want the election scrapped calling it a sham. welcome to the programme. we start with the international row over tiktok. china has accused the us of overreacting after federal employees were ordered to remove the app from government issued phones. tiktok is owned by the chinese firm bytedance. and on monday, the white house gave government agencies 30 days to remove tiktok from their phones. the us calls the guidance a critical step forward in addressing the risks presented by the app to sensitive government data. chris derusha is the federal chief information security officer. he said the guidance is part of the administration s ongoing commitment to securing our digital infrastructure and protecting the american people s security and privacy. china disagrees. here s a foreign ministry spokesperson. the ministry spokesperson. united states, the rhodes one the united states, the rhodes number one superpower, is so afraid of a mobile phone application to young people like so
let s turn to nigeria now where it s being reported ruling party candidate bola tinubu has a definitive lead in the presidential election. that s according to a reuters tally of provisional results from all 36 states. but opposition parties are calling for the election to be cancelled alleging fraud after technical problems in the new electronic voting system. we ll get to that shortly but first let s look at the results. the governing party candidate bola tin ubu has a clear lead with around 35% of the counted votes. his main rival att iku abu bakar from the peoples democratic party has almost 30%. and labour s peter 0bi trails on 26% though he caused an upset by defeating mr tinubu in the biggest city, lagos. but as we mentioned the opposition parties are now calling for the election to be cancelled over what they say is voter fraud in the new electronic polling system.