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President-Elect Bola Tinubu addresses gathered supporters and the country after receiving his certificate at a ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Nigeria's Bola Tinubu will take over the reins in Africa's most populous country at a period of unprecedented challenges, leaving some citizens hopeful for a better life and others sceptical that his government would perform better than the outgoing one on Monday May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Bola Tinubu sworn in as Nigeria’s president amid hopes, skepticism

By Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

Listen to the Voiceless at Africa Leaders Summit Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Remember the voiceless at the Africa Leaders Summit

By Evans Nwankwo

Nigeria’s president replaces service chiefs amid insecurity

By BASHIR ADIGUN - Associated Press

Parents of a missing Government Science Secondary School student wait for news on their child in Kankara, Nigeria, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Rebels from the Boko Haram extremist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for abducting hundreds of boys from a school in Nigeria's northern Katsina State last week in one of the largest such attacks in years, raising fears of a growing wave of violence in the region. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Nigerians anxious after 330 boys kidnapped by extremists

By LEKAN OYEKANMI and HARUNA UMAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 file photo, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari speaks to the media after casting his vote in his hometown of Daura, in northern Nigeria. Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has been sworn in for a second four-year term in Africa's most populous country on Wednesday, May 29. The 76-year-old former military dictator faces heightened pressure to defeat Islamic extremism and boost the oil-dependent economy amid concerns over his health.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Nigerian President Buhari sworn in again, faces challenges

By BASHIR ADIGUN and SAM OLUKOYA - Associated Press

FILE - This July 16, 2013 file photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook said Thursday, May 16, 2019, that it has banned Archimedes, an Israeli company that ran an influence campaign aimed at disrupting elections in various countries, and has canceled dozens of accounts engaged in spreading disinformation. Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, told reporters that the tech giant had purged 65 Israeli accounts, 161 pages, dozens of groups and four Instagram accounts. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Israeli disinformation campaign targeted Nigerian election

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

A supporter of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari holds up four fingers to indicate &quot;four more years&quot;, in the streets of Kano, northern Nigeria, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. Buhari was declared the clear winner of a second term in Africa's largest democracy early Wednesday, after a campaign in which he urged voters to give him another chance. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

The Latest: Nigeria opposition challenger coy on next steps

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Supporters of Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari pour champagne anticipating a win as they wait for the results to be officially announced in Abuja, Nigeria, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. Anxious Nigerians on Tuesday awaited a second day of state-by-state announcements of presidential election results in a race described as too close to call. Buhari is facing opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president, is re-elected, but challenger rejects it

By Cara Anna and Khaled Kazziha - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019 file photo, incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari gestures to supporters at a campaign rally in Abuja, Nigeria. Nigeria's president was poised to win a second term in Africa's largest democracy, with unofficial results on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 showing a victory, his campaign spokesman said. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

A look at Nigeria’s president as he secures a 2nd term

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, left, listen to Director of Election Planning and Monitoring Babatunde Raji Fashola, right, as he explain the progress of the party election results in Abuja, Nigeria Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. Nigeria's electoral commission on Monday began announcing official results from the country's 36 states as President Muhammadu Buhari seeks a second term. (Bayo Omoboriowo/Nigeria State House via AP)

The Latest: Nigerian opposition seeks halt to vote results

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A look at Nigeria’s top 2 presidential contenders

By SAM OLUKOYA and CARA ANNA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 file photo, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari gestures to supporters after casting his vote in his hometown of Daura, in northern Nigeria. Nigeria's president was poised to win a second term in Africa's largest democracy, with unofficial results on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 showing a victory, his campaign spokesman said. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

A look at Nigeria’s president as he secures a 2nd term

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 file photo, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari gestures to supporters after casting his vote in his hometown of Daura, in northern Nigeria. Nigeria's president was poised to win a second term in Africa's largest democracy, with unofficial results on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 showing a victory, his campaign spokesman said. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Muhammadu Buhari declared winner in Nigeria election

By Cara Anna and Khaled Kazziha - Associated Press

Electoral officials compile voting results at a collation center in Yola, n Nigeria, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019. Vote counting continued Sunday as Nigerians awaited the outcome of a presidential poll seen as a tight race between the president and a former vice president. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

The Latest: Nigeria ruling party rejects rigging accusation

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Electoral officials compile voting results at a collation center in Yola, n Nigeria, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019. Vote counting continued Sunday as Nigerians awaited the outcome of a presidential poll seen as a tight race between the president and a former vice president. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Nigerian president takes early lead amid vote-rigging charge

By CARA ANNA and JEROME DELAY - Associated Press

Electoral officials carry ballot boxes before the Presidential and National Assembly election in Yola, Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Africa's most populous country goes to the polls on Saturday to decide whether President Muhammadu Buhari deserves a second term. While more than 70 people are running to lead Nigeria, the close race comes down to Buhari and a billionaire former vice president, Atiku Abubakar. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

The Latest: Nigerian army says 6 ‘hoodlums’ killed

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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari casts his vote, accompanied by his wife Aisha, in his hometown of Daura, in northern Nigeria Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Nigerians are going to the polls for a presidential election Saturday, one week after a surprise delay for Africa's largest democracy. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Counting starts in Nigeria’s delayed poll marked by violence

By BEN CURTIS and RODNEY MUHUMUZA and ISMAIL ALFA ABDULRAHIM - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria's incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, of the All Progressives Congress party, right, greets supporters as he departs from Daura, Nigeria, bound for Abuja, following the postponement of presidential elections, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. Nigeria's presidential candidates on Saturday condemned the last -minute decision to delay the presidential election until Feb. 23. (Bayo Omoboriowo/Nigeria State House via AP)

A look at Nigeria’s top 2 presidential contenders

By SAM OLUKOYA and CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Nigeria’s opposition urges military to stay away from vote

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, left, shakes hands with opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar after signing an electoral peace accord at a conference center in Abuja, Nigeria Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Nigeria is due to hold general elections on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Nigeria’s youth boom approaches the voting booth frustrated

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press