Haram.

With the growing backlog of journalist visas in the lead up to the vote, the primary challenge for foreign reporters has been getting into the country.