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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has returned to Nigeria.<\/p>\n

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Atiku left for the United States on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Atiku\u2019s plane touched down at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja around 3:30pm.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the presidential debate organised by the Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) will hold today, Saturday January 19, in Abuja.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The debate is scheduled to hold by 7pm at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, the same venue where the vice-presidential debate held on Friday, December 14, 2018.<\/p>\n

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It will be transmitted live on all BON member stations and its affiliates and streamed live on all social media platforms.<\/p>\n

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Only five political parties have been selected to participate.<\/p>\n

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They are: the Allied Congress Party Of Nigeria (ACPN), the Alliance For New Nigeria (ANN), All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and The Young Progressive Party (YPP).<\/p>\n

This means the candidates expected at the debate are President Muhammadu Buhari, Atiku Abubakar, Oby Ezekwesili, Fela Durotoye and Kingsley Moghalu.<\/p>\n

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