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Nigeria Election Expected to Upend Past Political Trends

Nigeria’s fifth presidential election on March 28 is expected to be the tightest since the country returned to democracy in 1999. That’s not the only way this vote might be different. From the balance of political power to the way ballots will be cast, analysts say a number of changes are in store for Saturday’s vote. Disunity among opposition groups has helped the ruling People’s Democratic Party, or PDP, to claim victory in the past four contests. But that changed in 2013, when...

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