article_snippet: the Nigerian presidential elections has been won by the opposition party for the first time in the country's history.
article_snippet: a historic win which has seen thousands take to the streets in celebration marks the first time in Nigeria's history that an opposition party has democratically taken control of the country from the ruling party.
article_snippet: Residents celebrate the anticipated victory of Muhammadu Buhariin Kaduna, northern Nigeria .
article_snippet: When Muhammadu Buhari's win was announced, spontaneous celebrations sprang up in Kano, the nation's second city, and Kaduna in Kano state.
article_snippet: We must see this as a triumphant show of democracy, a change for the better,' Buhari's wife Aisha Buhari said in one of a series of jubilant Twitter messages.
article_snippet: suggests a commitment to democracy as part of a new era in .
article_snippet: As for the election, we have won the election!'
article_snippet: Because of decades of military dictatorship, this is only the eighth election since the country won independence from Britain in 1960, and the fifth since democracy was restored in 1999.
highlights_snippet: First time the opposition has won a democratic presidential vote .
  