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Bola Tinubu received the most votes according to the official tally, but opponents claim the process was rigged Exclusive News Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Nigeria, although opposition groups have disputed the results and demanded a new vote. The Independent National Election Commission (INEC), the body that oversaw…

Election officials cited technical problems and the absence of voter registers as causes of the delays. Exclusive News Counting is under way in Nigeria’s tightly contested presidential election, after a poll marked by long delays and gunfire at some voting stations. The long delays and scattered violence in Africa’s most populous nation on Saturday, however, did not deter…

Outgoing Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari leaves office in May Exclusive News Nigeria has urged international watchdogs not to interfere in its electoral process as Africa’s most populous nation headed to the polls on Saturday to elect a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari, in a contest dominated by concerns about inflation and a rise in shortages of cash and fuel. A field of…