LAGOS (AFP) – Nigeria votes for a president on Saturday with incumbent Goodluck Jonathan favoured to win as Africa's most populous nation bids to hold its cleanest polls for head of state in nearly two decades. Jonathan has staked his reputation on the conduct of the polls, repeatedly promising a free and fair election in the continent's largest oil producer long held back by corruption and with a history of vote fraud and violence. His main challenger is ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, who benefits from significant support in the country's north and has developed a reputation as an anti-graft figure, though his regime in the 1980s was also accused of…
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