"Certbot failed to authenticate some domains (authenticator: nginx)"

Many thanks to all who made a suggestion and helped. I have been able to fix it. While waiting for your amazing responses, I decided to remove the certificate for the domain so that I can install a new one. I did that using:

sudo certbot certificates #List the current available certificates
sudo certbot delete --cert-name ample.ng #Remove the certificate

I also checked the configuration file "ample.nf.conf" and removed all SSL references..in fact, I created a new basic configuration file.

I checked NGINX to make sure everything was okay and then restarted the server after which I requested for a new certificate for the domain "ample.ng" and "www.ample.ng".

Many thanks again to the community and everyone who contributed.

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