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FILE - This July 16, 2013 file photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook said Thursday, May 16, 2019, that it has banned Archimedes, an Israeli company that ran an influence campaign aimed at disrupting elections in various countries, and has canceled dozens of accounts engaged in spreading disinformation. Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, told reporters that the tech giant had purged 65 Israeli accounts, 161 pages, dozens of groups and four Instagram accounts. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Israeli disinformation campaign targeted Nigerian election

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

A supporter of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari holds up four fingers to indicate &quot;four more years&quot;, in the streets of Kano, northern Nigeria, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. Buhari was declared the clear winner of a second term in Africa's largest democracy early Wednesday, after a campaign in which he urged voters to give him another chance. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

The Latest: Nigeria opposition challenger coy on next steps

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A look at Nigeria’s top 2 presidential contenders

By SAM OLUKOYA and CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Electoral officials compile voting results at a collation center in Kano, northern Nigeria Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019. Vote counting continued Sunday as Nigerians awaited the outcome of a presidential poll seen as a tight race between the president and a former vice president. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

AP Explains: What to watch as Nigeria awaits vote results

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari casts his vote, accompanied by his wife Aisha, in his hometown of Daura, in northern Nigeria Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Nigerians are going to the polls for a presidential election Saturday, one week after a surprise delay for Africa's largest democracy. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Counting starts in Nigeria’s delayed poll marked by violence

By BEN CURTIS and RODNEY MUHUMUZA and ISMAIL ALFA ABDULRAHIM - Associated Press

Electoral officials carry ballot boxes before the Presidential and National Assembly election in Yola, Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Africa's most populous country goes to the polls on Saturday to decide whether President Muhammadu Buhari deserves a second term. While more than 70 people are running to lead Nigeria, the close race comes down to Buhari and a billionaire former vice president, Atiku Abubakar. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

The Latest: Nigerian army says 6 ‘hoodlums’ killed

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In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria's incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, of the All Progressives Congress party, right, greets supporters as he departs from Daura, Nigeria, bound for Abuja, following the postponement of presidential elections, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. Nigeria's presidential candidates on Saturday condemned the last -minute decision to delay the presidential election until Feb. 23. (Bayo Omoboriowo/Nigeria State House via AP)

A look at Nigeria’s top 2 presidential contenders

By SAM OLUKOYA and CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Nigeria’s opposition urges military to stay away from vote

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

An altar boy swings the thurible of incense during a morning service at the Saint Charles Catholic Church, the site of a 2014 bomb attack blamed on Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, in the predominantly-Christian neighborhood of Sabon Gari in Kano, northern Nigeria Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. With the leading contenders both northern Muslims, Nigeria's presidential contest has been largely free of the religious pressures that marked the 2015 vote, but the Christian vote is bound to be decisive in a race that could sweep the incumbent out of power. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

In Nigeria’s tight election, Christian vote is seen as key

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

A young boy scavenges for re-sellable items from garbage on the streets, as he walks past a sign showing incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, left, and local party official Mustapha Dankadai, right, in Kano, northern Nigeria Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. Nigeria is due to hold general elections on Saturday, pitting incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari against leading opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Nigeria delays election until Feb. 23 over ‘challenges’

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

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