Nigeria’s Tinubu gets his turn as president, familiar problems await
Lagos, NigeriaReuters Bola Tinubu will be sworn in as Nigeria’s president on Monday under the cloud of a disputed election and pressure to quickly improve economic and security conditions, which many complain worsened under his predecessor Muhammadu Buhari. Two of Tinubu’s main opponents in the February election are challenging his victory on the basis of […]
Six Nigerian states drop bid to annul presidential election
Abuja, Nigeria Reuters Six opposition-led Nigerian states on Friday night withdrew a Supreme Court petition to invalidate the result of last weekend’s presidential vote, which they had argued violated electoral rules, court papers showed. The states, in a court filing signed by their attorneys general, did not give reasons for their decision. Nigeria’s newly declared winner […]
Lagos ex-Governor Tinubu has unassailable lead in Nigeria election
Abuja, NigeriaReuters Nigeria’s ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has an unassailable lead in a disputed presidential election held over the weekend, a Reuters tally of provisional results from all 36 states and the federal capital Abuja showed on Tuesday. Tinubu of the governing All Progressives Congress of outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari got about 35 per […]
Tinubu ahead in Nigeria election as opposition parties reject vote
Abuja, NIgeria Reuters Nigeria’s ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was ahead in the vote count after Saturday’s presidential poll, a Reuters tally of provisional results in 15 of 36 states showed on Monday, but opposition parties walked out of the counting process citing concerns of fraud. The tally of provisional electoral commission results showed Tinubu, […]