Nigeria postpones election just hours before polls due to open theguardian.com

Nigeria’s electoral commission has delayed the presidential election until 23 February, making the announcement just five hours before polls were set to open Saturday. It cited unspecified “challenges” amid reports that voting materials had not been delivered to all parts of the country.
“This was a difficult decision to take but necessary for successful delivery of the elections and the consolidation of our democracy,” commission chairman Mahmood Yakubu told reporters in the capital, Abuja. He said more details would be released on Saturday afternoon.