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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

U.S. Hailed Nigeria Election Results While Election Observers Cried Foul

When and how Washington congratulates foreign leaders on contentious election victories matters.

Foreign Policy

‘Change will come’: Africa’s ‘dinosaur’ leaders win polls, but their young challengers won’t fade away

Last week’s win for the ruling party in Nigeria is a familiar result across the continent, but their oppositions are far from routed

The Guardian - UK

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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

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Peter Obi says he will prove he won Nigeria election

Defeated candidate Peter Obi pledges to legally challenge the results a day after Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared winner.

Al Jazeera

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.

Al Jazeera

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 Guardian - UK

Bola Ahmed Tinubu promised to "renew hope" for Nigeria - 5 ways he can achieve this

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.

The Conversation

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

Evening Standard

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

Former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu declared victor in presidential race

Evening Standard

Nigeria’s ruling party candidate Tinubu wins presidential election

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.

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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

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.

AFP

Nigeria ruling party candidate Tinubu wins presidency in disputed election

Lagos (AFP) - Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu won Nigeria's highly disputed weekend election, electoral authorities said on Wednesday, securing the former Lagos governor the presidency of Africa's most populous democracy.

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WEKU

Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, elects Bola Tinubu as the new president

For Tinubu, it's the culmination of a deeply held ambition. But the elections have been criticized over logistical failings and violence that suppressed the vote.

France 24

Nigeria's ruling party candidate Tinubu wins presidential election

Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu won Nigeria's highly disputed weekend election, electoral authorities said on Wednesday, securing the former Lagos governor the presidency of Africa's most populous democracy.

AFP

Nigeria ruling party candidate Tinubu wins most votes in disputed election

Lagos (AFP) - Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has won the most votes in Nigeria's highly disputed weekend election, according to final results on Wednesday, almost certainly securing him the presidency of Africa's most populous democracy.

WEKU

Nigeria's opposition parties call elections a 'sham' and demand a new vote

Opposition parties in Africa's largest democracy are crying foul and calling for fresh elections in Nigeria, citing claims of vote rigging.

The Independent UK

Tensions rise in Nigeria as opposition demands new vote

Nigeria's opposition demanded a revote Tuesday for the country’s presidential election, where partial results show an early lead for the ruling party

The Guardian - UK

Nigeria’s opposition calls for election to be scrapped as results show Tinubu leading

Reuters tally on Tuesday night says ruling party’s candidate has an ‘unassailable lead’

Al Jazeera

Who’s leading the Nigeria election? All to know about the results

Voters and observer missions have highlighted INEC’s failures and violence on election day as results are awaited.

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