is announced that she is running for president in 2024. she is the 2nd republican to seat the parties nomination after former president donald trump and out his bid in november. she criticized the democrats in her campaign announcements and said it was time for a new generation of republican leaders that america's founding print republicans have lost the popular vote in 7 out of the last 8 presidential election. that has to change. jo biden's record is abysmal, but that shouldn't come as a surprise. the washington establishment has failed us over and over and over again . i'm nikki haley and i'm running for president. and on that note, a new bank, c, artwork, highlighting violence against women and girls has been unveiled. here in the u. k. the work is title that valentine's day mascara. it was painted on a wall in the city of margate. mural depicts a caricature image of the 1950s housewife pushing a man into a freezer. the woman is shown to be smiling despite having a swollen eye and

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the quakes were as big as atomic bombs. here miss. alt to schubert junior, you shall country has been shaken with 2 earthquakes with the sky o owned him city. it has never been seen in our history under we have seen the 2 biggest disasters in the history of the turkish republic. one after another, since the earthquake and earth lincoln in 1939 or do yoga jupiter jin corporate, the disaster happened in an area closer to the service compared to other earthquakes . now history from the other and this increased the effect of the disruption. it brought an image equal to hundreds of powerful atomic bombs, either foreign ministers from the united states, germany, france, italy, in the u. k. of issued a joint statement condemning israeli settlement activity. it comes after israel's government decided to authorize 9 illegal outpost in the occupied west bank 5 countries. a they asked, they strongly oppose the unilateral actions,

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much habit dean nigeria as presidential candidates are making their final bids for public support. and what is expected to be one of the most closely contested elections in years, millions of nearly registered voters could ultimately decide who will be chosen to tackle a range of economic insecurity challenges. here's what 3 of the leading candidates have been saying. oh i, i sean, i'd be happy to know for a joining us to discuss the election from lagossi renew,

or to walla project director at hub and g r, and the human rights advocate and community organizer idiots hasn't director at the center for democracy and development of policy advocacy and research organization, she is joining us from a buddha. and last but not least, remo egbert julie is africa editor at al jazeera. he is in abidjan in the ivory coast. and of course, you can be part of the conversation here at the stream, send us your thoughts through our live youtube chat. i want to start with a basic kind of outline of the candidates. let's start, there are mo, could you maybe talk us through these top 4 candidates, some of whom we just heard from their right away. there is an election where you have to kind of this on the not to from the south for the really the apc you have to time for me because it's very, very pop. you have a pico,

who's the only one of our service at the national level and vice president initially, and it has government a demo, la metrics in wayne, going to be vice president. you have to be on the legal party who is a 210 governor being governor and number in the southeast. and then you had a brand new facility who is a to can governor of canada was also the defense that came in the united people's party. even in the sprite, korean men from the most popular, but it goes on up to 6. certainly. and it seems like the 2 party system is being disrupted by peter there. as you outlined, i want to ask you renew. maybe we take a step back. what's the mood in the country like i know that there have been a lot of concerns around the economy. inflation high unemployment, particularly with youth. how would you describe things a couple days before the election?

well, thank you very much. i would say that, but the reality of many 9 givens today is, well, betty is insecurities for leadership position rise, corruption, inadequate facilities columbia. i don't know if you know the wag events in england, shots, coffee, i mean currency of the narrow a nigeria. so this is, there's a lot going on in the country nigerians. ah, but the us, the i last, eric, you know, of william over knoxville police brutality and then the insecurity taking place in several parts of the country. we also have an unprecedented humanitarian crisis and not to forget the 60 of us exhibit and you'd unemployment rates in the country. so that's a lot going on up when i gibbons i live but still with the lead shuns, just like a rama, said that considerable interest and involvement and usually from the you'd angle, ah, many of them are open to participate. some of them are fresh dying, some of them are 2nd time seen this elections. i'm supposed to have

a saying would the next country does have going to be a darcy, that the elections will be quite interesting. we've had the little, well, i lot of come in contributions and then was interesting but these know what he can't really see who is going to be the next president. so we will wait. then we'll see natal i am, i guess, i guess that's how it should be. i mean, you outlines so many challenges that the countries facing there. i want to ask you idiots when you here are your 2 colleagues there, framing this election. i know that my jury has been in recession twice just in the last 7 years. a lot of people looking to the future, hoping for a real change. how would you frame this election? what's the mood like for you? what's your major concern? i think their selections is sports. we can see the same make all my elections from nigeria on one hand. thank you. and i very excited to be going to the pause. they feel finally that they have a better option aside from to,

