Nigerian court affirms president's election, dismisses opposition petitions

STORY: Nigerian court affirms president's election, dismisses opposition petitions DATELINE: Sept. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of court proceedings STORYLINE: A panel of five judges from Nigeria's election tribunal late Wednesday unanimously affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu, solidifying his position as the West African nation's leader and effectively dismissing petitions by opposition parties. Delivering the judgment which lasted over 12 hours, the five-member panel at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in the national capital of Abuja said that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labor Party (LP), which filed the petitions, had failed to prove their allegations beyond reasonable doubts. The court ruled that the petitions "lacked merit" and dismissed them. Atiku Abubakar of the PDP and Peter Obi of LP, who respectively came second and third in the presidential election won by Tinubu in February, had approached the

Ruling party candidate Tinubu wins presidential election in Nigeria: electoral chief

STORY: Ruling party candidate Tinubu wins presidential election in Nigeria: electoral chief DATELINE: March 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of voters on election day 2. various of campaign of ruling party candidate, Bola Tinubu 3. various of vote collation 4. SOUNDBITE (English): MAHMOOD YAKUBU, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission STORYLINE: Bola Tinubu from Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress party has won Nigeria's presidential election with over 8.79 million ballots, the country's electoral body said Wednesday. The 70-year-old president-elect defeated his closest rival, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, said Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Abubakar got over 6.98 million votes and was closely trailed by Peter Obi, candidate of the Labor Party, who secured about 6.1 million votes. SOUNDBITE (English): MAHMOOD YAK

NIGERIA-PRESIDENTIAL & PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS-START

NIGERIA-PRESIDENTIAL & PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS-START

(230225) -- ABUJA, Feb. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Atiku Abubakar (C, front), presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, casts his vote at a polling station in Yola, the state capital of Adamawa state, Nigeria, on Feb. 25, 2023. Nigeria's presidential and parliamentary elections kicked off Saturday as voters went to the polls nationwide to elect a new president and members of the national assembly. (Photo by Marvellous Durowaiye/Xinhua)