Last updated: 14 january, 2011 - 10:07 GMT
Goodluck Jonathan wins PDP presidential nomination
The president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has been confirmed as the governing PDP's candidate in April's elections.
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The PDP has been Nigeria's dominant party, since the end of military rule in 1999.
Some 5000 delegates from Nigeria's 36 states voted well into the night at a convention in the capital Abuja, choosing between the incumbent Goodluck Jonathan and the former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar and Sarah Jubril.
Our reporter Abudulahi Kaura Abubakar was there and told BBC Network Africa's Peter Ndoro that the result was surprising.
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