Nigeria and NSW: a nation and a state will go to the polls on March 28

Updated March 27 2015 - 4:13pm, first published 3:55pm
A poster of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan covered with a poster of leading opposition candidate Mohammadu Buhari along a highway in Lagos. Photo: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
A poster of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan covered with a poster of leading opposition candidate Mohammadu Buhari along a highway in Lagos. Photo: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

It's not only election day for NSW on Saturday - one of the world's most interesting democracies and the troubled economic superstar of Africa, Nigeria, will also go to the polls.