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BBC OS: 2023/03/01 16:06 GMT: Nigeria: Opposition to challenge election result

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Nigeria: Opposition to challenge election result

2023/03/01 16:06 GMT

2023/03/01 16:06 GMT: Nigeria: Opposition to challenge election result

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Nigeria: Opposition to challenge election result

The opposition has called for a re-run of the poll, saying results were manipulated

The opposition has called for a re-run of the poll, saying results were manipulated.

Nigeria's opposition Labour party is to mount a legal challenge against the presidential election victory of Bola Tinubu of the governing APC. Opposition groups have claimed the results were rigged. We speak to our correspondent in Lagos, and we’ve brought together three young people to talk through what this election outcome means for them and the young people in their community.

Police in Italy have arrested three people on suspicion of people-smuggling following the deaths of at least 67 migrants in a shipwreck off the country's southern coast on Sunday. Many of those on the ship, thought to carry 200 people, were said to be from Pakistan with others from Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria, Iraq and Iran. We speak to our reporter in Pakistan. 

Initial qualifiers for “Olympic Esports Week” in June kick off today. We talk about the events with those who are hoping to take part in this year's competition. 

We talk about a new BBC podcast exploring eating disorders by a teenager who herself has recovered from anorexia. 

(Photo: Bola Ahmed Tinubu reacts after he was declared winner in Nigeria's presidential election at the Party's campaign headquarters, in Abuja, Nigeria March 1, 2023. Credit: Marvellous Durowaiye/Reuters)

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