APRNEWS - Mr Weah got 43.83% of the vote and Mr Boakai, a former vice-president, received 43.44%.

The 10 October poll was the tightest presidential contest in Liberia since a civil war ended about two decades ago.

A run-off was predicted, but Mr Boakai, 78, has done better than expected by coming close to Mr Weah's tally.

APRNEWS - The Africa Able Org has over 3,708 beneficiaries distributed across 9 countries namely, South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Ivory Coast and Malawi.

The NGO also brings together a team of volunteers from SADC, ECOWAS, AU, UNESCO and UNPKO not to mention, its results and social impact report that became the subject of analysis and debate during the Africa Social Impact Summit 2022. 

APRNEWS - Idris made this revelation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday.

The minister noted this was a mandate given to him by the president.

He added that Tinubu also mandated him to promote patriotism, honesty, and transparency as the core values of the administration.

APRNEWS - Atiku’s Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, in a statement issued Sunday said Tinubu and his handlers should desist from making any further attempts to compare the President and Atiku.

He insisted that the all the names that Atiku bears are names that are traceable to his family tree.

APRNEWS - The NEC has however, released partial provisional results from two counties – Bomi and Montserrado placing the opposition Unity Party (UP) in a fragile lead.

NEC Chairperson Davidetta Browne Lansanah said at a press conference late Wednesday that the results from Bomi County are from 13 out of 171 polling centers constituting 7.60 percent of the total vote cast.

APRNEWS - Recall that in 2019, Pew Research Centre’s surveys conducted between 2008 and 2017 revealed Nigeria as the most prayerful country

Meanwhile, the likes of China (1%), UK (6%), Switzerland (8%), Austria (8%), Czechoslovakia (9%), Germany (9%), Estonia (9%) France (10%) and Denmark (10%) are the least prayerful.

Below is the full list for the recent survey of most prayerful countries:

1. Afghanistan: 96%

APRNEWS - The Director at the Directorate of Explosives Search and Disposal, Nigeria Army Engineers / Coordinator of EXERCISE CLEAN SWEEP, Colonel Abdulrazaq Kazeem, who made the disclosure at his maiden brief on the update of the exercise, yesterday, said among others, “So far, a total of 93 unexploded ordnance have been recovered from the site.

APRNEWS - Spokesman of the commission, Mr. Dele Oyewale, also disclosed that the EFCC has recovered N27 billion and $19 million in three different cases it has investigated, adding that it is making progress in line with his mandate.

APRNEWS - This came as the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, said there was no evidence to show that Tinubu submitted forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

However, Atiku in a swift response, described the BBC report as a jaundiced and hatchet job.

APRNEWS - Two other officers were “on the run,” according to a statement from the public prosecutor’s office at the military court in Ouagadougou, the capital city.

Burkina Faso’s military junta said in an earlier statement that intelligence and security services had foiled a “proven coup attempt” on Wednesday.

“A number of officers and other alleged actors involved in this destabilization attempt have been arrested, while others are being actively sought,” the statement said.