to dominance parties. now there is no excuse to said that you have to choose the lesser of the 2 evils you are for, for medieval candidates. hall will potentials of imagined women at one point of the order. and it's also an opportunity for them to re negotiate development. when you look at the into z as in, particularly among the young people, you see that look, dis, they're saying like, look that we have default, we have over 39 percent on the registered voters, least. and if we can hand this how power we can actually ensure that there is a change such as the economy can actually walk for the young people, we can what for the poor such that these the oldest challenges of insecurity can finally be address aligning so. so the whole day was a sofa short the short last yeah. it was. god knows wayne. yeah. so. so if this opportunity is lost, renew you wanted to jump in there, go ahead. i me, she's correct. is this up what she needs is lost?

i think that there will be a lot of all set up rushed. ah, fleming gibbons because what like i said, well, we actually have the last aint, and i'm hoping that these could lead you to change the country poet. ah, you can also see that look on that you seen those id number is an increase in registered voters, the selection i'm one of those numbers that you spend most no much time to actually reach out to young people. meaning, like i said, it's conceivable. ajax, i'm bullied me to speak. i'm glad you brought that up because, you know, we, we actually saw, i think it's nearly 10000000 new voters that have been registered. right. and 84 percent of them are under the age of $34.00. so i had a 1000000 went over 9000000 unregistered fences. in fact, i'd like to hear from some of them. this is a clearance from 1000000 of them were young people. fantastic here, all the stats that you need. now, i want to share with you what some of them have to say after receiving their voting cards. this is from january to listen. looking for the post them i'm very excited. wanted to do at the size my what's in the right. what's in the right people in so

governmental to make nigeria greets and what doesn't, i mean i felt was still the needs the need for change. wasn't that high? what right now, something is a very clear that it's time that we chancy shown to the younger generation rules. and that's why if i don't please, now when will i do renew? i see that you're nodding there. i want to ask you though, okay, there's some hope there's some extra susie awesome. they know that they're a big block. maybe this is the moment that they're taken seriously, but i have to wonder, i mean youth unemployment, a real issue in the country. no. yes. and i does also contribute dead to load up a theme. the country model that 60 percent of young people in nigeria are unemployed and we can compare that to a country to quickly, truly big country of their own. i'm also we will look at the state of human rights in the con g at that led to the widespread for existing 2020. can see that that leaves a lot of dissatisfaction with the system. but like i said, i'll,

we have young people to no longer have to choose between the dev one, the blue. see right. i know that to be it was a nik. i'm as a precedent now we have candidates that we can truly vulnerable and you can see that i may not even and you read on entire ward can see at the entity. asthma of young ladies and senior drinks. and right, i'm and i'm a lot of both young. i am a lot of other than the young nigerians aramark. i'm not mistaking supporting peter o b or at least that's what it seems like from where i'm sitting. what would you like to add? it looked like you wanted to jump in there. and then i wanted to add to the point about so many and actually unemployed people that it could be a country employee 2153 and 9 speaking in positive. right? that's more than the population of the country now in the entire continent. right. so that's one. another thing to note is that immense institute the, across my mind and then not you have around. i know that what

a factions, right, children were born in 2009 we began there'll be a little boy in the next election. right. so you actually look at the problems that young people have to realize you're finally going to have to both about many people . many people would probably be yeah, look like that's going to be the kids also have to remember what me and the not where you're the most popular in the country. right. and there's also a lot of young. yeah, we cannot presuppose them. one only knows that right, but the one thing that we can agree on for sure is that most of the book does, i think the 3 quarters of the new book, as i know people, you know, some of them are students who are be met last year for example, for example, they will strike each month and that's right. was the 15th or the 16th strike that

lecture that going on since 1999. you have 3 teen strike everyone in the last place . yes. but, but right now, go ahead. let's hear from renew for let's hear from reno 1st. if we can reno, go ahead. then we'll come back to you. yes. talking about talking about the students, you know, actually make up about 40 percent of the new stuff that i've recently been registered. you see a recent presidential candidate also telling them that they would spend 8 yes. in school other than usual for yes. and i, that's it. that many of them. and yeah, and the nice, you know, i think the nigerian university comission as also make sure the student go back to vote so many of them are going to actually be taking bots in this election. i'm be showing the anger, frustration at the see standard has kept them out to him for almost a year. also. i think a lot of them, i frightened about the promises from the different residential candidate. i mean, how can you say that i will you promise me that i will spend more?

