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‘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

Six Nigerian states challenge election result in Supreme Court

Six states in Nigeria on Friday asked the Supreme Court to void the result of the just-concluded presidential election, the latest twist in several challenges facing the ruling party’s victory in the vote.

France 24

Police: Illegal refinery blast in Nigeria kills at least 12

The Nigeria Police Force says at least 12 people have died in an explosion and fire near an illegal oil refinery site in the country's oil-rich Niger Delta region

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6 Nigerian states ask court to void presidential vote result

Six states in Nigeria on Friday asked the country’s Supreme Court to void the result of the just-concluded presidential election

The Independent UK

Nigeria oil pipeline blast kills at least one in Niger Delta

A crude oil pipeline explosion killed at least one person and injured another on Friday, authorities on the scene said, while members of the affected community in Emohua said they feared many more had died in the blast.

Reuters

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

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How violence robs Nigerians of their votes

Violent groups have been used by established political parties in Nigeria for decades to influence the voting process.

Al Jazeera

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

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

The Lake Chad Basin is a security nightmare. 5 guidelines for finding solutions

It is now 14 years since Boko Haram and other armed groups began to operate in the Lake Chad Basin. The region, which includes Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon, has become unstable and the people who live there are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.

The Conversation

Nigeria's election was nearly derailed by technology - but biometric devices weren't the problem

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…

The Conversation

‘People were going crazy’ – how the Super Eagles took the world by storm

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

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France 24

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…

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.

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

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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

The Conversation

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.

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

The Conversation

Starlink: SpaceX's new internet service could be a gamechanger in Africa

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.

Evening Standard

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

Former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu declared victor in presidential race

The Conversation

From Chinua Achebe to Toyin Falola – 5 essential books Nigeria's new president should read

Not many African political leaders are known to have publicly declared their love of reading. US president Barack Obama popularised the idea of a recommended reading list and he still shares his annual choice.

Radio France Internationale

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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