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Tinubu urges Nigerians to overcome 'partisan divide' and 'come together' | Africanews

Nigeria’s President-Elect Bola Tinubu received his certificate as winner of the presidential election on Wednesday (Mar. 1st) in Abuja, and called on all Nigerians to come together for the sake of the country that is "more important than any partisan divide.”

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