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Bola Tinubu wins Nigerian presidential primary
The Lagos "godfather" secured more than half of the votes at the party's convention
Former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu will lead Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) into next year's general elections after a landslide victory in the party primary.
King Philippe has handed over to the Democratic Republic of Congo the first of some 84,000 artefacts looted during the colonial era that Belgium has agreed to return.
(Mr Tinubu wields enormous political power in South West Nigeria. Credit: Kano state government)
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