yes. then then i should be in the, in the, in the school. so i think it's right. i love them, but i'm not quite fair enough. go ahead. turn off it it go ahead. ok. ok. but it's also important to i liked that young people. it's not a more no. you'd see category. most of this young people actually support in ms. p . t o b y audits esl puts in corklin. so fanatically, while the audits esl what's in did 2 dominant shirty candidates as well. so he's caught up with us. it's bread. it depends on the turnout on the day of elections. it's tough. i'm sure that the few days will will be annoying. by the time we are able to analyze the numbers of people who actually collect a debt, permanent votes as cut and which category did to actually belong to. i appreciate the no, i was go ahead, go ahead. terrible. no, i was just going to again through that point right on there,

sometimes it does work from the top of my direct your tendency to look at from one point. but do you want to see one of the countries one or 2 people into one category? so that people levels of education somewhat linked with the client, right. and so it's important that we can see the commanders from being generated by one of the candidates, right? people in the north or in the center of the country for example. they also have preferences. so i think that's also something to note because we are very weak and to find preferences and, you know, it's kind of in the setting, you know, most certainly, and i really appreciate you know, that you making as understand, you know, it's not as if all the youth vote in one way or all women vote in one way or even one ethnic group or what have you. i do want to share with you because the 3 of you

outlines so in such detail, sort of all the mounting challenges. let's listen to what koko pony santi had to say, outlining some of the key challenges nigerians face. take a look no fully changes i see are coming with them were though rich kitchen have whatever kitchen system to be less. and i will perform one election day, particularly how quickly i like to go to respond to that can issue has to do with the that you noticed in our notes that i guess and then also the foolish to use and not how that is lou effect movement on election day and the 3rd issue is to do it is the community and how weiss great it will be on the election day and with i have to act on the 10 out. and lastly is said this information misinformation and

how the deny that treat waiting to his form or react to force information disseminated on election india at the end there, one of the challenges we haven't discussed is dis information. how do you think that's factoring into this election? is it i think that's one of the biggest challenge in to selections because information is actually being weaponized. and there is actually it's in line between the online, under offline in nigeria. so when people think about just like 32000000 over to, to 1000000 people online, how does that get to the over 200000000 read on nigerians? it's just like like this it's, it's very, very broad. and what is being said, online is abilene puts candidates offline and in a different, in different sets of way. in this election we are saying that people are not even yet weaponized in information to glue. if i get candidates we i hear me know some

spurious teens. some candidates up don, when we know they are not really achievable, it's been used to de legit, demise opposing candidates as well as institution which plays a very important role. by the time you release into court, you're talking about the bi mode of what's acquisition system. yeah. because now people do not even have trust in that system. people can not sick direct from long, right? all the blood test register itself as a challenge while they are as much as possible weaponized in modeling formation, india selection, right? and then you know, renew. i have to say weapon izing misinformation. it seems like, as you said at the beginning of this conversation, nobody really knows who's going to win. but with that said, there have been so many different concerns about things, including the central bank. i was reading earlier today. people not being able to withdraw money as we heard. i actually let me, let me play this clip for our audience. it's a man in northern nigeria who's angry,

specifically at the fuel and cash or to just take a listen. what he's, i'm good with of what i owe money in the day. so your bunk key point government product at all. i wanted to talk about the deposit on our money a study guide you face. do you want to talk on monday? but no, you cannot fix your own money. i don't got many seats. i mean, he asked the question there when or what's your answer? well, just like it said, the, the government access to deposit our own money and we can't even collect it. i but then it see to put on to notes that this is not the 1st time that these governments will be doing such an enquiry. was our military head of state in 1984 and the same disastrous policy was enact that den web. people couldn't collect their money, many of our in the sign of government saying that he will ensure that politicians are able, i'm not able to buy boats. and many are seen that the hardship is simply to watch.

the government is absent in a lot of people's lives and still they cannot access their own money to buy that things that they need their own money. so like the man said, a lot of nigerians are angry and i expect that to showing this elections. but mine will be high, but by is already on the way because of the issues that we mentioned alia will be diets from aramark from, i don't to call you as well that. and then given i truly going to a lot and like i said, it would my name on the way, but a lot of my jobs are also going to be what's in the basement. each of them that's our most will to then and the fact that in one of the world's most pop up, our biggest, biggest oil producers we didn't already was out was there was custody currently in the country. the fact that i'm the person who promised us i was going to write the corruption gibbons in the country. i, as i said, as a precedent and walk of ocean even in march. so a lot of measurements, i'm the right. thank you, thought they did as a young person as well. you know, you just don't matter most to me as the social. so i think that these are what i do and will be put in. i'm got and i'm glad that you're repeating this line. i know

