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Nigeria's electoral agency said on Wednesday it had postponed a weekend governorship election by one week following a court decision over machines used in voting tallies

Nigeria Postpones Local State Election After Court Ruling

With President Muhammadu Buhari stepping down in May after two terms, many Nigerians hoped a clean, transparent vote would usher in a leader capable of tackling growing insecurity and deepening poverty in Africa's most populous nation.
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Twitter said the issue began with "unintended consequences" from a platform update

Twitter Admits 'Massive' Outage As Woes Continue

The breakdown, which appeared fixed in less than an hour, comes as the Elon Musk-owned social media giant was trying hard to stabilize after several rounds of layoffs saw more than two thirds of staff let go.
Rescue operation of migrants trying to cross the English Channel

Britain To Publish Plan For Asylum Ban On Channel Migrants

Britain's government will announce on Tuesday plans for a new law barring those entering the country through unofficial routes from claiming asylum, in a bid to stop tens of thousands of migrants arriving on its shores in small boats.
Nigeria's presidential candidate Peter Obi, who lost a historically tight February 25 election to the ruling party's Bola Tinubu, said Thursday he would challenge the result in court.

Nigeria Presidential Election Drama Heads To The Courts

Tinubu, a former Lagos governor of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared winner of Saturday's election with 8.8 million votes and the required number of ballots across two-thirds of Nigeria's states.

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