Niger’s ruling party candidate Mohamed Bazoum will face former president Mahamane Ousmane in a presidential election runoff in February, according to provisional results of the first round of the contest announced by the electoral commission on Saturday. Bazoum led the first round with 39.33% of the vote, falling short of the 50% needed to win
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have appointed Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari as the coordinator of the sub-regions’ response to COVID19. This was made known in a tweet by the Nigeria’s presidential spokesman Femi Adesina on Thursday. “ECOWAS leaders at an extraordinary summit held by video conference have appointed President Muhammadu Buhari as
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