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the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT)’s judgement 3:41 pm:  The PEPT ruled that Obi failed to establish that INEC intentionally refused to quickly upload polling unit results to IReV so as to alter the results in Tinubu’s favour. 3:12 pm:  According to the PEPT, INEC regulations and the Electoral Act give room for manual collation of results. It said electronic transmission is optional at best. 3:08 pm : The court added that the only device that must be used by INEC for elections is the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) It noted that there’s no regulation showing BVAS must be used to electronically transmit results from polling units. 02: 41 pm: INEC At Liberty To Define Mode Of Transmitting Election Results – Court On the issue of substantial non-compliance with the provisions of the law, especially with regard to non-transmission of result sheets to INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV), the court holds that there is no law that says INEC must transfer or ...

  ABUJA, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Nigeria's presidential election tribunal is due to rule on Wednesday on whether Bola Tinubu should stay as president after two rivals challenged his victory in February's  disputed vote . There have been numerous legal challenges to the outcome of previous Nigerian presidential elections but none have succeeded. Most political observers expect the tribunal to uphold Tinubu's win. Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party and Labour Party's Peter Obi asked the court to invalidate the election,  alleging irregularities  and accused the electoral body of breaching the law by failing to use electronic machines to upload polling station results, among other criticisms.

  Central African bloc suspends Gabon over coup The Central African regional bloc, known as Eccas, says it has suspended Gabon's membership in response to last week's coup.  Earlier on Monday the coup leader, Gen Brice Oligui Nguema, was sworn in as transitional president.  He seized power just after Ali Bongo was declared to have won a third term as president. He has not given a time frame for returning the country to civilian rule.  As leaders from central Africa sat around the table and decided to suspend Gabon because of the coup, there may have been a few moments of self-reflection.  Hosting the meeting was Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo who said neighbouring Gabon was a threat to peace, security and stability in the region.  The president of Equatorial Guinea is now 81 and has been in power since 1979.  His family - like that of Ali Bongo in Gabon - has been accused of large-scale looting of state resources and severe oppression of the opposition....

In the fight against jihadist groups, Niger has no better allies than France and the US' The military junta that took control of Niger at the end of July said on Thursday it would be cutting military ties with the United States and France, both former allies. The move could define the fight against Islamist groups in the Sahel region.