Bola Tinubu Has Been Elected President of Nigeria

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Last updated: 1 March 2023, 09:57 AM GMT

FEB 25: Polls officially opened this morning at 7:30 am GMT, in Nigeria’s presidential and parliamentary elections. Nigeria, Africa’s largest democracy is electing a president, vice president, Senate and House of Representatives.

More than 93 million people are registered to vote for the country which transitioned from army rule to democracy in 1999. 

This particular presidential race is seen as the most unpredictable in recent Nigerian history and the ballot counting and collating process is expected to take several days.

MAR 1: Bola Tinubu has been elected as the president of Nigeria, in their disputed presidential election.

The 70-year-old veteran politician received 37% of the vote, official results show. His main opposition Atiku Abubakar polled 29%, whilst Labour's Peter Obi, pilled 25%.

Their parties have since dismissed the poll as a ‘sham,’ and have called for a rerun.

Tinibu is considered one of Nigeria's richest politicians, and has based his campaign on past results proving that he rebuilt the biggest city, Lagos, when he was governor.