that you wanted to jump in there, irma but, but, but this idea that nigerians are angry, i want to share with you a comment that's in our are you to chat here from bonaventure, eugene, saying the voter turnout will be massive, but i hope, thugs, won't disrupt or create fear among voters. that anger might turn into violence. irma, what were you going to jump in and say, i was going to jump in the country where the new part of the ball and everything. right. we might tell someone that africa for the, for many in the neighbor had, and electricity for 247 on the, on the plan will have 2 quotes. well, you know, even do it just the mission way. you know, there's also work abilities happening everyday. for example, this cash flap and what it is going to happen as a result of the outcome is going to be the people who are trying to draw up into

the report. going to be even more than truckload. you know, because it's going to tell you, for example, or money the need, my bad one now you asked me to bring to you, but i can withdrawing. right? you know, so i'm going to be something that we have to call and i to many people in the lecture, you're going to get the much like what i'm pretty much like on our elections. and we have been in about 2 electrons. well, maybe that maybe that wouldn't be necessarily the worst thing. i mean, i don't want to be flipping about it, but i, but i do, i wouldn't, it wouldn't be on the, on the one that you mentioned, you know, so many elections are quite dense. there's a lot of 10, especially in the country, come and be we have a lot of issues the welcome back to back on the not east due to the non class. every part of the country is almost in chaos right now due to the insecurity that

is happening well. and this will take care of the audience if i can renew, i just want to share like, you know, in the north and i think they're back to me. she's let me go ahead and get all right. it seems as though we're having a little bit of a lag there. renew you were saying something. and i think i wouldn't tell you what the lead that you about to show the god in the past that a lot of criminals. i actually don't 13 in different part of the country didn't use so but, and she and no longer in culture, i didn't get any. i mean, conclude that i couldn't, you know, not any time and, and i think your audio was putting out there, but we did want to share and just visualize for audience, you know, in the northwest, a lot of concerns around banditry also and the slamming state affiliates of course boca had, i'm in the north east in the southeast. they're separate his movements in the central areas. of course, there's the conflict with the farmers. this is just what i was trying to share with our audience, to, to visualize where you were saying about, you know,

much of the country if not all of the countries in crisis. and with that in mind, often when there's a crisis, i think of who can solve that will maybe women. i want to ask you, you know, because we've, we've talked a lot about this might being, you know, this selection, maybe it being an opportunity for women. we do have a clip of one woman who is running for a state governorship. of course, it's a separate round of voting for those who are not familiar with the nigerian election system, but still very much aiming to break that glass ceiling there. take, listen. this is a moment of female actress to night. jenny have walked one o woman from a major political party becoming a candidate for governor, and she is a from tra, i should be any overcame religious and cultural barriers in the patrick of society to get to you. she says it's been worth the struggle. it gives woman, it gives, so

a daughters and gives us says to the aunties, them, what does the confidence that to yes or soul ah, who wore men can walk towards buying what ever elective position the desire renew. i'm curious, are you enthusiastic that this may be a shift ah, for women all over the country in terms of being kind of a galvanized to occupy higher offices. and i am sod because if you look on the 2019 elections as opposed to 2020 elections, you will see that those in decline in the number of women political candidates who are coming up in the political, very nigeria. which means that they said there's an issue if that could be a reduction. we set up an increase ivy cynthia as well. you had a talk soon and, and that cannot be, oh, sure, you know, ah, you can trace that to them isn't a talks on the, you know, women leaders and political candidates. what recently

a woman you know, was killed in cartoon. i went out the label patsy. was assassinated and so that's a little odd. logical balance get to was women in nigeria, they're not usually seen as people who should lead someone and i'm thought that we have less women were contesting for political seats on the other. and you have women like these and although are wonderful women what and showing that the stand your ground, the respective of the political climate to spread people that bad. but a political systems are gone by good fathers and all of that that still stand in the ground to ensure and adequately that women adequately represent it. so i does in school and what, what this women because the, which in the future. thank you. all right, go ahead, add that. yeah, i want to add that it will be very, very important to a one b to me. i mean, is it the only one that ever had expressed about it? know what i'm going to hand right. this is a democracy. it's not this, this is a cool book around your go daddy. yeah,

because in my tried that, wasn't it being so it was not just a generic right. that of course i appreciate you ending on that. note that sadly, all the time we have for today's conversation, but of course, so many concerns around the cues, the voter registration process. and even on youtube, as we've heard from some people concerned that polling stations across the country might not all be open. so a conversation we will continue here where you can always find us online at stream dot al jazeera dot com. thanks. tar guess. thanks for watching. ah, ah.

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