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Technology nearly derailed the conclusion of the 2023 presidential elections in Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission could not fulfil its promise to transmit election results from the polling units on its result viewing portal (IReV). This led to calls by some political parties for cancellation and fresh elections. The…

A new documentary charts the success of Nigeria in the 1990s and what it meant to the country’s people, including the daughter of the executed activist Ken Saro-Wiwa

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

The 2023 presidential election in Nigeria has been formally won – and lost. By mid-week Bola Ahmed Tinubu, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, had been declared the winner of the keenly contested presidential election with 36% of the 24,965,218 votes cast.

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

It’s hard for many of us to imagine a world without instant, limitless internet access. Some have even argued that it should, alongside access to clean water and electricity, be considered a basic human right.

Former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu declared victor in presidential race

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Bola Tinubu is the winner of Nigeria's highly disputed presidential election, officials announced on Wednesday. The ruling party candidate and former Lagos governor takes over from Muhammadu Buhari who stepped down after two terms.