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Nigerian Senate rejects diaspora vote, special seats for women

Muhammadu Buhari's wife Aisha Buhari holds a voting ballot at a polling station in Katsina State, Nigeria. February 2019. [Reuters]

Nigeria's Senate on Tuesday voted to reject changes to the constitution to allow citizens living abroad to vote in national elections, while a provision to allocate special seats for women to increase their political representation failed to pass.

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