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Three years after the return to civilian rule, Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, is heading once again towards an electoral cycle. The test will be a tough one, every bit as critical to the future of Nigeria and the west-African sub-region it dominates, as the landmark elections which brought an end to military rule in 1999. The government under President Olusegun Obasanjo must prove that it can break a cycle which saw both past attempts by incumbent civilian governments to manage elections in 1965 and 1983 end with the military seizing power. International goodwill is with Nigeria.
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