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Nigeria’s Obi petitions court over disputed presidential election

Labour Party candidate heads to Supreme Court to challenge ruling party candidate’s victory in February poll.

Al Jazeera

Nigeria's ruling party wins majority of states in local election

Lagos (AFP) - Nigeria's ruling party has won the majority of governorships contested in last weekend's elections, results showed Tuesday, following a ballot marred by violence, intimidation and vote buying.

AFP

Nigeria counts votes after tense local elections

Vote counting was underway in Nigeria on Sunday following local elections marred by reports of violence, bribery and signs of low turnout.

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Nigerians vote in delayed governorship elections with Lagos state in play

Nigerians return to the polls on Saturday to elect new state governors, with many focusing on the race in commercial hub Lagos and how the electoral body conducts voting after criticism of its handling of last month's disputed presidential election.

Reuters

Nigeria postpones state elections after contested presidential vote

Nigeria's electoral commission has pushed back elections to choose state governors and lawmakers, which had been due this weekend, to allow more time to reset the electronic voting system at the centre of a dispute over last month's closely fought presidential poll.

Radio France Internationale

Nigeria postpones state elections amid dispute over presidential vote

Electoral commission says it is pushing back polling due to problems with digital voting system

The Guardian - UK

Lagos in focus as Nigerians elect new state governors

Nigerians will return to the polls on Saturday to elect state governors across the country, two weeks after a disputed presidential election, with the main focus on the race to lead Lagos, the country's economic heartbeat and wealthiest state.

Reuters

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 4 March 2023

In 2016, one of our first Weekly Wraps explored the stunned aftermath of the Brexit referendum. After years of institutional failure, diplomatic faux-pas, and bad-faith policy, we are pleased to finally be able to share a rare piece of positive Brexit news.

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Nigerian opposition renews calls to overturn election results

Opposition candidates Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar have called for Nigeria's presidential election result to be overturned after official results awarded victory to the ruling party's champion, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale

Nigeria opposition renews calls to annul election result

Nigeria's opposition renewed calls for the election result to be overturned on Thursday, a day after the country announced its new president-elect.

France 24

The Guardian view on Nigeria’s election: A fresh start? Not this time

Editorial: Those who hoped the presidential race would be an inflection point for the country have been disappointed

The Guardian - UK

Nigeria opposition renews calls to overturn election result

Nigeria’s opposition has renewed calls for the election result to be overturned a day after the country announced its new president-elect

The Independent UK

France's Macron kicks off four-nation Africa tour in Gabon

In tonight's edition: Nigeria's ruling APC party stays in control after Bola Tinubu is named winner of the presidential election. Also, French President Emmanuel Macron touches down in Gabon at the start of a central African tour. And we meet one of Senegal's e-sporting stars: Dexx Junior is hoping to…

France 24

Bola Tinubu is now Nigeria’s president-elect. What happens next?

The president-elect will need to bring together a divided country as he faces security and economic challenges.

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France 24

Nigeria presidential elections: What next after Tinubu wins with record low turnout?

The votes have been counted in Africa's largest democratic exercise. But will the results hold? Bola Tinubu is Nigeria's president-elect. Described as a godfather of Nigerian politics, the 70-year-old has been a major political operator for decades and is a close ally of incumbent Muhammadu Buhari. The opposition have failed…

The Guardian - UK

Nigeria’s president-elect appeals to opponents after chaotic election

APC’s Bola Tinubu makes speeches after opposition calls for ‘manipulated’ result to be scrapped

The Independent UK

Nigerian president-elect Bola Tinubu strikes unified tone

Bola Tinubu has been proclaimed the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election after a hotly contested election

Evening Standard

Nigeria election results 2023: Who is the new Nigerian president Bola Tinubu?

Opponents have called the result a ‘sham’ and merely ‘vote allocation and not collation’ — and demanded a rerun

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Bola Tinubu: Ruling party candidate wins Nigeria’s presidential election

Former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu declared victor in presidential race

The Independent UK

Nigeria election: Ruling party candidate declared winner of bitterly contested vote

Opposition calls for re-vote citing technical malfunction and foul play

Al Jazeera

Who is Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect?

The 70-year-old has won the presidency of Africa’s most populous nation with 8.8 million votes.

The Guardian - AU

Nigeria’s ruling party candidate Tinubu wins presidential election – electoral commission

Former Lagos governor polled ahead of Abubakar and Obi in Nigeria’s most competitive election since end of military rule in 1999

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: What Northern Ireland really thinks of Sunak’s Brexit deal

In today’s newsletter: Rishi Sunak hails the new Windsor agreement as a breakthrough but what does it mean for businesses and politicians – and what comes next?

Daily Mirror

Nigerian electoral commission declares Bola Tinubu winner in disputed presidential vote

Opposition parties in Nigeria are demanding a revote after ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was declared winner of the country's presidential election in a late night announcement

Al Jazeera

Bola Tinubu wins controversial Nigerian presidential election

Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has won the popular vote in the disputed election.

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