Nigeria's Presidential Elections- Jonathan finally an official candidate

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/nigeria/110211/nigeria-goodluck-jonathan-election

Nigeria's current president, Goodluck Jonathan, will be running for re-election in April for the first time as a real candidate. His current term of office began when he was Vice President and the President died which meant he needed to step up and become president. The former president was a northern candidate but Jonathan is a southern candidate so there is some controversy over whether he should be allowed to run because even though the north got to have their candidate win in the last election, they argue that they should be given another term because their president died after only a year. Technically it should be time for a southern candidate to win, which would be Jonathan. There have been multiple acts of violence at some of the campaign rallies and while Jonathan is traveling the country and trying to gain support from the northerners.