Ruling party candidate Mohamed Bazoum was declared winner of Niger’s presidential election on Tuesday while his opponent alleged fraud and opposition supporters burned tyres in the streets. Bazoum, a 61-year-old former interior minister, won 55.75% of the vote in Sunday’s election, according to the electoral commission. He beat Mahamane Ousmane, a former president who was toppled by a coup in 1996. The provisional results must still be confirmed by the constitutional court. The election is meant to usher in Niger’s first transition from one democratically elected leader to another, with President Mahamadou Issoufou stepping down after two five-year terms. “I…

Christians have been urged to come out in encouraging numbers to register in any of the political parties for the 2023 General Elections. Making the call is the Archbishop Metropolitan and Primate of Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Henry Ndukuba, while delivering his Opening Address to the Standing Committee Meeting of the Church at All Saints Cathedral Onitsha recently. He said this was the right time for Christians to register in any party of their choice "and be involved in the activities of the party from the ward level to the national". Ndukuba further emphasized that with what was going…